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PORTULACE^E. V. ANACAMPSEROS. VI. TALINCM. 



apex ; axillary hairs shorter than the leaves ; racemes simple. 

 Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Portulaca 

 rubens, Haw. misc. p. 142. Rulingia rubens, Haw. syn. p. 

 125. Leaves and peduncles purplish. Flowers red. 



Red Anacampseros. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1796. PL i to f ft. 



5 A. FILAMENTOSA (Sims, bot. FIG. 16. 

 mag. t. 1367.) leaves ovate- 

 globose, gibbous on both sides, 



and cobwebbed, rather rugged 

 above ; stipulas ramentaceous, 

 longer than the leaves ; petals 

 oblong, f? . D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope, inCarro 

 near Hartiquos Kloof. Portu- 

 laca filamentosa, Haw. misc. p. 

 142. Rulingia filamentosa, Haw. 

 syn. p. 125. Talinum filamen- 

 tosum, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. 

 vol. 3. p. 149. Portulaca stipu- 

 laris, Dyandr. mss. Petals red- 

 dish or deep rose coloured. 



Filamentose Anacampseros. 

 Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1795. PL | to 1 foot. 



6 A. LANCEOLA'TA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 356.) leaves lanceolate, 

 fleshy, glabrous, convex beneath ; axillary hairs very long ; 

 scape leafy, generally 1 -flowered. Tj . D. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Portulaca lanceolata, Haw. syn. p. 126. 

 Stems very short. Calyx reddish. Petals reddish. Seeds 

 almost 3-winged. 



Lanceolate-leaved Anacampseros. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1796. 

 PL | foot. 



7 A. ANGUSTIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 356.) leaves fleshy, 

 narrow-lanceolate, expanded ; stem short, branched. J? . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Rulingia angustifolia, Hav. 

 rev. p. 60. Very like the preceding species, but smaller. 

 Flowers red. 



Narrow-leaved Anacampseros. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 PL 4 foot. 



8 A. RCFE'SCENS (D. C. 1. c.) leaves crowded, expanded and 

 recurved, ovate, acute or somewhat acuminated, thick, green, 

 usually dark purple beneath. (7 . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Rulingia rufescens, Haw. suppl. pi. succ. p. 64. 

 syn. p. 60. This is the largest of all the species. Flowers like 

 those of A. Telephidstrum. 



Rufescent Anacampseros. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. PL \ ft. 



9 A. TRIGONA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves ovate, trigonal, acute, erect, 

 woolly in the axils and on the stem between the leaves. Jj . D. 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in Carro. Burm. afr. 

 p. 79. t. 30. f. 2. Portulaca trigona, Thunb. fl. cap. p. 399. 

 Petals flesh-coloured, oblong, acute. 



Trigonal-\ea.ved Anacampseros. PL to ^ foot. 



10 A. LANI'GERA (Burch. cat. geogr. pi. afr. austr. no. 2196.) 

 leaves ovate, obtuse, small, very densely clothed with long wool. 



fj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Very like the 

 preceding species. Flowers unknown. 

 Wool-bearing Anacampseros. PL -j foot. 



11 A. POLYPHY'LLA (D. C. I.e.) I? . D. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Rulingia polyphy'lla, Haw. suppl. 65. 

 syn. 61 Pluk. phyt. t. 41. f. 6. 



Many-leaved Anacampseros. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 181 8. PI. ft. 



Cult. The species of this succulent genus of plants grow 

 freely in sandy loam, mixed with some lime rubbish ; they re- 

 quire but little water. Cuttings root freely if laid to dry a few 

 days before planting. Leaves taken off close to the plants, and 

 laid to dry a few days, and then planted, will take root and shoot 

 out young plants at their base. 



VI. TALI'NUM (probably from a\ia, thalia, a green branch; 

 durable verdure). Sims, bot. mag. no. 1357. Haw. syn. p. 123. 

 D. C. prod. 3. p. 356. Talinum species, Adans. fam. 2. p. 145. 

 Juss. gen. p. 312. Portulaca species, Lin. Rulingia species, 

 Ehrh. 



LIN. SYST. Deca-Dodecandria, Monogynia. Calyx of 2 

 ovate sepals, deciduous. Petals 5 (f. 17. i.), hypogynous, or 

 inserted in the bottom of the calyx, distinct or joined a little 

 way at the base. Stamens 1 0-20, inserted along with the petals, 

 and generally adhering a little to them, and joined together at 

 the base. Style filiform, cleft at the apex into 3 spreading 

 or close stigmas. Stigmas bearing papillae inside. Capsule 

 3-valved, 1 -celled, many-seeded. Seeds wingless, kidney-shap- 

 ed, scabrous, fixed to the central placenta. Fleshy herbaceous, 

 or suffrutescent plants. Leaves alternate, quite entire, exstipu- 

 late. Flowers very fugaceous, expanding only in the heat of 

 the sun, cymose or racemose. Cymes or racemes usually form- 

 ing terminal panicles. 



SECT. I. PHEMERA'NTHUS (from <jii)p.ri, pheme, fame, and 

 avdos, anthos, a flower ; in reference to the beauty of the flowers). 

 Rafin. speech. 1. p. 86. D. C. prod. 3. p. 356. Talinum, 

 Pursh, and Nutt. Stigmas 3, close together, and appearing like 

 a simple stigma. Flowers disposed in dichotomous corymbose 

 cymes. Perennial herbs, natives of North America. 



1 T. TERETIFOLIUM (Pursh. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 365.) root 

 fibrous ; cauline leaves terete, subulate, fleshy, cyme terminal, 

 dichotomous, corymbose ; stamens 20. T/ . F. Native of Vir- 

 ginia, Louisiana, and Delaware, among rocks exposed to the 

 sun. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 819. Phemeranthus teretifolius, Rafin. 

 speech, p. 86. Talinum trichotomum, Desf. hort. par. Pluk. 

 aim. t. 223. f. 2. Flowers of a rose purple-colour. Root tuft- 

 ed, fibrous. 



Terete-leaved Talinum. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1823. PL foot. 



2 T. NAPIFORME (D. C. prod. 3. p. 357.) root tuberous; 

 radical leaves terete, fleshy; cymes terminal, dichotomous, 

 corymbose; stamens 5, alternating with the petals. 1. F. Na- 

 tive of Mexico. Claytonia tuberosa, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. 

 icon. ined. Root tuberous, turnip-formed. Stems numerous 

 from the neck of the tuber, almost leafless at the base, but cy- 

 mose and dichotomous at the apex. Flowers white. This species 

 from habit and inflorescence agrees with the preceding, but dif- 

 fers materially in having only 5 stamens, and a tuberous root. 

 It is not a Claytonia, in consequence of the stamens alternating 

 with the petals, not opposite them ; nor a Calandrinia from the 

 calyx not being deciduous. 



Turnip-formed-rooted Talinum. PL to 1 foot. 



SECT. II. TALINA'STRUM (an alteration from Talinum). D. C. 

 prod. 3. p. 357. Talinum, Sims and Haw. Style filiform. 

 Stigmas 3, distinct, spreading. Ovarium globose (f. 17. c.). 

 Leaves flat, rather fleshy. Stems suffrutescent, fleshy, erect. 



3 T. CRASSIFOLIUM (Willd. spec. FIG. 17. 

 2. p. 862.) stem shrubby, erect; 



leaves flat, obovate-lanceolate, mu- 

 cronate ; flowers disposed in an 

 elongated panicled corymb ; pe- 

 duncles triquetrous. Jj .D.S. Native 

 country unknown, but probably of 

 the West Indies. Haw. syn. p. 

 123. Portulaca crassifolia, Jacq. 

 hort. vind. 3. t. 52. Haw. misc. 

 p. 140. T. paniculatum, Mcench. 

 meth. p. 232. but not of Gaertn. 

 nor Ruiz et Pav. Flowers red. 

 Far. /3, albiflbrum (D. C. prod. 



