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PORTULACE^E. VIII. CALANDBINIA. IX. PORTULACARIA. X. ULLUCUS. XI. CIAYTONIA. 



3. p. 355.) plant caulescent, glabrous, diffuse ; branches leafy 

 at the base and nakedish at the top, 1-2-flowered ; leaves spatu- 

 late-lanceolate, acute, quite entire ; flowers terminal ; sepals or- 

 bicular, quite entire. I? . D. G. Native of the Andes of Chili, 

 near El Paso de los Peuquenes, at an elevation above the sea of 

 10,000 feet. The number of stamens in the flowers of this 

 species has not been determined. 

 Diffuse Calandrina. PI. 1 foot. 



25 C. GLAU'CA (Schrad. in litt. ex D. C. 1. c.) plant caules- 

 cent, glabrous ; leaves spatulate-lanceolate, acute, fleshy, glau- 

 cous ; racemes few-flowered ; fruit-bearing peduncles, 1^ inch 

 long, reflexed ; bracteas ovate, acute, membranous, and spotted 

 with purple. I/ . D. G. Native of Chili. Stem a foot high. 

 Leaves an inch and a half long, thick, tapering into the petioles. 

 Flowers a little larger than those of C. compressa. Sepals 

 broadly ovate, purple, concave, reticulated with black. Capsule 

 larger than the calyx, S-valved. (Schrad. mss.) 



Glaucous Calandrinia. PI. 1 foot. 



26 C. CONFE'RTA (Gill. mss. ex Arnott, in Cheek, edinb. 

 journ. 3. p. 356.) plant caulescent, perennial, glabrous; branches 

 numerous from the neck of the root, simple, leafy at the base, 

 nakedish towards the apex ; leaves narrowly spatulate, glau- 

 cous ; racemes crowded, terminal ; pedicels hardly longer than 

 the bracteas ; sepals broadly ovate ; flowers with few stamens, 

 3-4. 7. D. G. Native on the Andes of Mendoza, at El Por- 

 tezuela del Valle Hermosa. 



Crowded racemed Calandrinia. PI. 1 foot. 



27 C. CXSPITOSA (Gill. mss. ex Arnott, in Cheek, edinb. journ. 

 3. p. 356.) plant tufted, stemless ; leaves linear-spatulate ; pe- 

 duncles radical, 1 -flowered, naked, 3-times longer than the 

 leaves ; sepals broadly ovate ; flowers with few stamens ; stig- 

 mas 4-5 ; capsule 4-5-valved. If.. D. G. Native on the Andes 

 of Mendoza and Chili, and many places, at the elevation above 

 the sea of from 9000 to 1 1,000 feet. 



Tufted Calandrinia. Fl. Mar. April. PI. tufted. 



28 C. GRANDIFLORA (Lilldl. FIG. 18. 



bot. reg. t. 1194.) plant glau- 

 cous ; stem suffruticose ; leaves 

 fleshy, rhomboid, acute, petio- 

 late ; raceme simple, loose ; ca- 

 lyx spotted ; stamens numerous; 

 petals obcordate. 1/f . D. G. Na- 

 tive of Chili. Flower of a rose- 

 purple colour, (f. 18.) 



Great-JlorveredCalandrmia. FJ. 

 Ju. Jul. Clt. 1826. PL 1 ft. 



29 C. CILIA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) 

 leaves linear-oblong, ciliated ; 

 flowers solitary, always pentan- 

 drous. 0. F. Native of Peru, 

 at Huassa-Huassi, among rub- 

 bish and in cultivated fields. Ta- 



linum ciliatum, Ruiz et Pav. syst. p. 116. prod. p. 65. but not 

 of Hook. Flowers purple. 



Ciliated-leaved Calandrinia. PL -j foot. 



30 C. ? A'LBA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 359.) leaves spatulate-lan- 

 ceolate ; flowers axillary, solitary, pentandrous. O-? F. Na- 

 tive of Peru, about Chancay and Lima, among rocks. Herb a 

 foot high. Talinum album. Ruiz et Pav. 1. c. Flowers white. 



W/Mte-flowered Calandrinia. PL 1 foot. 



31 C. NITIDA (D. C. 1. c.) steins ascending, glabrous, leafy ; 

 leaves oblong-spatulate, acutish, glabrous, attenuated at the 

 base ; peduncles axillary, solitary, shorter than the leaves ; 

 sepals roundish, obtuse, pilose on the backs ; stamens 1-9. 

 O- F. Native of Chili, in fields and waste places, at Concep- 

 tion, in the tract of Hualpen andMoquita; also about Valparaiso 



and Quillota. Herb half a foot high. Talinum nitidum, Ruiz 

 et Pav. 1. c. 



Nitid Calandrinia. PL | foot. 



32 C. MONA'KDRA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves spatulate-lanceolate ; 

 flowers in spikes, secund, monandrous. Q.? F. Native of 

 Chili, on arid hills about Conception, near the river Andalien. 

 Talinum monandrum, Ruiz et Pav. 1. c. Herb a hand and a 

 half high. 



Monandrous Calandrinia. PL f foot. 



Cult. Calandrinia is a fine genus of succulent plants ; their 

 culture and propagation are the same as that recommended for 

 the species of Tallmtm, p. 77. The seeds of annual species 

 may be sown in a hot-bed in spring, and the plants planted 

 out into the open border, in a dry sheltered situation, about the 

 end of May. 



IX. PORTULACARIA (altered from Portulaca). Jacq 

 coll. 1. p. 160. D. C. prod. 3. p. SfiO. Hae'nkea, Salisb.prod 

 p. 174. Anacampseros species, Lin. hort. cliff. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 2 permanen 

 membranous sepals. Petals 5, permanent, equal, obovate, hy 

 pogynous. Stamens 5, inserted with the petals, but disposec 

 without any respect to the number of petals, hence there are 

 probably 10, 5 of which are abortive; anthers short, usually 

 barren. Ovarium ovate-triquetrous. Style wanting ; stigmas 

 3, spreading, muricated with glands on the upper side. Frui 

 triquetrous, winged, indehiscent, 1 -seeded. A glabrous shrub 

 native of Africa. Leaves opposite, roundish-obovate, flat, fleshy 

 Peduncles opposite, denticulated, compressed ; pedicels 1 -flow- 

 ered, 3 rising from each notch in the peduncle. Flowers small 

 rose-coloured. Fabric of seeds unknown. 



1 P. A'FRA (Jacq. 1. c. t. 22.). Tj . G. Native of the South 

 of Africa. D. C. pi. grass, t. 132. Claytonia Portulacaria, Lin 

 mant. p. 211. Lam. ill. t. 144. f. 2. Crassula Portulacaria 

 Lin. spec. p. 406. Hae'nkea crassifolia, Salisb.prod. 174. Por- 

 tulaca fruticosa, Thunb. fl. cap. p. 399. exclusive of the syno- 

 nyms Dill. hort. elth. 1. t. 101. f. 120. The plant seldom 

 flowers in the gardens : at Genoa in the garden of Grimaldi. 



African Purslane-tree. Clt. 1732. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



Cult. This plant will grow in any dry light soil ; and young 

 cuttings will root readily in sand under a hand-glass. 



X. U'LLUCUS (Ulluco or Melloco is the name of the plant 

 in Quito). Lozano, in senan. nuov. gran. 1809. p. 185. D. C. 

 prod. 3. p. 360. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 2 opposite, 

 roundish, concave, pellucid, coloured, deciduous sepals. Petals 

 5, longer than the calyx, cordate, attenuated at the apex, con- 

 nected at the base into a short tube. Stamens 5 ; filaments very 

 short, erect ; anthers 2-celled, erect. Ovarium sub-globose. 

 Style filiform, length of stamens ; stigma simple. Capsule 1- 

 celled. Seed one, oblong. Herb smooth. Root tuberous. 

 Stem branched, angular. Leaves alternate, cordate, quite entire, 

 thick, petiolate. Flowers disposed in a terminal, simple, droop- 

 ing raceme. Pedicels furnished with very short bracteas. 



1 U. TUBER6sus (Loz. 1. c.). % . D. G. Native of South 

 America, in the province of Quito, growing in gardens, where it 

 is called Ulluco or Melloco. The rot is mucilaginous and eat- 

 able. 



Tuberous-rooted Ullucus. PL 1 foot. 



Cult. For the culture and propagation of this succulent plant 

 see Anacdmpseros, p. 76. 



XI. CLAYTO'NIA (in honour of John Clayton, who col- 

 lected plants, mostly in Virginia, and sent them to Gronovius, 

 who published them in his Flora Virginica). Lin. gen. 287. ' 



