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2. p. 39. D. C. pi. grass, t. 9. The plant is very succulent 

 and full of neutral alkalescent salt, which may be easily ex- 

 tracted, and would probably answer all the purposes for which 

 the salts of the kali are now used. 



Sea Purslane. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1693. PI. dec. 



2 S. LONGIFOLIUM (Willd. enum. p. 521.) leaves linear-spatu- 

 late ; joints of stem equal; flowers pedicellate. 1(L. D. S. 

 Native of South America, by the sea-side. S. Portulacastrum, 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 86. from Peru and Cu- 

 mana. Stamens 70-75 (ex Kunth, 1. c.). Leaves nearly 2 

 inches long with the petioles. 



Long-leaved Sesuvium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. dec. 



3 S. REVOLUT1F6LIUM (Ort. dec. p. 19.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 with revolute margins ; flowers sessile. If.. D. G. Native of 

 Cuba, by the sea-side. S. Portulacastrum ft, Sims, bot. mag. 

 t. 1701. Stamens very numerous. Stigmas 5-6. Leaves rather 

 glaucous, not deep green, as in S. Portulacastrum. 



Revolute-leaved Sesuvium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. ? PI. dec. 



4 S. REOPENS (Willd. enum. p. 521.) leaves spatulate-lanceo- 

 late ; joints of stem rooting, filiform ; flowers pedicellate. O-? 

 D. S. Native of the East Indies. Rumph. amb. 5. p. 165. 

 t. 72. f. 1. 



Creeping Sesuvium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. PL creep. 



5 S. MICROPHY'LLUM (Willd. 1. c.) leaves roundish or lanceo- 

 late ; stems trailing, having equal joints ; flowers pedicellate. T(.. 

 D. S. Native about the Havannah, by the sea-side. Humb. et 

 Bonpl. S. spatulatum, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 87. Leaves 5 lines long with the petioles. Stamens 30. 

 Stigmas 3. 



Small-leaved Sesuvium. PI. creeping. 



6 S. PARVIFLORUM (D. C. prod. 3. p. 453.) leaves linear- 

 oblong, flat; flowers sessile. Tf.. D. G. Native about Monte 

 Video by the sea-side ; and of Chili, near Laguna del Arbolita, 

 on the west side of Rio Saladillo. Sesuvium, Lam. ill. t. 434. 

 f. 2. Trianthema Americana, Gill. mss. ex Arn. in Cheek, 

 edinb. journ. 1831. p. 354. Perhaps S. Portulacastrum /3. 

 Flowers red, one half smaller than those of S. Portulacastrum. 



Small-flowered Sesuvium. PI. trailing. 



Cult. A mixture of loam, peat, and sand will suit this genus 

 of succulent plants ; and they require but little water. Cuttings 

 planted (after being dried a little) in the same kind of soil, root 

 freely, in heat. 



IV. AIZO'ON (from , aei, always, and oe, zoos, alive ; 

 succulent plant, which will live under most circumstances). Lin. 

 gen. no. 629. Gsertn. fruct. 1. t. 76. Lam. ill. t. 437. D. C. 

 prod. 3. p. 453. Veslingia, Fabr. helmst. p. 363. Ficoidea, 

 Dill. Boerh. 



LIN. SYST. Icosandria, Pentagynia, Calyx 5-parted, co- 

 loured, and petaloid inside. Petals wanting. Stamens about 20, 

 inserted in the bottom of the calyx, and disposed in 3-5 bundles. 

 Ovarium distinct, 5-angled. Stigmas 5, thick, sessile. Capsule 

 5-celled, opening at the apex by 5 chinks, which are disposed in 

 a stellate manner ; cells many-seeded. Humble herbs or sub- 

 shrubs. Leaves fleshy, quite entire, alternate or opposite. 

 Flowers sessile in the axils of the leaves or forks of the stems, 

 rarely pedicellate, greenish on the outside. 



* Leaves alternate. 



1 A. CANARIE'NSS (Lin. spec. 700. but not of Andr.) stems 

 herbaceous, procumbent, branched, villous ; leaves alternate, ob- 

 ovately cuneiform, pubescent ; flowers sessile, rather adnate at 

 the origin of the branches. Tf.. D. G. Native of the Canary 

 Islands and Egypt, along the sea shore. D. C. pi. grass, t. 136. 

 Gllnus crystallinus, Forsk. descript. p. 95. t. 14. Ficoidea, 

 Niss. act. par. 1711. t. 13. f. 1. Veslingia caulifl6ra, Mcench. 



VOL. III. 



Veslingia Heisteri, Fabr. Calyx 5-angled, yellowish inside. 

 Stamens 2-4 at the fifth lobe of the calyx. 



Canary-Island Aizoon. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1731. PI. pr. 



2 A. OLINOIDES (Lin. fil. atippl. 261.) stems herbaceous, de- 

 cumbent, hairy ; leaves alternate, obovate, petiolate, pubescent ; 

 flowers sessile, axillary, hairy. I/ . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Thunb. fl. cap. 410. Calyx beset with white 

 hairs on the outside, and coloured on the inside ; when dry rather 

 rose-coloured. Limb of leaves about equal in length to the 

 petioles. 



Glinus-like Aizoon. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1774. PI. dec. 



* * Leaves opposite. 



3 A. HISPA'NICUM (Lin. spec. 700.) stem herbaceous, erect, 

 branched ; branches spreading and erect, rather papulose at the 

 apex ; leaves opposite, linear, lanceolate, glabrous, sessile ; 

 flowers solitary, somewhat pedicellate, in the forks of the branches. 

 0. H. Native of Spain, Calabria, and Barbary, by the sea 

 side. D. C. pi. grass, t. 30. Dill. elth. 1. f. 143. Aizoon 

 sessiliflorum, Mcench, meth. Calyx white on the inside, and 

 rather greenish on the outside. The plant from the Cape of 

 Good Hope under this name is different. 



Spanish Aizoon. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1728. PI. from 1 

 inch to \ foot. 



4 A. TOMENTOSUM (Lam. diet. 3. p. 418.) stem suffruticose, 

 tomentose, branched ; leaves opposite, tomentose, linear-lanceo- 

 late, narrowed at the base, rather spatulate at the apex ; flowers 

 sessile in the forks of the stem. Jj . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. A. Hispanicum, Burm. cap. prod. p. 154. 

 Calyx yellowish inside, 5-lobed, rarely 4-lobed. Stamens 15. 



Tomentose Aizoon. Shrub 1 foot? 



5 A. STELLA'TUM (Lam. diet. 3. p. 418.) stem suffruticose, 

 branched, hispid at the apex ; leaves opposite, linear-spatulate, 

 hairy ; flowers panicled : pedicels and calyxes hairy. T; . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Calyx yellowish inside. 

 Stamens about 20. 



Stellate Aizoon. Shrub 1 foot. 



6 A. PERFOLIA'TUM (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 261.) stem suffruticose, 

 erect, tomentose, branched ; leaves opposite, connate, obovate- 

 oblong, full of crystalline dots ; flowers axillary, pedunculate, 

 solitary. Jj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Thunb. fl. cap. 411. Margins of leaves reflexed. 



Perfoliale-leaved Aizoon. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1818. Sh. 1 ft. 



7 A. SARMENTOSUM (Lin. fil. suppl. 260.) stem suffruticose, 

 erectly diffuse, glabrous, branched ; leaves opposite, linear-fili- 

 form, rather connate, glabrous ; branches rather villous, 3-flow- 

 ered at the apex, the two lateral flowers are bracteated, and 

 spring from the sides of the middle one. f? . D. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Thunb. fl. cap. 410. Burm. afr. t. 26. 

 f. 2. good. Mesembryanthemum hexaphyllum, Haw. rev. p. 

 1 65. ex syn. Burm. This species differs from all in the inflor- 

 escence. The peduncles and fruit of the preceding year are per- 

 manent and lateral. 



Sarmentose Aizoon. Shrub sarmentose. 



8 A. PANICULA'TUM (Lin. spec. 700.) stems herbaceous, de- 

 cumbent, hairy ; leaves opposite, lanceolate, hairy ; flowers nearly 

 sessile on trichotomous peduncles, fj . D. G, Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Thunb. fl. cap. 410. 



Panicled Aizoon. PJ. decumbent. 



-j- Species not sufficiently known. 



9 A. RI'QIDUM (Lin. fil. suppl. 261.) stem suffrutescent, de- 

 cumbent ; branches hoary ; leaves ovate, acute, covered with 

 glaucous tomentum; flowers sessile, alternate, secund, remote. 



F? . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Thunb. fl. 

 cap. p. 409. In the character of this species it does not say 



