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Portulaca quadrifida LINN, v.-ir. formosana HAYATA Materials for a 

 Flora of Formosa p. 37. Herb fleshy, prostrate, stem incrassate, bnse 5 

 mm. in diameter, many-branched at the upper portion. Leaves alternate, 

 fleshy, obovate, rounded at the apex, slightly narrowed to the base, 6-7 mm. 

 long, 3|- mm. broad, pilose at the axils, hairs patent 2 mm. long Flowers 

 solitary at the apex of the branchlets with 5-involucral leaves. Capsules 

 membrauaceous 2} mm. in diameter. Seeds Bubgloboae, \ mm. in diameter, 

 Literally compressed, niuricate. 



PortiHaca quadrifida HAYATA in MATSUM. et HAYATA Euum. PI. Formos. 

 p. 39 (non LINN.). 



HAD. Kotosho, Coll. K. MIYAKF, Nov. 1899. 



Very near the type, from which it is distinguishable by its far less 

 hairy form. 



Portulaca oleracea LINN. Sp. PL ed-2 p. G38 ; DC. Prodr. III. p. 

 353 ; BENTH. Fl. Hongk. p. 127 ; THUNB. Fl. Jap. p. 192 ; LOUR. Fl. 

 Coclrincli. ed-Wimx p. 359 ; WALT. Ann. IT. p. 2G1 ; KOXB. Fl. Tnd. II. 

 p. 4G2 ; SIEB. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fain. Nat. IV. pt.-2, p. 160 ; LEDEB. Fl. 

 Ross. IT. p. 145; BENTH. Fl. Austral. I. p. 169; MAXIM. Prim. Fl. 

 Amur. p. 113 ; MIQ. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 375 ; FRANCH. et SAVAT. Fnum. PI. 

 Jap. I. p. 53 ; DYER in HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. I. p. 246 ; FORBES et 

 HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 71 ; HENRY List PI. Formos. p. 19 ; ITO et 

 MATSUM. Tent. Fl. Lutch. p. 317 ; PALIBIN Conspect. Fl Korea? I. p. 44 ; 

 MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PI. Formos. p. 38. 



HAB. Taihoku, Takow. 



DISTRIB. in tropical and temperate regions of the world. 



2. Tali mini ADANS. 



Talinum crassifolium WJT,LD. Sp. PI. II. p. 862 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA 

 Enum. PI. Formos. p. 39. 

 HAB. Pachina, Taiclm. 

 DISTRIB. Introduced from tropical America. 



