PORTULACACEAE. 



[Vox.. II. 



2. Talinum parviflorum Xutt. Small- 

 flowered Talinum. (Fig. 1427.) 



Talinum fturrijlorum Xutt.; T. 

 i: 197. 1838. 



(',. Fl. X. A 



Perennial, similar to the preceding species, 

 leafy below. Leaves terete or nearly so, linear, 

 rather more slender, broadened at the base; 

 scape-like peduncles very slender, s'-S' tall; 

 cymes loose, their branches and pedicels as- 

 cending; flowers pink, 4 // -5 // broad; sepals 

 ovate, deciduous, acute or subacute; stamens 

 5 (or sometimes fewer?); style somewhat 

 longer than the stamens; capsule oval, i' r 

 high, about i" in diameter; bracts of the 

 cyme narrowly lanceolate, slightly prolonged 

 posteriorly. 



In dry soil, Minnesota to Arkansas, New Mex- 

 ico.and Texas. May-Sept. 



3. Talinum calycinum Engelm. 



Large-flowered Tulimun. 



(Fig. 1428.) 



Talinum culycinnm Kngelm. in Wisli/. K< 

 1848. 



Perennial, erect from a very thick root, 

 slender, 6 / -io / high. Leaves nearly terete, 

 clustered at the base, I ^'-2' long, the base 

 triangular-broadened, slightly prolonged pos- 

 teriorly; cyme terminal, some what compound, 

 scarious-bracted, its branches ascending; flow- 

 ers pink, io // -i5 // broad; sepals broadly ovate, 

 persistent, cuspidate; petals twice as long as 

 the calyx; stamens 12-30; style twice as long 

 as the stamens; capsule globose-ovoid, about 

 3" in diameter. 



In dry soil, Kansas to Texas. June. 



2. CLAYTONIA L. Sp. PI. 204. 1753. 



Annual or perennial succulent glabrous herbs, with petioled basal leaves, and opposite or 

 alternate cauline ones. Flowers terminal, racemose or cymose. Sepals 2, ovate, persistent. 

 Petals 5, hypogynous, distinct, or slightly united by their bases. Stamens 5, inserted on the 

 bases of the petals. Ovary few-ovuled; style 3-lobed or 3-cleft. Capsule ovoid or globose, 

 3-valved, 3-6-seeded. Seeds compressed, orbicular or reniform. [In honor of John Clayton, 

 I686P-I773, American botanist.] 



About 25 species, mainly natives of northern North America. The genus is not well distin- 

 guished from Montia. 



Upper leaves not connate. 



Perennials; leaves linear, lanceolate, oval or ovate. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, 3' -7' long. i. C. I'irginica. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate or ovate, 2' -3' long. 2. C. Carolinian a. 



Annual, diffuse; leaves spatulate or oblanceolate. 3. C. Chamissoi. 



Upper leaves connate, forming an orbicular disk. 4. C. Perfoliata. 



