Talinum. I'OKTLLACACE.K. 205 



T. frutescens, Guvv, l. »•. 15. A f<><.t <tr ho liif^h, w<mkIv to tin- n-|M-at<-<lly iliilnnoiiiuuii 

 lymcs: tlowurs .scs.sik- in the forks : Iciivc.x verv Hi-sliy, nliurl liiii-jir, iiritc, tin- paint upproxi- 

 mate, alrto fiusiirli-il in axil.s: lomlla |iur|)lf. eplifnu-ral : lapwulc lialf indi i.r nion; long, 

 twice tlif len;(lli <«f the calvx. — Mountain vallevH, near \'.\ I'xho ami adjacent N«'W Mexiro, 

 Wriylit. (Adj. Mtx., /'riw/le, to San Lui« l'ot<Jsi, I'arry &. I'almtr, Sr/mj/her.) 



3. TALINUM, Adans. (Etymology obscure.) — Chiefly tropiral ami 

 American herbs, the only species of temperate regions North American, usually 

 tuberous-rooted. — Fam. ii. 245, excl. spec. ; DC. Prodr. iii. 3.>G ; Fen/1, Ann. 

 Wien. Mus. ii. 296; Gniy, Gen. 111. i. 22.3, t. 98; Benth. & Hook. 1. c.» 



» Leaves plane, niodemtely fleshy: flowers in loose cymes forminj^ lonj; ami naked pauielei«. 

 T. patens, U'ii-lh. Ileri)aeeous or fleshy-snffrutescent at l»:ise from a tulxrous root, unu- 

 ally tall and ereet or iiscending: leaves oliovate or spatulate, varying to ol.lanreolate, iu»me- 

 what petiolate, 2 to 4 inches long : pedicels rtliform : sepals early deciduous : petals either 

 rose-color or yellow, a line or two long : stamens numerous: seeds brown or hlack. — Spec, 

 ii. 863 ; DC. 1. c. ."557 ; Rohri). in Mart. Fl. Urns. xiv. |)t. 2, 290. t. 67. The form with r«j(«e- 

 colored corolla is Portulncn ii<inicnl<ita,,]a.(i\. ICnum. I'l. t'arili. 22, Stirp. Amer. 148, & llort. 

 Vind. ii. t. 151 (not L.), & T. jttiuicuhilum, (Ja-rtn. Fruct. ii. 219, t. 128. The yellow-flowered 

 form is T. rejiexum, Cav. Ic. i. 1, t. 1 ; Sini.s, Hot. .Mag. t. l.'J43 ; DC. 1. c. ; Gniy, I'l. Wright, 

 ii. 20 ; & T. spal/tulatum, p]ngelm. in Gray, I'l. Wright, i. 14; the latter pa.tsing into \'ar. 

 8arment6sum. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. xxii. 275 ('/'. sartnentosum, Engelni. in (iray, I'l. 

 Lindh. pt 2, 153; Gray, I'l. Wright, i. 14), which sends off prucumbeut stems. — I'lains of 

 Texas to Arizoua.- (Mex., W. Ind., S. Am.) 



* # Leaves flattish or nearly terete, fleshy, lanceolate to linear: flowers axillary : stamens 

 numerous. 



T. lineare, IIBK. A span tea foot or more high, many-stemmed from an oblong or napi- 

 form tul)orous root (said to be esculent), a.scending. loo.sely branching, leafy throughout: 

 leaves from lanceolate and 3 inches long by 3 lines wide to narrowly linear and subterete 

 and some only half inch long: peduncle longer than the flower, articulated .and 2-bracteo- 

 late lielow the middle, I (cMCUsioually 2-3)-tiowered, recurved in fruit: sejKils ovate, a«'U- 

 minate, 3-nerved, tardily deciduous from the capsule: petals from light yellow to orange 

 and flame-color, about half inch long: seeds consj)icuously strophiolate, sjiliently pluricos- 

 tate. — Nov. Gen. &. Spec. vi. 77, the most narrow-leaved form. T. aitniiitiaruin, Kngclm. 

 1. c. ; Gr.ay, PI. Wright, i. 14, & ii. 20, with var. uiiiptslissimuiii, which passes intotlie i>ro.ider- 

 leaved form. Culanarinin tuherosa, Henth. I'l. Hartw. 9, early state. — Kocky gmund, W. 

 Texa,s to Arizona ; fl. summer. (Mex.) 



T. brevifolium, Torr. Depressed, an inch to a span high from a large and deep liranch- 

 ing perenni.al root : leaves crowded, short and thick, quarter to over half inch long, narmw- 

 spatulate or davate, apparently suliterete : flowers .solitary in upper axils, on very short 

 erect pedicels articulaterl at b.-i-se: sepals -and glol>ose-ovoid capsule barely 2 lines long, alniut 

 half the length (jf the pink-red petals: stamens about 20 : style as long iis the ovary, 3-<left 

 at summit: seeds nearly smooth and even, with grayish pellicle. — Torr. in Sitgreaves, Zufii 

 Rep. 156. T. hrachi/pixiiim, Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. xx. 355. — New Mexico, on the Little 

 Colora<lo, Sitfjreares ; near Indian Village of Laguna or Komack, f^mmnii. 



♦ * * Leaves terete, linear, wholly fleshy : flowers in termin.al iHdumulate and commonly 

 scapose naked cymes. 



-t- Surpassed by the leaves. 



T. humile, fiRKEXK. Aoaule.scent, a short and slentler camiex fmm a napiform orango- 



colored tuber, l)earing at the ground a dense cluster of ten-te leaves (2 or 3 inche.* long and 



a line or two thick) " lying flat on the gnmnd " : scape barely inch long, rather shorter than 



the twice or thrice dichotomous 5-10-flowered cyme: " jwlals light yellow, ch.iuging to 



1 Add (Irny, Proc. Am. .\cftd. xxii. 275. 



• AIsoS. and Centr. Florida, Simpton, Xntli, and I^uisiana. (AWrW, where called "pink rtar- 

 flowers." 



