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» apice mucronatus. Pet: o. Siam: j. vel lo. aut raris- 

 » sime plura. Styl: i-3. Caps: circumscisse dehiscens. » 



Obs: Genus constans 8. stirpibus exoticis lierbaceis 

 habitu naturali , characteriLus genericis polymorphis, 

 folia opposita, flores axiUares sessiles. 



1. 77" monogynum = L. mant: 69. (^lnd: occid: , 

 yEgjpt:). Ann: DifTusum ramosum, folia sub-rotunda 

 alterum minus , styl: i., stam: 5-io. 



II. PoRTULACA Tourn: inst: t. 118. = Lam: ill: t. /{01. 

 (^Dodcc: monog: L.). 



» Cal: liber aut imo ovario adhserens 2 - partilus 

 » tardius basi circumscissus et deciduus. Pei: ^ ~ G. 

 » sequalia. Stam: 4-1 5. libera. Stjl: i. 3-6-fidus vel o. 

 » stigmatibus 3-8. elongatis. Caps: circumscisso-de- 

 » hiscens. » 



Obs: Genus naturale sed, ut prius, pvdymorphum, 

 constans 20. circiter stirpibus, quarum nonnullae non 

 satis determinatae. Herbas carnosae , foliis sparsis vel 

 sub-verticillatis in axillis sscpe fasciculatis instructaj, 

 inflorescentia varia. 



4^ I. P. oleracea = L. sp: 638. = Spr: syst: II. 

 459. = DC. pb grass: n. et t. i23. Vern: Pourslane, 

 (Eur: fere tota. Pedem: in agris et hortis tum et ia 

 sabulosis ubique abunde All: n. i6y8. Pve £1: segus: 

 p. 39. et fl: tor: I. p. 260. Biroli fl: acon: I. p. i58. 

 Sardin: m arvis frequens Morls st: sard: I. p. 20. ). 

 Ann: Prostrata, folia cuneiformia, axillse nuda^, flores 

 flavi , styl: o. , stigm: 5. Iii hortis culta variat statura 

 majori 5 an hxc ex India orta? (P. domestica Loe: , 

 P. satiya Hortul: ). 



