PORTULACACIi^. 173 



Properties of no importance. The use of the common Purslane is well 

 known. Portulacaria afra, J acq. is greedily eaten by the Elephants in S. 

 Africa. 

 Trianthema, L. (DC pr. 3, p. 351 ; — W. and A. pr. \, p. 354 ; — Wight 



ill. 2, p. 43.) 



1. crystaUinum, Vahl. {DC. o. c. p. 352; — W. and A. pr. 1, p. 355; 



— Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 444. — T. triquetra, Rottl. ;—DC. I. c Papu- 



laria crystallina, Forsk.) ^. Arabia. Coromandel. Bengal, (Seram- 

 pore.) FI. small, greenish, R. S. ; fr, C. S. 



2. obcordatum, Roxb. {fl. ind. 2, p. 445 ; — fV. and A. pr, I, p. 355 ; — 

 Wight icon. 1. t. 288. — T. pentandra. j3. obcordata, DC. pr. 3, p. 

 352.) © Coromandel. Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. small, greenish white, 

 R. andC. S. ; fr. C. S. Leaves and tender tops eaten by the Natives. 

 {Roxb.) 



a. rubellum ; «nl'n*(f<H'T Lal-sabunee. Plant reddish. 



p. viridulum ; C^f^Tf^^ Shwet-sabunee. Plant pale-greenish. 



3. decandrum, L. {DC. pr. 3, p. 352;— Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 444;— TF. 

 and A. pr. 1, p. 355 ;— Wight, icon. I, t. 296 ;--J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. 

 p. 81. — Zaleya decandra, Burm. ind. t. 31,/. 3.) ^flt<l^ Gado-bunya. 

 O Peninsula of India. Bengal, (Serampore, but rarely.) Fl. small, 

 greenish-white, R. and C. S. ; fr. C. S. 



PoRTULACA, L. {DC. pr. 3, p. 353;—^. and A. pr. 1, p. 355.) Purs- 

 lane. 



1. oleracea, L. {DC. I. c. ; — W. and A. o. c. p. 35G ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 2, 

 p. 463 ,—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 81 ^—Rheed. 10. t. 36.) <r5^<1irl 

 Buro-looniya. Common Purslane. © All over India, Ceylon, Java, &c. 

 Fl. small, yellow, R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



2. quadrifida, L. {DC. pr. 3, p. 354 ■,—Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 464 ;— fF. 

 and A. pr. I, p. 356.) © Coromandel. Bengal. (Serampore.) Fl. 

 very small, yellow ; and fr. the whole year. 



3. meridiana, L. {Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 463. P. quadrifida, L. p. meridia- 

 na, DC. pr. 3, p. 354; — W. and A. pr. 1, p. 356.^ — Illecebrum 

 verticillatum, Burm. ind. p. &Q; — Rheed. 10, 31.) C^t&ffTf^ITJ Chhoto- 

 looniya. © Peninsula of India. Bengal, (Serampore,) &c. Fl. very 

 small, yellow ; and fr. the whole year. 



A.pilosa, L. {DC. pr. 3, p. 354 ;— B. Reg. 10, /. 792 ^—Roxb. H. B. 



p. 28.) South America, about Curacao. Brazil. Martinique, &c. Fl. 



small, purplish ; and fr. the whole year. 

 5. linifolia, Roxb. {H. B. p. 28.) © In H. C. G. fl. and fr. the whole 



year. {Roxb.) 

 Talinum, Sims. {DC.pr. 3, p. 356 ;— 7F. atid A. pr. 1, p. 356.) 



1. cuneifolium, Willd. {DC o. c. p. 357 ;—Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 465.— T. 



indicum, Wight; — W. and A. pr. 1, p. 356; — /. Grah. Cat. B. pi. 



p. 81.) ^ Arabia. Cultivated in gardens. Fl. small, rose-coloured, 



R. and C, S. ; fr. C. S. 



