174 I'ORTULACACEyE — SILENACEiE. 



2. rejiexum, Cav. {DC. pr. 3, p. 357 ,—B. M. 37, t. 1543.) ^ S. Ame- 

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

 Calandrinia, H. B. and Kth. {DC. pr. 3, p. 358.) 



l.speciosa, Lindl. {B. Reg. 19, t. 1598;— B. M. 62, t. 3379.) © N. 

 California. Fl. large, deep crimson, March ; fr. 0. 

 PoRTULACAEiA, Jacq. {DC.pr. 3, JO. 360.) 



1. a/ra, Jacq. {DC. I. c. ; — Jacq. coll. 1, p. 160, t. 22 ; — DC. pi. grass. 

 1. 132. — Claytonia Portulacaria, L. ; — Lam. ill. t. 144,/. 2. — Crassula 

 Portulacaria, L. — Hiinkea crassifolia, Salisb.pr. 174. — Portulaca fruti- 

 cosa, Thunb.) B C. G. H. Has not fl. here, though now a strong, 

 largish, healthy shrub, cultivated for more than 15 years. 

 Claytonia, L. {DC.pr. 3, p. 360.) 



\. perfoliata, Don. {hort. cant. p. 25; — DC. I. c. ; — B, M. 33, t. 

 1336. — C. cubensis, Bonpl. — Limnia perfoliata. Haw.) © Cuba. Mexi- 

 co. Rocky Mountains, Virginia. Fl. small, white, Feb. and March ; 

 fr. April. 



* Portulaca foliosa, Lindl. (B. Reg. 10, t. 793.) Mexico ? — P. halimdi- 

 des, L. © Jamaica.— P. Gilliesii, Hook ; B. M. 58, t. 3064 ; B. Reg. 

 20, t. 1672. % Chili. Fl. large, crimson. — P. grandiflora, Hook. ; B. 

 M. 56, t. 2885. % Mendoza. Fl. large, orange and purple. — Talinum 

 triangulare, Willd. "b W. Indies. — T. crassifolium, Willd. "b W. In- 

 dies .'' — T. fruticosum, Willd. ^ S. America. — T. patens, Willd. "b 

 Mexico. — Calandrinia pilosiuscula, DC. © Chili. — C. discolor, Hort. 

 Gott. ; B. M. 61, t. 3357; B. Reg. 1839, t. 4. © Brazil .?—C. adscen- 

 dens, Hortul, 2/. Brazil. — C. arenaria, Hook, and Arn. ; B. Reg. 19, t. 



1605. © Valparaiso Montia fontana, L. ; E. B. 17, t. 1206. © 



Europe. N. America. 



ORDER XC— SILENACEiE, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 124, 



THE DIANTHUS TRIBE. 



Herbs, sometimes undershrubs, referred by Lindl. to 12 genera. Accord- 

 ing to DC. pr. Spreng. syst, B. M. and B. Reg. about 200 species are 

 natives of Europe ; 32 of the Levant ; 32 of Tauria and Caucasus ; 20 of N. 

 Africa; 14 of Siberia; 12 of N. America; 5 of China and Japan; 5 of 

 Mexico ; 4 of Tartary ; 2 of Persia ; 2 of Arabia ; 2 of Altai ; 1 of the Cana- 

 ries ; and 1 of the Straits of Magellan. Thirty species (including some Cer-- 

 astia) have been found in S. Africa, {Harvey,) and 23 in the E. Indies. Of 

 the latter, 1 belongs to Dianthus ; I to Gypsophila ; 1 to Acosmia ; 1 to 

 Cucubalus ; 9 to Hilene ; and 1 to Lychnis ; but of these, 7 are common to 

 other parts of the world. With the exception of Gypsophila Vaccaria, Sm., 



