PORTULA‘CA GILLIE'SIL. 
“DR. GILLIES’ PORTULACA. 
OR DICOTYLEDONE&. 
Natural division 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER, PORTULACE, 
Artificial van} DODECANDRIA, | 
3 ? 
: to which MONOGYNIA, 
this Plant a} OF LINNEUS. 
No. 78. 
CALYCIFLORE, 
OF 
DECANDOLLE, 
GENUS. Porrvtaca. Tovrnerorr. Catyx aut liber aut imo ovario ad- 
herens, bipartitus, demum basi circumscissus et deciduus. je La 4-6 equalia 
inter se libera aut ima basi concreta, calyci inserta. Stamrna 8- 15, sent 
ae interdum im corolla adnatis. Ovarrum jibbotcdutt 
3.6-fidus, aut stylus nullus et stigmata 3-8-elongata. Civica sahipto meld 
Llecslaiia medio circumscissa, Semin indefinita placente centrali adfixa. 
Decanvotte: Prodromus, Pars iid 353, 
SPECIES Pourtaaes Giturestt. Hooxer. Caulibus suberectis basi ra- 
mosis, foliis oblongo-cylindraceis Rios peaiats obtusis punctatis, pilis axillar- 
— us fasciculatis erectis appressis, floribus terminali bus, petalis alyce longi- 
ribus ‘Soeae 
Cnaracter OF THE Soave, PorrTuaca. Catyx either free, or 
adherent to the base of the ovary, two-parted, finally cut round at the 
base, and so deciduous. PrtTaus 4-6 equal, either unattached to each 
other, or slightly united at the base, inserted on the calyx. STAMENS 
from 8 to 15, filaments free, sometimes attached to the base of the cor- 
olla. Ovary roundish. Sry.e 1, 3-6-cleft at the apex, or the style 
absent and the stigmata 3 to 8 in number, elongated. Capsu Le sub- 
globose, 1-celled, dehiscing horizontally in the middle. Sreps inde- 
finite, attached to the central placenta. | — 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Species, Portutaca Gituiesn. A peren- 
nial herbaceous succulent plant, stem erectish, about 12 inches high, 
purple blotched with white, branched, branches mostly near the base 
or apex of the stem. Leaves sparse, sessile, reflexo-patent, on the 
stem, closer and almost rosulate on the branches, obtuse, roundish, 
compressed, slightly purple at the top, spotted on the rest of the sur- 
face with white dots or lines. Harrs axillary, erect, white, pellucid. 
Catyx consisting of two somewhat unequal, oval, membranaceous 
sepals, with white and scarious margins. Prrats 5, of a rich reddish 
purple, spreading (under exposure to the strong solar light, at other 
