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2.5 mm. long inserted below the middle, the cluster subtended 

 by 2 acute bracts 4 to 5 mm. long; sepals 6 to 8 mm. long and 

 about 5 mm. broad, acute, ovoid-lanceolate, hyaline margined; 

 petals about 12 mm. long and 8 mm. broad, spreading, light 

 rose; stamens about 18 with filaments 4 to 5 mm. long; ovary 

 1 mm. long or more, ovoid; styles less than 1.5 mm. long, 

 entirely united, and early deciduous; stigma capitate; fruit 

 elliptical, about 4 mm. long and 3 mm. broad; seeds smooth, 

 slightly angular but not concentrically ridged. 



Talinum Youngaesp. nov. Perenne, glabrum 8-10 cm. altum; 

 folia sessilia, 10-28 mm. longa et 1-2 mm. lata, superiora 

 linearia, subteretia, inferiora latiora plana, omnia margine libera 

 complanata sustenta; pedunculi axillares 1-3-flori, 3-15 mm. 

 longi; pedicelli 10-20 mm. longi; sepala ovoideo-lanceolata, 6-8 

 mm. longa; petala pallide rosea, 12 mm. longa, 8 mm. lata; 

 stamina circa 18filamentis, 4-5 mm. longis; ovarium ovoideum, 

 1 mm. longum; styli minores quam 1.5 mm. longi, omnino 

 connati, mox decidui; stigma capitatum; fructus ellipticus, circa 

 4 mm. longus; semina laevia, paulo angulata. 



The type specimen (Mueller no. 8571) collected July 6, 1932 

 in "Upper Cat-tail Canyon," Chisos Mountains, is deposited 

 in the herbarium of the University of Texas, and a co-type in 

 the herbarium of the Field Museum of Natural History. Dr. 

 Young's notations indicate that a duplicate of her collection 

 from the Davis Mountains is deposited in the herbarium of the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden under the number 57. 



University of Texas 



