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ORDER LXXI. SESUVIACEZ.. 
Succulent herbaceous. plants: calyx 5-partite, petaloid. within : 
eorolla none: ovary 1 or several-celled: ovules several, super- 
posed: capsule usually becoming 1-celled by the obliteration of 
the partitions or- transversely 2-celled. 
GENUS I. TRIANTHEMA. 
Deeandria Monogynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Treis, three,.and Anthos, a flower, alluding to. the 
flowers being disposed by threes. 
Gen. Cuan. Calyx 5-sepalled: sepals united at the base, co- 
Toured inside :: petals wanting: stamens 5-10 or more, inserted on 
the tube of the calyx’: anthers cordate-ovate: ovary obovate,. trun- 
eated, 1-2-celled : ovules attached to. filiform ‘podosperms: styles 
1-2, simple: eapsule truncated, 1-2-celled, ' splitting. transversely a 
little above the base: lid coriaceous, containing one or two seeds 
enclosed by a spurious partition, lower part membranaceous, with 
one or more seeds: seeds pitted. 
1) T. crystaprinum. (Fahl.y 
\ 
Ident. W. & A. prod. L. p, 355.—-Dec. prod. HI. p. 352.— 
Roxb. fl. Ind. IT. p. 444. 
Syn. TT. triquetra, Rotil. Dec. U. c.—Papularia crystallina, 
Forsk. 5 
Spec. Cuan. Perennial, cespitose, woody at the base: stems 
diffuse, prostrate, dotted with crystalline specks : leaves opposite, en- 
tire, oval or somewhat spathulate: flowers several together, protrud+ 
ed from the sheath of the leaves, small, greenish: stamens 5: style 
simple.; capsule 2-seeded : lid cup-shaped at the apex externally, 
quite open below and allowing the seed.to drop off., 
Coromandel. Dehgaum near Cambay, Flowering in the rginy: 
season. 7 a 
(2) T. opcorpatum. (Roxd.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p..355.—Roxb. fl. Ind. IT. p.. 445. 
Syn. T. pentandra, var. obcordata, Dec. prod. III. p. 352.. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon, t. 288. 
Src. Cxar. Perennial: stems diffuse, prostrate, slightly pu- 
beseent on the upper side : leaves opposite, one of each pair larger 
and ‘obeordate, the other smaller and oblong : stamens 15-20: style 
