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diffuse prostrate ; leaves one of each pair larger, obovate or obcor- 

 date, the other smaller and oblong ; flowers solitary sessile, nearly 

 concealed within the broad sheath of the petiole ; stamens 15 to "20 ; 

 style simple ; capsule 6 to 8-seeded, lid concave, including 2 seeds ; 

 seeds black, muricated ; leaves often with red margins. A common 

 weed on rice-fields. 



3. T. Decandba, Linn. — Stems diffuse prostrate ; leaves ellip- 

 tic obtuse or acute petioled, one of each pair a little larger ; flowers 

 several, pedicelled on a shorfe- peduncle; stamens 10 to l"i; style 

 bipartite; capsule 4-seeded. DO. Prod, iii, 362; Spr. sust. ii, 381 ; 

 Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 444; Syn. Zaleya decandra; Burra. Ind. t. 31 /. 3. 



2. SESUVIUM, Linn. 



1. PoRTULACASTRUM, Rottl. — A fleshy glabrous plant ; stems 

 prostrate, rooting at the joints ; leaves opposite, oval spathulate or 

 oblong linear ; flowers axillary solitary pedicellate. A common 

 weed, generally near the sea. Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 5U9. ; Syn. S. 

 repens. Rottl.; Willd.enum. 521; DC. Prod, iii, 463 ; Spr. syst. ii, 604. 



XX. PORTULACACE^. 

 1. PORTULACA, Lournef. 



1. P. Oleracea, Linn. — A low herbaceous fleshy plant, annual 

 diffuse ; leaves cuneiform, their axils and the joints naked ; 

 flowers sessile, petals 5; stamens 10 to 12; style 6 partite. DC. 

 Prod, iii, 353 ; Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 463. The avbpaxvn of the Greeks, 

 used as a pot-herb, being cooling and antiscorbutic. 



2. P. QuAckiFiDA, Linn. Maut. p 678. — Annual diffuse 

 creeping, joints ahd axils hairy ; leaves oblong, flat ; flowers termi- 

 nal, nearly sessile, yellow, surrounded by four leaves ; petals 4 ; 

 stamens 8 to 12; style 4-cleftat the apex. A common weed. DC. 

 Prod, iii, p 354 ; Koxb. Fl Ind. ii, 464 ; Syn. P. meridiana, Linn, 

 suppl. 248 ; Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 463. 



XXI. CARYOPHYLLACEiE. 



1. ARENARIA, Linn. 



1. A. Neilgherrense, W. and A. Prod. 1, 43. — Stems elonga- 

 ted, much-branched, procumbent ; leaves distant obovate-mucronu- 

 late glabrous, with minute whitish points, one-nerved, margins 

 thickened; flowers ai:illary or in terminal panicles ;. pedicles 

 viscidly pubescent, lOngish slender ; sepals oblong acute ; petals 

 longer than the calyx ; capsules ovate. Wight Ic. 940. Belgaum 

 and Dharwar collectorates. 



