124 PORTULACACEAE 



Family 7. AIZOACEAE A. Br. Carpet-webd Family. 



1. MOLLUGO L. 



1. MoUugo vertioillata I/. CarpET-weEd. (Man. p. 384 ; I. F. / 

 142s.) In waste places and cult, grounds, N. B. to Minn., Fla., Tex. 

 and Mex. — Pennsylvania : Northampton ; Lancaster ; Lycoming ; 

 Columbia ; Franklin ; Allegheny ; Chester ; Delaware. 



Family 8. PORTULACAOEAE Reichenb. Purslane Family. 



Ovary and capsule superior : capsule 3-valved. 

 Sepals deciduous : stamens more numerous than the sepals or petals ; cap- 

 sules many-seeded. i. Talinum. 

 Sepals persistent : stamens as many as the sepals or petals : capsules few- 

 seeded. 2. Claytonia. 

 Ovary and capsule wholly or partly inferior : capsule circumscissile. 



3. PORTULACA. 



1. TALINUM Adans. 



L Talinum teretifolium Pursh. FamE-ElowER. (Man. p. 385 ; I. F. 

 /. 1426.) On dry rocks, Pa. to Ga. and Tex. — Pennsylvania : Chester ; 

 Lancaster ; Delaware. 



2. CLAYTONIA L. 



Leaves of a linear type, mostly over 7 cm. long. i. C. Virginica. 



Leaves of an elliptic or oblong type, mostly less than 7 cm. long. 



2. C. Caroliniana. 



1. Claytonia Virginica L. Spring BeauTy. (Man. p. 385 ; I. F. /. 

 1429.) In moist woods, N. S. to the N. W. Terr., Ga. and Tex. 

 — Pennsylvania : Northampton ; Lancaster ; York ; Franklin ; 

 Huntingdon ; Chester ; Delaware ; Allegheny. 



2. Claytonia Caroliniana Michx. Carolina Spring Beauty. (Man. 

 p. 385 ; I. F. /. /4S°-) In damp woods, N. S. to the N. W. Terr., 

 N. C. along the AUeghenies, and to Ohio and Mo. — Pennsylvania : 

 Wyoming ; Blair ; LuzERJSfE ; Clarion ; Armstrong ; Allegheny. 



3. PORTULACA L. 



Leaf-blades flat : corolla 0.5-1 cm. broad. i. P. oleracea. 



Leaf-blades terete : corolla 2.5-5 cm. broad. 2. P. grandiflora. 



1. Portulaca oleracea L. Purslane. Pussley. (Man. p. 386 ; I. 

 F. f. 1434.) In fields and waste places, northeastern U. S. and in warm 

 and tropical Am. — Pennsylvania: Northampton; Philadelphia; 

 Delaware ; Chester ; Lancaster ; Franklin ; Huntingdon ; 

 Allegheny. 



2. Portulaca grandiflora Hook. Garden Portulaca. Sun-plant. 

 (Man. p. 387 ; I. F. /. 1437.) In waste places and on roadsides. Introd. 

 from S. Am. — Pennsylvania : Northampton ; Philadelphia ; Dau- 

 phin ; Allegheny. 



