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PORTULACEjE, JUSS1EU. 



Claytonia Australasica — J. Hooker. 



Hab. Swampy situations. 



Fl. November, December. 



This delicate, graceful little plant, figured in " Icones Plantarum," vol. iii. 

 tab. 293, ornaments the moist ground around Melbourne, nearly the whole 

 season, with its white flowers, which are larger than in other species. It 

 varies much in size, from two to six inches in height; growing generally, 

 as far as our own observation goes, in rather a straggling manner, with 

 creeping stems, but said by Hooker to grow in "rather dense tnfts." 

 Leaves alternate, from two to four inches long. 



Calandrinia calyptrata — J. Hooker. 



Hab. Granite rocks near Fiery Creek. 



Fl. 



We received a short time since a specimen from our friend, C. D. Aplin, Esq., 

 who gathered it in the above locality, and at once recognised it as the 

 Calandrinia calyptrata. ("Icones Plantarum," vol. iii. tab. 299); but 

 have never observed it growing. 



Annual. Stem much branched, with widely-spreading branches; leaves 

 linear, spathulate, the upper ones gradually becoming bracteiform; pedun- 

 cles axillary, defiexed after flowering; petals united in an extinguisher- 

 shaped corolla. Seeds very numerous. 



Tetragonella implexicoma — Miguel. 

 Hab. Seashore near Brighton. 

 FL November. 



MESEMBRYANTHEMEJE, FENZL. 



Mesembryanthemum sequilaterale — Haworth. 

 Hab. Salt marshes, common. 

 FL Spring. 



This plant is called by the colonists, "pigs' faces," "fig marigold;" and 

 "canagong" by the natives, by whom the fleshy leaves and fruit are 

 eaten. 

 Dr. Mueller mentions other two species, M. Ausirale and M. sermentosum. 



