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a lanceolate leaflet and shorter than it, articul- 
ated above the middle ebracteolated, leaves li- 
neari-lanceolate obsoletely serrated pubescent 
above tomentulose beneath with stellated hairs 
eglandulose. 
Clmmaecistus caule hirsuto, folio oblongo angusto sinu- 
ato, flore luteo petiolo insidente Sloane, I. 202 t. 127. 7. — 
Pumilea subhirsuta, foliis linearibus crenatis. Browne, 
Jam. 189. Turnera cistoides. Swartz, Ohs. 117. 
11 A B. Common on dry plains. 
F L. After the Autumnal rains. 
A foot or more in height, hirsute. Leaves 2-3 inches 
in length, and |-th of an inch broad, obtuse. Calyx exter- 
nally stellato-puberulous, 5-cleft ; divisions acute. Petals 
oblong, veined. Ovary incano-villous : styles 3 : stig- 
mata multifid. Capsule size of a pea, globular, puberu- 
lous: seeds oval, brown, with a white longitudinal arillus 
on one side. 
ORDER LXXXIV. PORTULACEiE. — 
PURSLANE FAMILY . 
Sepals 2. Petals usually 5, rarely wanting. 
Stamens 5-20 : filaments distinct : anthers versa- 
tile. Ovary free, or partially adherent, 1 -celled : 
styles, 3-6, united below, stigmatic along the in- 
side. Fruit capsular, 1 -celled, opening either 
transversely or by 3-valves : seeds numerous or 
definite or solitary attached to a central placenta : 
albumen farinaceous; embryo peripherical ; ra- 
dicle long. 
Herbs with succulent leaves, often with hairs in their 
axils. Corolla opening only in sunshine, ephemeral. 
I. PORTULACA. 
Calyx either free, or adhering to the base of 
the ovary, bipartite, at length circumcised at the 
