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peculiarly adapted for warm weather. Credulous old 
Barham, in his Hortus Americanus, with the hyperbole of 
a modern Hygeist, extols it as a remedy for almost every 
complaint. The following are a few of the diseases 
which it is said to cure ; discharges of blood of every kind, 
fever, dysentery, bowel complaints, stranguary, worms &c. 
Externally, the juice with oil is applied to burns : mixed 
with vinegar, it removes St. Anthony’s fire and pimples : 
and eaten raw “ it cures teeth that are set on edge, and 
fastens them.” 
2. Portulaca parvifolia. Small-leaved Purs- 
lane. 
Leaves cuneiform minute fleshy, stem much 
branched prostrate, flowers peduncled and ses- 
sile. 
Haw. Syn. 122 — DC. Prod. III. 353. 
II A B. Gardens. 
F t. After rain, during Summer. 
This species has a great resemblance to the preceding. 
They are found growing together in the same spot, whilst 
at the same time they are very different in their appear- 
ance. I would regard them therefore as forming distinct 
species. 
3. Portulaca halimoides. Savannah Purslane . 
Stem suberect diffuse, with the branches ar- 
ranged in a corymbose manner, hairy in the axils 
and at the joints, leaves oblong fleshy subcylin- 
drical compressed crowded at the ends of the 
branches, flowers yellow sessile with a dense cir- 
cle of white villous hairs at the base. 
P. erecta, sedi minoris facie, capitulo tomentoso, Sloatie , 
I. 205. t. 129. f. 3.— Halimus minimus, Browne, 206. — 
Portulaca halimoides, Willd. Sp. PI II. 860. 
II A B. Road-sides near Kingston. 
F L. After the rains in May and June. 
Stem G-10 inches in height. This species is not very 
common, and only shows itself during a few months in the 
year. It grows as it were in beds. After flowering, the 
