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II. Talinum. 
Calyx deciduous ; sepals 2, opposite, ovate. 
Petals 5, hypogynous, tree or subconcrete at the 
base. Stamens 10, inserted with the petals and 
frequently adnate to them. Style filiform: stig- 
mata 3, patulous or crowded. Capsule 3 valved, 
one-celled, many-seeded. Seeds apterous fixed 
on a central placenta. 
Name, probably from salina a salt pit , the s being 
changed by Adanson into t, causa euphonies ? — plants of 
this genus usually growing near the sea-shore, where 
the soil is impregnated with saline particles. 
1. Talinum triangulare. Triangular Talinum. 
Sub-erect, branches herbaceous succulent tri- 
gonal towards the end, leaves subsessile lanceo- 
late attenuated at the base blunt and retuse with 
a marescent apicula at the apex, raceme terminal 
subsimple, rachis 3-quetrous with the angles 
winged. 
If A B. Sandy shores of the sea. Common in Gardens. 
F L. Throughout the year. 
Stem a foot or more in height Leaves shortly pet- 
iolate, subsucculent, channelled down the mid-rib, about 
3 inches in length and one in breadth. Raceme sim- 
ple, or of 2-3 branches. Flowers of a pink colour, ra- 
ther interesting, shortly pedicelled. Sepals broad-ovate, 
acuminate, membranaceous, marked with three longitudi- 
nal nerves. Petals 5, somewhat unequal in size, subro- 
tund, cohering at the base. Stamens 30. Style erect: 
stigmata 3. Capsule size of a pimento-seed, glabrous, 
3- valved : seeds numerous, black, reniform, attached by a 
capillarv thread to a central placenta. 
This ’differs from Jacquin’s plant in the flowers being, 
according to his description, yellow. It is a hardy plant, 
thriving in the driest situations. 
2. Talinum fruticosum. Shrubby Talinum. 
Stem erect suffruticose sparingly branched, 
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