766 DODECAl^^J. MONOG. 978. Talinum. 979. Lythru'*’* 
Stems proftrate, with rooting hairy joints: leaves oppofite. o'"'*, 
lanceolate, flelhy, concave beneath, fprinkled with 
nous fpecks: Jltvoer fellile, yellow, furrounded with 
hairs: filaments 8. 
halimoides. Leaves oblong, fleihy; ftcm corymbcd: flowers feflilo* 
Jamaica. Stoane fam. l. /.20y. t, 129. f. 3. 
meridiana. Leaves elliptic, flelhy, flat: joints hairy: flowers ftn' ’ 
terminal. 
Ball Indies. creeping: 2-valved: fiamina 
978. TALINUM. Calyx i or 5 -leaved ; 
petalled : eapjule 3-valved, many-feeded : 
coated. 
trianguUre, Leaves flat, channelled, wedge-form, emarginate, 
nate: raceme Ample; peduncle 3-lided. 
America. Jacq. oh/, i. p. t. 21. Portulaca. 
crassifttlium Leaves flat, obovatc, mucronate : corymb elongated • ? 
diincles 3-fided. 
—— fiacq. hort. 3. /. 52. Stem ereflr leaves not notch* ’ 
Leaves ovate, conyex-gibbous underneath: raceme fit’ll’ 
peduncle round. ’ 
The Cape. Comm. hort. 2. t, 89. Dill. ehh. t. z&i.f’ 3 ^ 3 ' 
Leaves fucc,ulcnt, with hairy axils. 
Leaves ovate, flat; panicle terminal; peduncles forketl' 
Anjerica. Adr, hot. rep. r. 253. 2) Cavan, ic. I, t. !• 
Leaves carimte, brittle; pedicels filiform, forked. 
emieifolium. Leaves wedge-form : panicle terminal ; peduncle® 3 
flowered. 
Arabia feline. Vahl, fymb. i. p. 33. Portulaca. 
decumbent. Leaves obovate, flat, mucronate: racemes axillary: 
5-leaved; lle;n decumbent. 
Arabia ftlix. Vahl. fiymb. i.p. 33. Portulaca- 
Cor«/ many-petallcd, red-violet; capJule 
fruticosum. Leaves obovate, flat, em;irguiate: corymb terminal: 
5-leaved: ftem ercdl. 
America. Comm, hort, i, p.q, t. 4. Portulaca. 
Leaves round, fucculent; Jlovsers white. 
979. LYTHRUM. Calyx inferior, 
petals 6, inferred into the calyx: capfule 
many-leeded. Willovi'^^ 
* Salicaria. Leaves oppoAte, lanceolate, heart-lhaped at the bafe: 
ers 1 piked, with 12 ftamina. 
Banks of rivulets, Eng. Bat, t, 1061. Curt. Lend, f, 3- ^ /«/«< 
■viri‘^' 
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serot. 
patens. 
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