CLASS XIV.—D. POLYPETALES PER1GYNES-, 
Order IV.— Portulacea. 
311. Portulaca oleracea L. Rob. p. 486. A variety 
with red, slender stems, and leaves, grows in 
the streets of New-Orleans, the common sort 
grows in gardens and fields. 
XXL N. G. Hydropyxis. Calyx persistens 5 parti¬ 
tas, extus bibracteatus, laciniis binis interioribus 
minoribus. Corolla peripetala crateriformis, lim¬ 
bus inequaliter 5 lobus. Stamina 4. didynamis 
epicorollis, antheris hastatis. Ovarium superum 
stylo simplex, stigma capitatum trilobum. Cap- 
sula unilocularis polysperma triangularis circum - 
scissa , receptaculum centrale liberum.—Obs. 
This genus does not at all belong to this order 
noF class ; but it has some slight affinity with Mi- 
cranthemum , Gratiola , Pinguicula , $*c. in the or¬ 
der Chasmanthia. The name means water pyxi - 
diuyti , which last name has been given to the 
circumscissed capsuls. Raf. 
3x2, Hydropyxis palustris Raf. Caulibus repentibus 
prostratis, foliis . floribus axillaribus solitaris 
pedunculatis Raf.—Pourpier des marais Rob. p. 
488. Common in the swamps and ditches near 
New-Orleans ; Robin does not describe the leaves, 
but they are probably similar to those of Portu- 
laca , corolla white shaded with violet, stigma 
large and green. 
