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the sepals, or 3, alternate with the cells of the ovary. 
Capsule 3-celled, many-seeded. 
1. Mollugo verticillata L. Carpet-weed. Stems branching and 
forming radiating patches. Leaves clustered in apparent whorls at 
the joints of the stem, spatulate. Flowers in little sessile umbels at 
the joints. Stamens commonly 3. Ovary ovoid or globose, usually 
3-celled. Capsule usually 3-celled, 3-valved. Seeds small, the testa 
smooth, granular or sculptured. 
In waste places and cultivated grounds. May-September. Com¬ 
mon. 
FAMILY 21. PORTULACACEiE Purslane Family. 
Herbs. Leaves opposite or alternate, entire.' Stipules 
dry and membranaceous. Sepals 2. Petals 4 or more, dis¬ 
tinct or united below. Stamens 4 or more, hypogynous or 
perigynous. Ovary usually superior, 1-celled. Style sim¬ 
ple or 3-cleft. Ovules 2-many. Capsule circumscissile, 
or dehiscent by 3 valves. 
Seeds numerous; stamens 5-many. I. Talinum. 
Seeds not more than 6; stamens 2-5. II. Claytonia. 
I. TALINUM Adans. 
Fleshy, glabrous, erect or ascending, perennial or an¬ 
nual herbs, with scapose or leafy stems, alternate, terete 
or flat, ex-stipulate leaves, clustered at the base, and 
mainly cymose, racemose, or panicled flowers. Sepals 2, 
ovate. Petals 5, hypgynous, fugacious. Capsule ovoid, 
oval or globose, 3-valved. 
Flowers 4"-8" broad; sepals deciduous. 
Stamens 10-30; capsules globose. 1. T. teretifolium. 
Stamens only 5; capsule oval. 2. T. parviflorum. 
Flowers 10"-15" broad; sepals persistent. 
3. T. calycinum. 
1. Talinum teretifolium Pursh. Fame-flower. Perennial, erect, 
4'-12' high, leafy at the base. Leaves linear, terete. Scape-like 
peduncles 1-5, terminal, branched, leafless, slender, bracted at the 
nodes. Cymes terminal, loose, the branches ascending or divaricate. 
