793 
PORTULACA foliosa. 
Guinea Purslane. 
= 
DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
Nat. ord. PortTuLAcem. Jussieu gen. 312. Div. I. Fructus unilocularis. 
PORTULACA. Supra fol.'792. 
P. guineensis, foliis subulatis, calycibus pilosis, involucro polyphyllo, floribus 
subternis, petalis retusis. Lindley MSS. 
We had no opportunity of seeing the plant after it was 
drawn, and are obliged to Mr. Lindley for the above spe- 
cific distinction. 
Introduced by the Horticultural Society, in whose gar- 
den the drawing was made. The seed was sent to the So- 
ciety from Acera, on the west coast of Africa, in 1822, by 
Mr. George Don, one of the Society’s collectors. 
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