PLATE CCLIII.
TALINUM PATENS.
Panicled Purslane.
CLASS XI. ORDER I.
DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Twelve Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx. Perianthium diphyllum, parvum, superum, apice compressum, persistens.
Corolla. Petala quinque, plana, erecta, obtusa, calyce majora.
Stamina. Filamenta multa, capillaria, corolla dimidio breviore. Antheræ simplices.
Pistillum. Germen subrotundum. Stylus simplex, brevis. Stigmata quinque, oblonga, longitudine styli.