Talinum domingense Urb. & Ekman

Talinum domingense Urban & Ekman; Urban, Ark. Bot. 22 A s ; 22. 1928.
A perennial(?) herb, with fleshy roots; stems erect, 5-7 cm. long; leaves alternate, the petioles 1-1.5 mm. long, the blades obovate to elliptic-oblong, 5-12 mm. long, 3-6 mm. broad, rounded, obtuse, or acutish at the apex, narrowed at the base; flowers solitary at the apex of the branches, the peduncle 1or 2-bracted, 4-6 mm. long, recurved in fruit; sepals ovate, 3 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, acute at the apex, deciduous; petals obovate, 6 mm. long, in estivation imbricate, long-persistent; stamens 10 or 12; young anthers rectangular; style trifid, the lobes linear; capsule globose, 3 mm. in diameter, pale-yellow; seeds rounded, 0.6 mm. in diameter, brown.
Type locality: Near Anscs-a-Pitre. Haiti. DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.