Slender Seapurslane

Sesuvium maritimum (Walt.) B.S.P. Prel. Cat. X. V. 20. 1888
Pharnauum marilimum Walt. PI. Car. 1 17. 1788.
••: pcnlandrum Kll. Hot. S.C. & Ga. 1: 556. '821. Mollugo maritima Scringe, in I)C. I'rodr. 1: 393. U-24. Sfuibvia maritima Kaf. New PI. 4: 16. 1838.
A glabrous, fleshy, procumbent or sometimes erect annual herb; leaf-blades obovate or
I >te, 0.6-2 cm. long, 2-8 mm. broad, rounded at the apex, narrowed at the base into a
Bowers rather small, sessile or nearly so, usually solitary in the axils; calyx-lobes 5,
l oblong-lanceolate, 2-2.2 mm. long, about 1.5 mm. broad, li led, the back
prolonged into an appendage; stamens 5; capsule ovoid, 4-4.5 mm. high, 2 2.5 mm. in diameter ; seeds black, 0.7-0.8 mm. long, smooth and lustrous.
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Di raoimoM Long Island to Plorida and Tei is; Bahamas; Cuba Porto Rico
I i.i-..own ill. PI./. 1424;td. 2.) 111. pi. 100.