portulaceous

We there found not only cactuses, tufts of cistus-leaved tribulus, and the beautiful purple euphorbia, * but also the avicennia, the allionia, the sesuvium, the thalinum, and most of the portulaceous plants which grow on the banks of the gulf of Cariaco.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

We there found not only cactuses, tufts of cistus-leaved tribulus, and the beautiful purple euphorbia, * (* Euphorbia tithymaloides.) but also the avicennia, the allionia, the sesuvium, the thalinum, and most of the portulaceous plants which grow on the banks of the gulf of Cariaco.

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814