Sesuvium microphyllum Willd.

Sesuvium microphyllum Humb. & Bonpl.; Wilid. Enum. 521 1809.
Sesuvium spathulalum H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6: 87. 1823.
A fleshy procumbent maritime herb, with branching stems; leaf-blades obovoid, elliptic to terete in cross-section, 0.4-16 mm. long, 2-7 mm. broad, rounded or obtuse at the apex, narrowed into a short petiole, the base clasping; flowers axillary, solitary, short-pedicelled", calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate to broadly ovate, 3-4 mm. long, 2-2.5 mm. broad at the base, hooded, whitish or purplish within, the back of some calyx-lobes prolonged into a short appendage; stamens numerous; filaments 3 mm. long; anthers elliptic, 0.7-0.8 mm. long; ovary subglobose or globose-ovoid, 2.3-2.5 mm. long, 1.8-2 mm. in diameter; styles 3 or 4, united above the base; capsule ovoid, 4.5 mm. long, 3-3.5 mm. in diameter; seeds black, 1 mm. long, lustrous.
Type locality: Havana. Distribution: Cuba; Turks Island.