154 FICOIDEZ. IV. Arzoon. V. Mirus. 
whether the leaves are alternate or opposite. The leaves are 
said to be ovate in the diagnosis, and in the description obovate. 
Stiff Aizoon. Shrub decumbent. 
10 A. FRuTicosum (Lin. fil. suppl. 1. c.) stem shrubby, erect, 
glabrous, stiff; leaves lanceolate, glaucous, attenuated at the 
base; flowers sessile. h.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Thunb. fl. cap. 410. The description does not mention 
whether the leaves are alternate or opposite. 
Shrubby Aizoon. Shrub 1 foot. 
11 A.sxcu’npum (Lin. fil. suppl. 1. c.) stem herbaceous, hairy, 
decumbent ; leaves ovate, acute, rather petiolate, beset with silky 
villi; flowers sessile, secund, axillary.—Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Thunb. fl. cap. 409. Leaves a line long; in the 
diagnosis they are said to be ovate, but in the description ob- 
ovate. 
Secund-flowered Aizoon. PI]. decumbent. 
Cult. This genus of succulent plants is not worth growing 
except in botanical gardens. The culture, treatment, and pro- 
pagation recommended for the genus Mesembrydnthemum will 
answer well for the species of Aizdon also. 
V. MI'LTUS (from pAroc, miltos, vermilion ; in reference to 
the deep red colour of the whole plant). Lour. coch. p. 302. 
D. C. prod. 3. p. 454. 
Lin. syst. Jcosdndria, Pentagynia. Calyx 5-parted, per- 
manent, spreading, coloured. Petals wanting. Stamens 12, in- 
serted in the bottom of the calyx; anthers standing. Ovarium 
roundish. Style wanting; stigmas 5, linear. Capsules 5, con- 
nate, each containing one seed.—A prostrate shrub, with ob- 
long, opposite, crowded leaves; and crowded lateral flowers. 
This genus differs from Glinus in the petals being absent in the 
spreading calyx, and in the capsules being 1-seeded. 
1 M. Arrica‘nus (Lour. l. c.) kh. D. S. Native of the 
eastern coast of Africa, in arid places, in the islands of the Mo- 
sambique. Glinus Miltus, Reusch. nom. Glinus Mosambi- 
cénsis, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 467. The whole herb is reddish. 
African Miltus. Shrub prostrate 4 feet long. 
Cult. See Sesivium, p. 153. for culture and propagation. 
VI. GLI'NUS (a name given by Theophrastus to the maple). 
Lin. gen. no. 610. Juss. gen. 316. Lam, ill. 413. D.C. prod. 
3. p. 455.—Rolofa, Adans. fam. 2. p. 256. 
Lin. syst. Dodecdndria, Pentagynia. Calyx 5-parted, con- 
niving, permanent, coloured inside, with 3 of the sepals exterior, 
and the other 2 interior. Petals strap-formed, 2-4-cleft at the 
apex, from 5 to 20 in number, shorter than the calyx. Stamens 
about 15. Ovarium distinct. Style very short or wanting ; 
stigmas 5. Capsule covered by the calyx, 5-valved, 5-celled. 
Seeds numerous, minute, hanging by a very long involute funicle 
each. Embryo spiral.—Branched procumbent tomentose herbs, 
with alternate leaves or in unequal pairs. Flowers axillary, 
almost sessile. The plants have the habit of 4izdon, but the 
embryo is that of Caryophillee. 
Secr. I. Grmòra (an alteration from the generic name). 
D.C. prod. 3. p. 455. Alsine species, Tourn. - Glinus, Rafin. 
Petals 5. Capsule truly 5-celled. 
1 G. roroipes (Lin. spec. 663.) plant clothed with white wool, 
diffuse, herbaceous ; leaves obovate, fascicled, unequal ; pedicels 
1-flowered, axillary. ©.H. Native of Spain, Sardinia, North 
America, north of Africa, Archipelago, and Senegal, Egypt, Asia, 
&c. in inundated places; also of Chili, about Buenos Ayres. 
Smith, fl. græc. t. 472.—Burm. fl. ind. t. 36. f. 1.—Barrel. icon. 
t. 336.—Boce. sic. t, 11. G. lotoides and G. dictamnoides, Lam. 
dict. 2. p. 728. ill, 413. f.1, 2. Sepals white inside, with red 
margins. Pedicels aggregate. 
Lotus-like Glinus. Fl. July. Clt. 1788, Pl. prostrate. 
VI. Grus. VII. Oryera. NITRARIACEA. 
2 G. pictamnores (Lin. mant. 243.) plant clothed with white 
tomentum, prostrate, suffruticose ; leaves orbicular, flat, on very 
short petioles; flowers axillary, nearly sessile. ).G. Native 
of the East Indies. Vahl. symb. 3. p. 64.—Pluk. amalth. t. 306, 
f. 6. Petals yellow. 
Dictamnus-like Glinus. Shrub prostrate. 
Secr. II. Roròra (meaning unknown). D. C. prod. 3. p. 456, 
—Plénckia, Rafin. speech. 1. p. 194. Petals numerous. Cap- 
sule probably 1-celled. 
3 G. setirLorus (Forsk. descr. 95.) plant hoary, suffruticose, 
diffuse ; leaves nearly orbicular, in whorles, petiolate ; flowers 
axillary, capitate. h. G. Native of Arabia Felix, about Dahi, 
in inundated places. Vahl. symb. 3. p. 64. Plénckia setiflora, 
Ralin. 1. c. Petals numerous, linear, yellow, divided into 3-4 
bristles at the apex. Capsule 1-celled, ex Forsk. Very like 
Glinus lotoides ex Vahl. 
Bristle-flowered Glinus. Shrub diffuse. 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
4 G.? rrianrHemoipes (Roth, nov. spec. 231.) plant pros- 
trate, glabrous ; leaves obovate, wedge-shaped, rounded, mucro- 
nate ; panicles loose, terete, opposite the leaves.—Native of the 
East Indies. This plant differs from Glinus in the petals being 
wanting. It is therefore perhaps a species of Miltus ; but this 
is still doubtful because the number of the seeds are unknown. 
Trianthema-like Glinus. Pl. prostrate. 
Cult. These plants will grow well in a mixture of sand, peat, 
and loam ; and young cuttings of the shrubby kinds will strike 
root readily in the same kind of soil. The seeds of the annual 
species had better be reared on the hot-bed, and when the plants 
are of a sufficient size, they should be planted out into a warm 
damp situation. 
VII, ORY’GIA (altered from the Arabic name of the plant 
Hoérudjrudj). Forsk. descr. p. 103. Juss. gen. p. 317. dict. 8c 
nat. 36. p. 512. D. C. prod. 3. p. 455.—Portulaca species, Vahl. 
Lin. syst. Icosdndria, Pentagynia. Calyx 5-parted, per- 
manent. Petals numerous (20?), lanceolate. Stamens indefi- 
nite. Ovarium distinct. Stigmas 5, filiform. Capsule globose, 
girded by the calyx, 5-celled, 5-valved, many-seeded. —An 
Arabian decumbent small shrub, with mealy ovate acute leaves, 
and reddish violet flowers. O. portulacifdlia is a species of 
Talinum. 
1 O. pecu’mBens (Forsk. 1l. c.) h. D. F. Native of Ara 
bia Felix. Portulaca decúmbens, Vahl. symb. 1. p. 33. Tal- 
num decúmbens, Willd. spec. 2. p. 864. Leaves bluish. 
Decumbent Orygia. Pl. decumbent. 
Cult. A gravelly or sandy soil will suit this plant, and cut- 
tings will root readily in the same kind of soil. 
Orver CXV. NITRARIA'CEÆ (this order only contains 
the genus Nitrària). Lind]. introd. nat. syst. p. 163. : 
Calyx inferior, 5-toothed, fleshy. Corolla of 5 petals, which 
arise from the calyx, inflexed, valvular in zstivation. Stamens 
3 times the number of the petals, perigynous; anthers innate, 
with 2 oblique, longitudinal lines of dehiscence. Ovarium sU- 
perior, 3 or more celled, with a continuous fleshy style, at the 
apex of which are as many stigmatic lines as there are cells m 
the fruit; ovula pendulous, by means of a long funicle. Fruit 
drupaceous, opening by 3 or 6 valves, Seeds solitary, without 
albumen. Embryo straight, with the radicle next the hylum-— 
Shrubs with deciduous, succulent, alternate leaves, which are 
