CARYOPHYLLEA. XXI. Examine. 
hydrépiper, Smith, engl. bot. t. 955. Petals roundish, slightly 
pointed, concave, inflexed, reddish or pale flesh-coloured, smaller 
than the calyx. Anthers yellow. 
Three-petalled Waterwort. FI. July, Aug. 
or 3 inches. 
4 E. rria’npra (Schkuhr. handb. no. 1023. t. 109. b. f. 2.) 
leaves opposite; flowers sessile, and opposite, triandrous, 3- 
petalled. 2.H. Native of inundated places about Ratisbon. 
Flowers and seeds rose-coloured. 
Triandrous Waterwort. Fl. July, Aug. PI. 2 or 3 inches. 
5 E. ausina’strum (Lin. spec. 527.) leaves in whorls; 
flowers sessile, and disposed in whorls. %. H. Native about 
Paris and in fountains at Fontainebleau.—Vaill. bot. paris, 1. f. 6. 
E. verticillata, Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 11. D.C. fl. fr. 4. p.772. Habit 
of Hippiris vulgaris—Pitamopitys, Buxb. act. petrop. t. 1. f. 6. 
Chickweed-like Waterwort. Fl. June, Aug. Pl. 4 foot. 
Cult. Eldtine is a genus of singular water plants. They all 
grow under water except E. tripétala, which grows by the sides 
of ponds; therefore they should all be planted or sown in ponds 
except the latter species, which should be planted on the borders 
of a pond or canal, where they should be allowed to increase 
themselves. A sandy or gravelly bottom suits them best. 
Ripe seeds are easily transported in a vegetative state from the 
places of their natural growth, or plants may be introduced. 
England. Pl. 2 
XXII. BE’RGIA (in honour of Peter Jonas Bergius, once 
professor of natural history at Stockholm, who wrote several 
botanical works between 1757 and 1780, particularly upon 
mosses and plants of the Cape of Good Hope.) Lin. gen. no. 
791. D. C. prod. 1. p. 390.. 
Lin. syst. Decándria, Pentagýnia. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 
5. Stamens 10. Styles 5, approximate. Capsules 5-valved, 
5-celled. , 
1 B. verricinza‘ra (Willd. spec. 2. p. 770.) leaves lancec- 
late, denticulated at the apex; flowers in whorls, almost sessile, 
much crowded. ©? H. Native of Egypt in rice-fields about 
Rosetta and Damiata; also in the East Indies, but not at the 
Cape of Good Hope. B. Capénsis, Lin. mant. 241. Elátine 
luxtrians, Del. fi. ægypt. p. 13. t. 26. f. 1. Flowers red or 
whitish. 
Whorl-flowered Bergia. Fl. July. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 foot. 
2 B. cromera'ta (Lin. fil. suppl. 243.) leaves ovate, crenu- 
lated ; flowers glomerate. ©? H. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Thunb. prod. 82. Flowers whitish. 
Glomerate-flowered Bergia. Pl. 4 foot. 
3 B. rE rens (Blum. bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnea, 1. p. 645.) 
stem branched and creeping ; leaves lanceolate, serrated ; flowers 
glomerate, on short peduncles, axillary. 4? S. Native of 
ava. 
Creeping Bergia. PI. creeping. 
4 B. ammantorpes (Roth. nov. pl. spec. 219.) stem branched, 
rough from capitate bristles; leaves elliptical, acute, sharply 
and deeply serrated, silvery-tomentose on the under surface ; 
flowers axillary, stalked, glomerate, pentandrous. ©.S. Na- 
tive of the East Indies. Corolla white. 
Ammania-like Bergia. Fl. July. Pl. 4 foot. 
Cult. All the species of this genus are inhabitants of moist 
places, such as rice-fields, which are irrigated the greater part of 
the year, consequently they will require to be kept in similar 
situations in gardens, where they will ripen their seed. None of 
them are worth cultivating, unless in botanic gardens. 
XXIII. MOLLU'GO (the Roman name of what is supposed to 
be our Galium Molligo, which many of the species of this genus 
resemble in their whorled leaves and inconspicuous appearance. ) 
m. gen. no. 139. Geert. fruct. t. 130. f. 8. 
XXII. Bercia. XXIII. Morrvoo. 421 
Lin. syst. Triándria, Trigýnia. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 
none or very small. Stamens 3. Styles 3. Capsules 3-valved, 
5-celled, many-seeded. Leaves in whorls, rarely opposite. In- 
significant plants, with 1 or many-flowered peduncles. 
* Peduncles 1-flowered, in whorls. 
1 M. opvosiriroL1um (Lin. spec. 131.) leaves opposite, lan- 
ceolate; branches alternate, dichotomous ; peduncles lateral, 
crowded. ©. S. Native of Ceylon.—Pluk. phyt. t. 75. f. 6. 
Peduncles almost the length of the leaves, in whorls. Flowers 
white. Plant smooth, diffuse. 
Opposite-leaved Mollugo. Fl. July, Aug. PI. 4 foot. 
2 M. nrrra (Thunb. prod. p. 24. fl. cap. 1. p. 444.) plant 
decumbent; leaves obovate, villous, 4 in a whorl, stalked; 
flowers in whorls on very short stalks. ©. F. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. 
Hairy Mollugo. Fl. July. Pl. decumbent. 
3 M. verticitya'ta (Lin. spec. 131.) leaves in whorls, un- 
equal, obovately wedge-shaped, acute ; stem decumbent, dicho- 
tomous; peduncles l-flowered, in whorls. ©. S. Native of 
South America in Brazil, and near Cumana on the sea-shore, as 
well as in Virginia, and on the banks of the Columbia in North 
America. Roem. et Schult. syst. 2. p. 871.—Pluk. phyt. 4. 
t. 332. f. 5.—Ehret. pict. t. 6. f. 3. A decumbent plant, with 
fleshy leaves. 
Whorl-leaved Mollugo. 
cumbent. 
4 M. Scnra’nxui (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 391.) leaves 
in whorls, rather linear, acute; stem dichotomous, diffuse; pe- 
duncles 1-flowered, few in a whorl. ©. S. Native of Brazil 
and Guiana. M. dichótoma, Schrank. pl. rar. 64. icon. exclu- 
sive of the synonyme of Lin. fil. Very like M. verticillàta, but 
differs in the leaves being narrower and longer ; and flowers 1-3, 
rising from each whorl of leaves. Flowers white. 
Schrank’s Mollugo. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1826. Pl. 4 toż ft. 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1748. Pl. de- 
* * Peduncles umbellate or racemose. 
5 M. srricta (Lin. spec. 131.) leaves usually 4 in a whorl, 
lanceolate, radical ones spatulate ; branches panicled, dichoto- 
mous, nodding ; stem erect, angular; capsule equal in length to - 
the calyx. ©.S. Native of Asia, Java, &c.—Pluk. alm. p. 
21. t. 257. f. 2.—Burm. zeyl. 31. t. 5. f. 3. Flowers nodding. 
Upright-stemmed Mollugo. PI. $ foot. l 
6 M. PENTAPHY'LLA (Lin. spec. 131.) leaves usually 5 in a 
whorl, obovate, glabrous ; flowers panicled ; stems decumbent. 
©? S. Native of Ceylon.—Burm. zeyl. 13. t. 8. f. 1. Leaves 
3-4-5 in a whorl, dark-green. Peduncles axillary, very long, 
panicled. 
Five-leaved Mollugo. Fl. June, July. Clt.? Pl. procumbent. 
7 M. nupicav'tis (Lam. dict. 4. p. 234.) radical leaves ob- 
long, numerous, obovate, crowded ; scapes trichotomously-pani- 
cled, decumbent, naked. ©? F. Native of the East Indies. 
—Burm. zeyl. 14. t. 8. f. 2. Radical leaves glaucous, green, 
large. Flowers cream-coloured. Seeds very black. (Burm.) 
Naked-stemmed Mollugo. Fl. June, July. Pl. decumbent. 
8 M. rapia`ra (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 48.) stems pro- 
cumbent, leafy ; branches panicled; leaves obovate, acuminated. 
. H. Native of Chili in inundated places about Conception. — 
Roem. et Schult. 2. p. 872.—Pluk. phyt. t. 118. f. 1. 
Radiated Mollugo. Pl. procumbent. 
9 M. arena‘ria (H. B. et Kunth, gen. et spec. amer. 6. p. 
21.) plant glabrous ; stems dichotomous, diffuse, round ; leaves 
5 in a whorl, linear-spatulate, obsoletely l-nerved, 4-times 
shorter than the spaces of the stem between the leaves; umbels 
of flowers almost sessile, generally 5 or 6-flowered. ©. H., 
