422 
Native of Buenos Ayres, and in a sandy island in the river Apures 
near El Diamante. Stamens 3, shorter than the calyx. 
Sand Mollugo. Pl. } to 4 foot. 
10 M. trRIPHY LLA (Lour. fl. coch. ed. Willd. 1. p. 79, but not 
of Link.) stems diffuse; branches ternate ; leaves 3 in a whorl, 
lanceolate, sessile ; flowers dichotomous, on long stalks ; peduncles 
branched at the apex. ©? H. Native of China about Canton, 
and the island of Manilla. 
Three-leaved Mollugo. Fl. July. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
11 M. Lrnxu (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 392.) stem 
erectish ; leaves 3 in a whorl, large; panicles of flowers terminal 
and lateral. ©. S. Native of Brazil. M. triphylla, Link. 
enum. 1. p. 108. but not of Lour. Leaves acute, glabrous. 
Link’s Mollugo. Fl. July. Clt. 1821. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
12 M. cuinorpes (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 171. t. 109.) stem 
diffuse, trailing; leaves spatulate, tomentose; flowers sessile, 
fascicled ; stamens 3-5. ©.H. Native of Brazil on the banks 
of the Uruguay. 
Glinus-like Mollugo. Fl. Jan. Sept. Pl. prostrate. 
Cult. The species of the genus Mollùgo are all weed-like 
plants, therefore not worth cultivating unless in botanic gardens. 
The seed should be sown in pots in any common soil, and the 
pots placed in the hot-bed, and in June they may be removed 
into the green-house, or planted out in the open border in a 
sheltered situation, where they will probably ripen seed. 
XXIV. PHARNA'CEUM (an historical name. Pharnaces, 
king of Pontus, is said to have first used it in medicine.) Lin. 
gen. no. 517. Gert. fruct. 1. p. 130. f. 4. Molligo, sect. 2. 
Pharnaceum, D. C. prod. 1. p. 39. 
Lin. syst. Pentandria, Trigijnia. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 
very small or wanting. Stamens 5. Styles 3. Capsule 3- 
valved, 3-celled, many-seeded. Small herbaceous or shrubby 
plants. Leaves opposite or in whorls. 
* Peduncles bifid, racemose, or umbelliferous. 
1 P. seLLIDIFÒLUM (Poir. dict. 5. p. 262.) stems erect, leaf- 
less ; radical leaves rosulate, spatulate, tapering into the footstalk 
at the base ; flowers corymbosely panicled. ©.S. Native of 
the West Indies and Guiana in waste ground and sandy places. 
Mollùgo bellidifolia, Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 391.—Plum. 
amer. t. 21. f. 1. Flowers white. 
Daisy-leaved Pharnaceum, FI. June, July. Cit.1823. PI. 
+ foot. 
2 P. parvirLorum (Roth. nov. pl. spec. p. 186.) leaves ovate, 
obtuse, strigose on the under surface; umbels lateral; stems 
herbaceous, ascending. ©. S. Native of the East Indies. 
Mollugo parviflora, Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 391. 
Small-flowered Pharnaceum. FI. June, July. Pl. 4 foot. 
3 P. pi'sticuum (Lin. mant. p. 221.) leaves almost linear, 
pubescent ; racemes 2-parted, flexuous. ©.S. Native of the 
East Indies and the Cape of Good Hope. Molligo disticha, Ser. 
mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 392. M. racemésa, Lam. ill. no. 1197. 
—Pluk. phyt. 3. p. 22. t. 130. f. b. 
Distich Pharnaceum. FI. June, July. Pl. 4 foot. 
4 P. corpiroLium (Lin. amoen. 6. p. 85.) stems decumbent ; 
leaves 4 in a whorl, obversely cordate, mucronated ; corymbs 
axillary and terminal, dichotomous ; flowers solitary in the forks. 
©. F. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 
t. 349. Mollùgo cordifòlia, Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 392. 
Petals white, shorter than the sepals. 
Heart-leaved Pharnaceum. F]. June, July. Clt. 1823. Pl. 
decumbent. 
5 P. muLTIFLÒRUM (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 392. under 
Molligo,).stems diffuse, dichotomous ; leaves in whorls, lanceo- 
CARYOPHYLLEÆ. XXIII. Morrvco. XXIV. PHARNACEUM. 
late, unequal ; flowers distich, panicled, numerous. ©. F. _Na- 
tive of China. Flowers white. Perhaps a species of Molligo. 
Many-flowered Pharnaceum. PI. 4 foot. 
6 P. picHo’romum (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 186.) smooth ; stems 
flexuous; leaves 9 or more in a whorl, linear; peduncles axil- 
lary, elongated, dichotomous. ©. F. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Reem. et Schult. syst. 6. p. 689. Mollugo 
dichétoma, Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 392. 
Dichotomous-peduncled Pharnaceum. Fl. June, July. Clt. 
1783. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
7 P. cromera tum (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 185.) stems flexuous ; 
leaves linear, reflexed, in whorls, acute, glabrous ; flowers glo- 
merate, almost sessile ; stem decumbent. ©.F. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Mbolligo glomerata, Ser. mss. in D. C. 
prod. 1. p. 392.—Pluk. phyt. 163. t. 331. f. 4. Flowers white. 
Glomerate-flowered Pharnaceum. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1817. 
Pl. prostrate. 
8 P. marcina‘rum (Thunb. prod. p. 55. fl. cap. 2. p. 239.) 
stems filiform, decumbent; leaves small, in whorls, ovate, mar- 
inated, obtuse; flowers axillary, sessile, glomerate. ©. F. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Mollùgo marginata, Ser. 
mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 392. 
Marginated-leaved Pharnaceum. Pl. decumbent, % foot. 
9 P. Cervia‘num (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 272. ed. 2. p. 388.) 
stems in whorls, rarely dichotomous; peduncles umbellate, 
lateral, equal in length to the leaves ; leaves in whorls of 4 or 5, 
very narrow, glaucous, obtuse, smoothish. ©. H. Native of 
Russia, Spain, Guinea, and Asia. Mollugo Cerviana, Ser. mss. 
in D. C. prod. 1. p. $92.—Lam. ill. t. 214. f. 1.—Gmel. sib. 
3. p. 102. no. 79. t. 20. f. 2.—Buxb. cent. 3. p. 33. t. 62. f. 2. 
—Pluk. mant. 9. t. 332. f. 11. Calyx white on the inside. A 
weak-growing plant, at first erect, but at length decumbent. 
Cervian’s Pharnaceum. Fl. June, July. Clt.1771. Pl. 4 ft. 
10 P. spercutor pes (Poir. dict. 5. p. 260.) stems in whorls 
of 3 or 4; branches simple; umbels involucrated, terminal, few- 
flowered, or rising from the axils of the whorls ; leaves in bundles, 
whorled, numerous, very narrow, and acute. ©? S. Native 
of India. Lam. ill. t. 214. f. 2. Molligo sperguloides, Ser. mss. 
in D. C. prod. 1. p. 392. 
Spurry-like Pharnaceum. FI. June, July. Clt. 1819. 
foot. 
11 P. ringa‘re (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 185.) leaves in whorls; 
branches dichotomous; umbel panicled, terminal, and lateral; 
leaves linear, obtuse, 6 or 8 in a whorl. ©? h.G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Mollùgo linearis, Ser. mss. in 
C. prod. 1. p. 392. Andr. bot. rep. 326. Stems prostrate. 
Flowers white. 
rincar-leaved Pharnaceum. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1795. Shrub 
1 foot. 
12 P. micropuy’ttum (Roem. et Schult. syst. 6. p. 686.) 
plant tomentose ; peduncles umbellate; umbels compound ; 
leaves ovate, terete, blunt, covered with interwoven wool. R~- 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Mollùgo microphylla, 
Ser. l. c. Stem shrubby, rigid; branchlets somewhat whorled, ag- 
gregate. Leaves rising from the knots in bundles, and scattered 
on the stems. 
Small-leaved Pharnaceum. Shrub } foot. 
13 P. TERETIFÒLIUM (Thunb. prod. p. 53.) glabrous ; branches 
opposite, and a little branched; leaves filiform, mucronated, 
Pl. 4 
. terete; stem erect, frutescent; umbels erect, simple, stalked. 
h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Mollugo tereti- 
folia, Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 393. 
Terete-leaved Pharnaceum: FI. J une, July. Shrub ż foot. 
14 P. quapraneuta're (Lin. fil. suppl. 185.) smooth; stems 
suffruticose, erect ; branches alternate, flexuous, leafless; leaves 
linear, quadrifariously imbricated ; flowers in umbels ; peduncles 
