CARYOPHYLLEA. XXIV. Puarnacevo. 
short. k. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Molligo 
quadrangularis, Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 393. Plant with 
the appearance of a heath. Flowers inside white, outside green. 
Capsule quadrangular. 
Quadrangular-capsuled Pharnaceum. Shrub 4 to 4 foot. 
15 P. mucrona tum (Thunb. in phyt. bl. p. 29. fl. cap. 2. p. 
239.) stems herbaceous, almost none; leaves ovate-mucronated, 
entire: flowers in whorls, aggregate, almost sessile. ©? G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Molligo mucronata, Ser. 
mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 393. Radical leaves aggregate. Pe- 
duncles radical, capillary, numerous. 
Mucronate-leaved Pharnaceum. FI. June, July. Pl. 4 foot. 
16 P. umsELLA tum (Forsk. fl. egypt. p. 58.) radical leaves 
stellate, cauline ones obovate; peduncles umbellate, involu- 
crated ; involucres linear. ©.H. Native of Egypt in argillaceous 
places near Lohaga. Flowers brown. Molligo umbellata, Ser. 
mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 393. 
Umbel-flowered Pharnaceum. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. 
PI. 1-2 inches. 
17 P. 1vca‘num (Lin. fil. suppl. 186.) leaves scattered, or 4 
in a whorl, with bundles of smaller leaves rising from the axille, 
smooth, linear; stems erect; branches white from stipulas ; 
stipulas pilose; flowers in proliferous umbels; common pe- 
duncles very long. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Sims, bot. mag. 1883. Flowers white inside, green on the out- 
side. 
Hoary-stipuled Pharnaceum. Clt. 
Shrub 4 foot. 
18 P. prurndésum (Haw. succ. pl. suppl. p. 15.) stems branch- 
ed, thickish ; branches pale from membranaceous stipulas ; leaves 
crowded, filiform, terete, acute, fleshy, mealy, or pruinose. 
K .G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Peduncles umbel- 
ate. 
Pruinose-leaved Pharnaceum. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1819. 
Shrub + foot. ce 
19 P. a’tBens (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 186.) smooth, suffruticose ; 
leaves linear, opposite, remote, exstipulate ; common peduncle 
long, umbellate; pedicels filiform. h.G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. 
White-stemmed Pharnaceum. Shrub } to 1 foot. 
Fl. May, Oct. 1782. 
* * Peduncles 1-flowered. 
20 P. SERPYLLIFÒLIUM (Lin. fil. suppl. 186.) smooth; stem 
filiform, dichotomous ; leaves opposite, ovate, obtuse, stalked ; 
peduncles axillary, 1-flowered. ©. F. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. A’weak plant. Molligo serpyllifélia, Ser. mss. 
in D. C. prod. 1. p. 391. Like Herniaria glabra. 
Wild-Thyme-leaved Pharnaceum. Pl. decumbent. 
21 P. pepre’ssum (Lin. mant. atl. p. 564.) stem pros- 
trate, simple; peduncles 1-flowered, lateral; leaves lanceolate, 
pubescent, opposite or 4 in a whorl. ©. F. Native of the 
East Indies. Leeflingia I’ndica. Stems depressed. Leaves 
Somewhat tetragonal, lanceolate. Stipulas scarious. Peduncles 
dichotomous. Corolla purple. 
Depressed Pharnaceum. Pl. prostrate. 
22 P. Mottv'co (Lin. mant. 561.) leaves in whorls, unequal, 
on short Stalks, 4 or 5 in a whorl, elliptic-lanceolate, smooth, 
acutish, with scabrous margins; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered ; 
stem procumbent, dichotomous. ©. S. Native of Ceylon. 
Mollùgo Spérgula, Lin. spec. 1. p. 131.—Burm. zeyl. p. 13. t. 7. 
f. ind, 31. t. 5. f. 4. Flowers white. Leaves like those of 
Gàlium Molligo. 
Mollugo-like Pharnaceum. Pl. decumbent. 
23 P. marr’timum (Walt. fl. carol. p. 117.) flowers lateral, 
Solitary, sessile; leaves rather terete, obtuse, fleshy. ©. H. 
XXV. Puysa. XXVI. Horosteum. 423 
Native of Carolina. 
1. p. 392. 
Sea-side Pharnaceum. Pl. prostrate. 
24 P. LicHTENSTEINIA`NUM (Roem. et Schult. syst. 6. p. 692.) 
leaves in whorls, lanceolate-linear, acute ; peduncles axillary. 
©? F. Native of the Cape of Good Hope on Mount Witsemberg. 
Mollùgo Lichtensteiniana, Ser. mss. in D.C. prod. 1. p. 393. 
Pharnaceum galioides, Lichten. spicil. fl. cap. mss. Very like 
a species of Spérgula, but the flowers are monogynous. Perhaps 
a proper genus ? 
Lichtenstein’s Pharnaceum. PI. 4 foot. 
25 P. HorrMannsecoia‘num (Roem. et Schult. syst. 6. p. 
692.) leaves lanceolate, acute, in whorls ; peduncles 1-flowered, 
elongated. ©.S. Native of Brazil. Molligo Hotfmannseg- 
giana, Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 393. Pharnaceum ga- 
lioides, Willd. mss. ex Schult. 1. c. Flowers white. 
Hoffmannsegg’s Pharnaceum. FI. June, July. Pl. prostrate. 
26 P. Berrerta'Num ; stem dichotomous, slender ; space be- 
tween the leaves very long; leaves very narrow, bluntish ; 
peduncles filiform, in whorls. ©?S. Native of Porto Rico, 
along the sides of torrents. Pharnaceum lineare. Bert. ined. 
Mollugo Berteriana, Ser. mss. in D.C. prod. 1. p. 391. 
Bertero’s Pharnaceum. PI. procumbent. 
Cult. The species of Pharndceum are scarcely worth culti- 
vating, except in botanical gardens, being for the most part 
weedy-looking plants. The greenhouse shrubby kinds thrive 
well in a mixture of sandy loam and peat, but the pots should be 
well drained with potsherds. Cuttings planted under a hand- 
glass in the same kind of soil will root freely, but they may be 
increased more easily by seed, which often ripen in abundance. 
The annual species should be sown in pots in the spring, and 
placed in a moderate hot-bed, where they may remain until they 
ripen their seed, or they may be removed into the greenhouse in 
June. 
XXV. PHY’SA (gvea, physa, a bladder; bladdery capsules). 
Pet. Thouar. nov. gen. mad. p. 20. D.C. prod. 1. p. 393. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Trigyjnia. Calyx 5-sepalled. Petals 
none. Stamens 10. Stigmas 3. Capsules 3-furrowed, 3-celled, 
8-valved ; valves septiferous, conniving with the receptacle. 
1 P. Mapacascarie’nsis (D. C. prod. 1. p. 393.) a little 
prostrate plant with jointed stems ; leaves 4 in a whorl, unequal, 
peduncles 1-flowered. ©. S. Native of Madagascar. 
Madagascar Physa. PI. trailing. 
Cult. This plant should be sown in a pot in a mixture of 
sand, loam, and peat, and placed in a hot-bed, where it may 
remain until it ripens its seed. Not worth cultivating. 
XXVI. HOLO’STEUM (from odo, holos, all; and osreor, 
osteon, a bone, all bone, applied by antiphrasis to this plant, which 
is no bone, being soft and delicate. This species of wit is not un- 
common, even at the present day, but applied to men not plants). 
Lin. gen. 136. Geert. fruct. t. 130. f. 5. D.C. prod. 1. p. 393. 
Lin. syst. Tri-Pentdndria, Trigynia. Calyx 5-sepalled. 
Petals 5, toothed. Stamens 5, or from abortion only 3 or 4. 
Styles 3. Capsules 1-celled, ending in 6 teeth at the apex. 
Embryo unfolded within the albumen. 
1 H. pra’xprum (Swartz. prod. p. 27. icon. t. 7.) stems pro- 
cumbent, rather stiff; leaves roundish; flowers diandrous ; 
stipulas 4, on both sides. ©.S. Native of Jamaica on rocks. 
Reem. et Schult. syst. 2. p. 857. Very like Drymaria cordata, 
but much smaller, of which genus it is perhaps a species. 
Petals white. 
Diandrous Holosteum. 
cumbent, } foot. 
2 H. spercutor pes (Lehm. pug. pl. hort. hamb. 10.) stem 
decumbent ; leaves linear, fleshy, acute, younger ones pubescent, 
Molligo maritima, Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 
Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1824. Pl. pro- 
