Mollugo. | LXVII. FICOIDEZ (OLIVER). 591 
48. M. verticillata and M. denticulata, Guill. et Perr. FI. Seneg. i. 45. 
‘ahaa Mollugo, Fenzl, Mollugin. (Extr.) 3859; Gilinus denticulatus, Fenzl, 
. Cc. 
atta Guinea. Senegambia! Abbeokuta, Jrving! Nupe, Barter! Sierra Leone, 
zelius 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Dillon; Nubia. 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Smith! A fine series from various provinces of Angola, 
Dr. Welwitsch ! 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, Dr. Kirk! and others. 
Grows in Tropical Asia and Australia. 
4. M. nudicaulis, Lam.; DC. Prod. i. 391. Glabrous annual of 
4-10in., with numerous strict 2-3-chotomous scapiform stems from the 
Tosulate oblanceolate or obovate-spathulate radical leaves of 1-2} in. in 
length. Bracts at each node minute. Flowers 1 in. expanded, in re- 
peatedly forking often lax cymes. Pedicels erect capillary. Sepals 
obovate-elliptical. Stamens 5-3. Capsule 3-valved. Stigmas minute. 
Seeds granulate, very minutely strophiolate.-—W. bellidifolia, Ser. in DC. 
Prod. 1. 8391; Fenzl; Mollugin, (Extr.), 382. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Sieber! and others. Nigritania, 7. Vogel! Barter! 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Nubia, Kotschy! Kordofan, Cienkowski. 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Smith! Ambriz, Congo, and Cazengo, Dr. Welwitsch! 
..Mozamb. Distr. Rovuma river, Dr. Kirk! Zambesi, Dr. Peters. Prov. Zan- 
aibar, Speke and Grant! 
5. M. Cerviana, Seringe ; DC. Prod. i. 392. Annual glabrous glau- 
cous herb of 2-6 in., branches very slender, often numerous, strict, erect 
or diffuse from the crown. Radical leaves spathulate or linear-spathulate 
rosulate, mostly withered at flowering, {-? in. long; cautine pseudo- 
Verticillate unequal linear obtuse or mucronate. Peduncles filiform, 3- 
chotomous or umbellate-cymose ; flowers 14-2 lines diameter, usually 
shorter than the erect or divaricate capillary usually umbelled pedicels. 
Sepals obovate-elliptical, obtuse, broadly membranous-margined, Sta- 
mens 5. Stigmas minute. Capsule 3-valved. Seeds estrophiolate.— 
Fenzl, Mollugin. (Extr.) 379; I. umbellata, Ser., DC. 1.c. 393; Pharma- 
cecum umbellatum, Forsk. Fl. Aigypt. 58 (fide Fenzl). 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Hussenot/ and others. Nupe, Niger, Barter! 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Kordofan, Kotschy! 
Lower Guinea. Various provinces of Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! : 
Mozamb. Distr. Shupanga, Dr. Kirk! Dr. Peters. Zungomera, Zanzibar, 
eke and Grant ! 
Also in South Europe, Asia, Australia, and at the Cape. — 
Mollugo umbellata, Herb. Schweinfurth, is Polycarpea spicata, Arn. 
6. M. verticillata, Linn.; DC. Prod. i. 391; var. linearis, Fenzl, 
Mollug. 377, (Extr.). Erect or diffuse repeatedly branching annual herb, 
wholly glabrous; branches slender, internodes straight, subrigid. Ra- 
dical leaves rosulate spathulate evanescent, cauline pseudo-verticillate 
harrow-linear, acute, attenuate below; }—1 in. long. Flowers in sessile 
3-7. (12)-flowered umbels at the nodes, about yy in., pedicels 3-4 
times longer than fruit, Sepals with white membranous margins, 
