858 LXXIX. FICOIDEJE. [ Molluginee. 
latus; lobi 5, obtusi, margine petaloidei. Petala 0. Stamina 5, perigyna, inter lobos 
ealycis inserta, filamentis brevibus; anthere lineari.sagittate. Discus 0. Ovarium ob- 
longum, 3-loculare ; styli 3, lineares, papillosi ; ovula in loculis co, angulo interiori loculo- 
rum affixa. Capsula calyce inclusa, membranacea v. chartacea, lineari-oblonga, 3-gona, 
' 9-loeularis, loculicide 3-valvis, oo-sperma. Semina reniformi-rotundata, compressa, dorso 
acuta, exarillata, testa grosse reticulata.—Herb:»e annus, tenues, glabrez, caulibus seaposis, 
2-chotome ramosis. Folia radicalia rosulata, lineari-lanceolata v. spathulata, mutica v. 
aristulata. Stipule fimbriato-lacerz. Flores in cymas terminales laxifloras 2-chotome 
ramosas dispositi, parvuli, virido-albi. 
Species 2, Capenses. Harv. e£ Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 147. 
17. Psammotropha, Eck]. et Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afr. Austr. 286. (Mallogonum, Fenzl in 
nn. Wien. Mus. i. 353.)—Flores hermaphroditi. Sepala 5, membranacea, obtusa, sequalia. 
Petala O0. Stamina 5, subperigyna, filamentis subulatis in cupulam (diseum) brevissimam 
connatis; antherz breviter oblonge. Ovarium subglobosum, 3-5-lobum, 3-5-loculare ; 
styli 3-5, breves, recurvi, liberi v. basi connati, apices versus dilatati, stigmatosi; ovula in 
loculis solitaria, adscendentia, funiculo angulo centrali basin versus loculi iuserto. Capsula 
3-5-loba, chartacea, 3—5-locularis, loculicide 3-5-valvis, valvis medio septiferis. Semina 
subglobosa, testa erustacea granulata, aibumine subearnoso; embryo annularis.—Herbzse 
perennes, rigidulz, humiles, caulibus basi szpe crassis densissime foliosis, ramis gracilibus 
flexuosis. Folia rigida, linearia v. subulata, inferiara sepe arctissime 4-fariam v. inordi- 
nate imbricata, caulina verticillata. Stipule O v. parva. Flores minuti, in cymas axillares 
densifloras glomerati v, umbellulati, sessiles v. pedicellati. 
Species ad 5, Afriez australis incole, — .Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 146. 
18. Polpoda, Presl, Symb. i. t£. 1. (Blepharolepis, ZVees in Lindl. Introd. Nat. Syst. 
ed. 2. 442.)—Flores hermaphroditi, foliis bracteis stipulisque scariosis involuti. Sepala 4, 
obovata, tenuissime membranacea, fimbriato-lacera. Petala O0. Stamina 4, sepalis alter- 
nata, hypogyna, filàmentis filiformibus sepalis longiora; antherz lineares. Ovarium len- 
ticulari-compressum, 2.-loculare ; stylus 2-partitus, cruribus filiformibus stigmatosis ; ovula 
in angulo centrali loeulorum solitaria, funiculo brevi. Capsula chartacea, late obeordata, 2- 
loeularis, septo contrarie compressa, loculicide 2-valvis, valvis medio septiferis. Semina 
compressa, globoso-reniformia, testa atra crustacea granulata ; embryo annularis.—Suffru- 
tex, diffuse ramosus, ramis elongatis ubique foliis imbricatis densissimis obtectis. Folia 
alterna, minuta, oblongo-lanceolata, cauli appressa, apicibus recurvis, subeartilaginea. 
Stipule amplis, tenuissime scarioss, fimbriatz, marginibus folii utrinque adnatz, caulem 
vaginantes. Flores intra stipulas sessiles, minuti, solitarii v. fascieulati, braeteis herba- 
eeis dimidiato-ovatis stipulisque laceris seariosis stipati. 
Species 1, Capensis. .Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 148.— Planta valde singularis. 
19.. Adenogramma, RHeichb. Iconogr. Exot.ii.3. t. 109. (Steudelia, Presl, Symb. i. 3. 
t. 9.)—Flores hermaphroditi. Sepala 5, membranacea, obtusa. Petala 0. Stamina 6, 
filamentis subulatis basi dilatatis in cupulam hypogynam connatis ; antherz breviter ob- 
longs. Ovarium ovoideum v. conicum, 1-loceulare; stylus brevis, filiformis, subobliquus, 
stigmate capitellato; ovulum 1, ascendens, funieulo basilari. Fruetus ovoideus, eonico- 
subulatus v. pugioniformis, teretiusculus v. compressus v. anceps, basi sepe gibbosus, 
coriaceus v. chartaceus, indehiseens v. longitudinaliter dehiscens, levis v. granulatus. 
Semen ovoideum, rectum v. curvum, testa membranacea, achznio adhzerente, albumine 
earnoso; embryo uneinatus, radicula supera.—Herbre, habitu Gali, diffuse, 2-chotome 
ramoss, ramis gracilibus v. filiformibus. Folia verticillata, infima basin versus caulis in- 
terdum imbricata, obovata lanceolata v. filiformia. Stipule minute v. 0. Flores minuti, 
albi, in cymas umbellatas v. fascieulatas axillares et terminales dispositi. 
Species ad 7, Afriese australis incole.  Harv. e£ Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 151.—Genus valde anomal:m, 
Mollugineis ut nobis videtur affine, sed ob carpellum solitarium, albumenque vix farinaceum nullo arcte 
affine. A Paronychieis recedit habitu, acheenio, et stylo v. stigmate simplicissimo. 
