Polycarpea. | CARYOPHYLLE (Sond.) 133 
VIII. POLLICHIA, Soland. 
Calyx-tube urceolate, becoming succulent in fruit; limb 5-toothed ; 
the throat closed by 5 scale-like glands, alternating with the teeth, 
Petals 5, or none, very small, outside the glands. Stamens one or two, 
inserted at the throat of the calyx. Ovary unilocular, with two basal 
ovules. Style filiform, elongate, bifid. Utricle one-seeded, concealed in 
the succulent calyx-tube. ndl. Gen, 5208. DC. Prod. 3. p. 377. 
Only one species known : a suffruticose, diffusely branched plant, with pseudo- 
verticillate, linear-lanceolate leaves and membranous stipules, crowded at the nodes. 
Flowers very minute, glomerate. Name in honour of J. A. Pollich, M.D., author 
of a history of plants of the Palatinate. 
1, P. campestris (Ait. Hort. Kew. 1. p. 5); Sm. Spicil. 1. t. 1. DC. 
Prod, 3.p. 377. E.¢Z.! 1807. 
Has. Among shrubs, &c., Uitenhage and Albany, frequent, F. & Z./ Ge. Win- 
terveld and Nieuweveld, 3-4000f., Drege. Also at Strandfontein and Matjesfontein. 
Port Natal, Krauss. (Herb. T.C.D., Sond., &c.). 
Suffruticose, 1~2 feet high, with virgate, spreading, ramulose branches, pubescent 
or glabrous. Leaves 3-8 lines long, 1 line wide, linear-lanceolate. Stipules small, 
whitish-scarious. 
IX. POLYCARPON, Loefil. 
Calyx 5-parted ; the sepals herbaceous, membrane-edged, compressed, 
keeled and mucronate, Petals 5, emarginate or entire. Stamens 3-5, 
sub-hypogynous, Ovary unilocular, many-ovuled ; style trifid. Capsule 
3-valved, many-seeded. Hndl. Gen. 5212. DC. Prod. 3. p. 376, 
Small, glabrous, many-stemmed annuals or perennials, natives of the warmer 
-- of the temperate zone. Leaves opposite or whorled. Stipules membranaceous. 
owers small, white, in densely much-branched, dichotomous cymes. Name from 
modu, much, and xapros, fruit; the English name is ‘ Ali-seed.” 
1. P. tetraphyllum (Lin. f. suppl. p. 116); leaves obovate, opposite, 
the cauline quaternate ; flowers paniculate ; petals emarginate, duteas 
than the calyx. Z. § Z./ No. 1813. Mollugo tetraphylla, Lin. Sp. p. 89. 
Barr. Ic. t. 534. £. Bot. t. 1031. ee Q 4 
Has. Roadsides and waste places thro’ t the Colony. All the round. Swot \ \)9 oe 
A small, decumbent, dichotomous penis ean are = dibs bass. ‘Eipules Spl. 6 | 
| X. POLYCARPAA, Linn. 
Calyx 5-parted; the sepals semi-scarious or scarious, concave, nerve- 
less, not keeled, entire, muticous, Petals 5, sub-hypogynous, entire or 
bidentate. Stamens 5, hypogynous. Ovary unilocular, many-ovuled ; 
style trifid. Capsule 3-valved, many-seeded. nd. Gen. 5216. DC. 
Prod. 3. p. SE ie isc eo eeu cet mained 
Small bran common uu su 4 
regions  peorivacr onli Leaves opposite or peste Wertilliats lintaroroval, 
or spathulate. Stipules membranous and silvery, shining, crowded at the nodes. = 
Flowers numerous in fasciculate or corymbose cymes. Name, of the same derivation — 
LP; corymbosa (Lam, Ill. n. 2798); stem erect, herbaceous, 
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