Pharnacewm.] CARYOPHYLLE& (Sond.) 143 
short trunks, from which spring many capillary, glabrous, fragile branches, 1-3 
inches long, prostrate, densely caespitose, simple or dichotomous. Internodes 2-3 
lines long. Leaves 3-7 in a whorl, unequal, narrowed into a short or longish 
petiole, the lamina 1 line long, $—} line wide. Stipules very minute, shorter or 
sometimes longer than the leaves. Peduncles mostly one-fiowered, rarely two- 
flowered ; pedicels capillary, bearded at the nodes, 4-12 lines long. Calyx glo- 
bose, t line long. Stamens 5. Hypog.-dise 5-lobed. Caps. membranous, white, 
as long as calyx ; cells 2-5 seeded. Seeds sub-compressed, brown. 
13. P. distichum (Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 275, excl. syn. Willd.) ; per- 
ennial ; stems decumbent, simple or dichotomous, elongate ; leaves 
about six in a whorl, lanceolate, sub-acute ; peduncles axillary and 
terminal, racemose or paniculate, longer than the leaf; capsule sub- 
globose ; seeds lenticular, very smooth, black. H.d&Z. ! No. 1827, 
Fenzl, 1. c. 258. 
Has. Among shrubs. Krakakamma, &. &. Z. / Zey, No. 2492. At the Kous- 
sie River, Kl. Namaqualand, and on hills by the sea side between Omcomas and 
Port Natal, Drege. (Herb., Sond.). 
: of Gallium Mollugo. Stems many from the crown, 1-2 feet long, gla- 
brous, slender, flexuous, decumbent at base, then ascending, rarely trichotomous. 
Internodes 1-3 inches long. Leaves 5-10 in a whorl, sub-equal, inch long, 1-2 
lines wide, in some specimens only half that size, muticous or mucronulate, nar- 
rowed at base, spreading, at length refiexed. Stipules very shortly fimbriate, 
white. Peduncles axillary, racemose ; pedicels remote, 4-6 lines long, capillary ; 
peduncles terminal, cymose or paniculate. Calyx 1 linelong. St. 5. Hypog. disc 
5-lobed. Capsule rather longer than the calyx, many-seeded. Seeds shining. 
14. P. subtile (E. Mey. in Hb. Drege) ; annual ; stems one or several, 
from a rosette of leaves, very slender, simple or forked ; radical leaves 
oval or oblong, fugacious, succeeded by rosulate, linear-lanceolate ones ; 
cauline narrow-linear, whorled ; stipules obsolete, fugacious ; cymes 
2—3-chotomous, racemose, divaricate, sessile, hypogynous-disc obsolete, tri- 
partite ; capsule globose ; seeds globoso-lenticular, reticulate, blac 
Fenzl, l. ¢. p. 259. se 
- Has. Rocky places. Paarlberg, 1500-2000f. Drege. Between Capetown and 
the Salt River, Bergius. Sep.-Oct. (Herb. Sond.) i i 
A very small plant, resembling Mollugo Cerviana. Root slender. Stems 1-2 
inches high, ending in a few-leaved whorl, and a sessile cyme. Rad. leaves sub- 
petiolate, 4-12 lines long, }—1 line wide ; cauline narrower and shorter. Stipules 
very minute. Cymes racemiform, divaricate, the racemes inch long, capillary, 3-7 
flowered ; pedicels 1~3 lines long, deflexed after flowering. Calyx globose, 4% 
lines long ; sepals fleshy, oval. Anthers globose. Capsule many-seeded, scarcely 
longer than the calyx. _ ee 
Sror. 4. Diffuse, sub-dichotomous annuals. Leaves subulate, fas- 
ciculately whorled at the nodes. Flowers sub-sessile. (Sp. 15.). 
15. P. scleranthoides (Sond.) ; annual, glabrous ; stems diffuse, or 
erect, slender, sub-dichotomous ; leaves verticillately aggregate at the 
nodes, subulate, mucronate ; stipules setaceo-lacerate ; flowers axil- 
lary, aggregate, very shortly pedunculate ; sepals mucronate, twice as 
short as the capsule ; seeds lenticular, margined, very smooth. 
ann (Herb. Sond.) 
numero a 
teeaal us, pallid, 2-3 
