GlinKs FICOIDEACE^ 163 



or transversely dehiscent. Embryo curved, surrounding the 

 mealy endosperm ; cotyledons narrow. 



Species 600, natives of tro})ical and subtropical regions. 



Capsule loculicidal. 



Plant covered with stellate hairs 1. Glinus. 



Plant glabrous 2. Mollugo. 



Capsule circumsciss. 



Stamens numerous. Capsule 3-5-celled 3. Sesuviinn. 



Stamens G-10. Capsule 1-celled 4, Trianthema. 



1. GLINUS L. 



Annual herbs, stems prostrate, much branched. Leaves 

 alternate or spuriously whorled, unequal, entire. Flowers in 

 few-flowered cymes, clustered. Perianth with 5 segments, green, 



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Fig. 59. Glinus radiatus Eohrb. 



A, Portion of plant in flowei' x rl- E, Seed with ;iril (a) and appeudage (p) 



B, Flower unopened X ;'>. X 20. 



C, Do. opened X '>. F, Do. in section X 20 ; e, endosperm ; 



D, Capsule opened x r>. c, cotyledons ; r, radicle. 



G, Stellate hairs of plant x 50. | 



with scarious margin. Stamens 3-5, inserted at the bottom of 

 the perianth. Ovary 3-(5-)celled ; ovules numerous, inserted on 

 long stalks at the interior angle, style short with 3 (to 5) stigmas. 

 Capsule 3-(")-)celled, loculicidally 3-(o-)valved. Seeds numerous, 



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