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FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Glimis 



stalked ; aril present at the hilum with a free stalk-like appendage 

 passing round the seed. 



Species few, natives of tropical and subtropical regions. 



G. radiatus Eohrh. in FL Bras. xiv. pt. 2, 238, t. 6b, f. 1. 

 G. Cambessidesii Fenzl in Ann. Wien. Mus. i. 358 (1836). Mollugo 

 radiata Buiz d- Pav. FL Peru, d- Chil. /. 48 (1798). (Fig. 59.) 



Four Paths, Clarendon, 240 ft., Harris & Britton\ Fl. Jam., 10,634. 

 Brazil, Chile. 



Plant covered with stellate hairs. Stems 1-2 dm. 1. Leaves elliptical 

 or spathulate, 4-10 mm. 1. (-20), 3-7 mm. br. (-10). Flowers in clusters 

 of 3 to 6. Perianth-segvients somewhat hooded, mucronate at apex, 

 4 mm. 1. Stamens 3-5. Seeds very numerous, light-brown, smooth, 

 4 mm. 1. ; aril about half as long. 



2. MOLLUGO L. 



Erect or diffuse annual glabrous herbs. Leaves radical or 

 cauline and spuriously whorled. Stipules none or very rare, 

 membranous, deciduous early. Inflorescence contracted into 

 sessile umbellules at the nodes or paniculate cymes with scaj)e- 



A, Flower-bud opened x 5. 



B, Do. opened wider x 5. 



C, Capsule with persistent perianth and 



stamens x 5. 



Fig. 60. Mollugo verticiUata L. 



D, Capsule open x 5. 



E, Seed seen sideways x 12. 



F, Do. in section ; e, endosperm ; c, coty- 

 ledons ; r, radicle. 



like peduncles. Flowers stalked. Perianth of 5 persistent seg- 

 ments, green with scarious margins. Stamens 3 to 5, hypogynous, 

 persistent. Ovary 3-celled : styles 3-5 ; ovules numerous, 

 attached to the inner angle. Capsules included by the perianth, 

 3-celled, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds numerous, without an aril. 



