PORTÜL.VGEAE. 1064 MOLLUGtf. 



VIT. MOLLUGO link. Calycis 5-partiti persistentis laciniae 

 muticae herbaceae vel albo-margiuatae, aestivatione imbrieatae. Pe- 

 tala ïmlla. Stamina 3 — 5, rarissime 6 — 10, hypogyua, exteriora 

 calycis laciniis alterna, antberis globosis minimis. Discus hypogy- 

 iius nullus. Ovarium liberum ovato-trigonum, triloculare. Ovula 

 plurima, ex angulo centrali funiculis brevibus iuserta. Stigmata 

 3, lincari-teretiuscula vel subcuneata. Capsula tenuiter membrana- 

 cea, seminibus torosa, rotundato-trigoua, trisulca, 3-locularis, loculi- 

 citfe 3-valvis, valvis medio septigeris. Semiua plura vel plurima 

 globulosa, testa crustacea granulata vel costata, hilo estrophiolato. 

 Embryon annulare albumen fariuosum includens. — Herbae au- 

 nuae humiles, dichotomae, in regionibus tropicis veteris orbis, rarius 

 in novi orbis aequinoxialibus et temperatis crescentes, foliis planis 

 ad nudos spurie verticillatis, stipulis obsoletis fugacissimis, floribus 

 cymosis vel umbellulatis. 



1. MollUgO Stricta uim. Glaberrima, cauïe dichotomo erecto vel 

 basi decumbente, angulato, folia radicalia oblouga spathulata, reliqua 

 lanceolata et lineari-lanceolata utrinque attenuata, acuta, 3— 4-pseudo- 

 verticillata viridia, cymae racemiformes elougatae gracillimaè laxiflo- 

 rae, semina castanea opaca minute punetata reniformia. Mollurjo 

 stricta Linn. Spec. p. 131. DC. Prodr. I. p. 891. Durm. FL Ind. 

 tab. 5, fig. 3. W. el Am. I. c. p. 44. Zoll. Cal. p. 141. Spanogh. 

 I. c. p. 107. BI. Bijdr.p. 62. Fenzl. Ann. Wien. Mus. I. p. 380. — 

 M. malti flora Noronh, Vcrh. Bat. Gen. V. ;;. 79 (nomen). 



Java (reinw.), bij Tjikoja (zoll.). — Soembawa (zoll.). — 

 Timor. — Voor-Indië. — Djoekoet tridi sund. 



2. MollagO pentaphylla linn. Glabra, caulis primo decumbens 

 demum erectus, foliosus, angulatus, folia e basi attenuata obovata vel 

 ovalia obtusa mucroimlata, firmula, glaucescentia, caulina 3—10 

 p*euclo-verticillata, radicalia late obovata vel spathulata, cymae aphyl- 

 lae pedunculatae, fl. in racemis flexuosis incurvatis, vulgo triandri, 

 semina globulosa minute granulata castanea. Mollugo pentaphylla 

 Linn. I. c. DC. I. c. W. et Am. I. c. lioxb. Fl. Ind, I. p. 359. 

 Fenzl. L c. p. 381, (an excl. var. pf), — Phamaceum pcntaphyl- 

 lum Spr. Syst. I. p. 949. - Darm. Tlics. Zcyl. tab. 8, fig. 1. - 

 Ccylon. Voor-Indië. — Java (volgt 



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