LV. FICOIDEÆ. 325 
1 bryo eurved round a mealy albumen.— Herbs or rarely undershrubs or almost 
shrubby. Leaves alternate or more rarely opposite, entire, often succulent. 
. Flowers either solitary, vien leaf-opposed or in the forks of the stems, or 
| ary "en or clu 
The Order is wide ely dis geet over the globe, although not extending to very cold re- 
| pons, the e majority of species iubabiting sandy or r rocky seacoasts or dry wastes or spread- 
_ lig as weeds of cultivation, and kt he abundant in S. Africa. Of the eight Austra- 
- làn genera, three are generally distributed over the warmer regions of the globe, three are 
pecially South African, with a few e their numerous species dispersed over a wider ra nge, 
ad two r mic in Australia 
Trise I. Mesentryen ot tube adnate to the ovary. 
-Petals Gg linea ox ids Kanno 
Rials non . 9. Terra 
m IT. de. ii; hee but with a distinct tube bearing the stamens, 
non 
opening i in valves, 
oe ite » 8. AIZOON. 
4, GUNNIA. 
Castle cire 
"fles ani miim E -ells Stob r Eech eee S 
Styles an s2orl , 008 vo 6. TRIANTHEMA, 
/ WD = er ati Raten. Bes divided to the base. Petals 5 or 
rr n ated in CS at the base. Ovules 1, 2 or rarely 
cell MACARTHURIA, 
W or many, free or rarely slightly united when 
E numerous, Ovules many or rarely 3 or A mm each cell 8. MOLLUGO. 
Tase Me Ed HA daa adnate to the ovary, either entirely 
or ote above it 
li ear, in one or more series. ‘Stamens numerous, m several series, 
m H e D D 
Many as cells of the ovary, free or connate at the base, stigmatic 
mner side. Capsule surrounded by the persistent calyx, the sum- 
and loculicidally dehiscent. Seeds minute, with a crustaceous testa. 
°rundershrubs, more or less succulent. Leaves opposite or alter- 
ntire or rigidly ciliate, without stipules. Flowers showy, a 
r leaf-opposed. 
to various 
very numerous in S. Africa, a few rere along the seashore 
Of the four Australian ones here enumerated, one is — 
amon ngst the widely diffused maritime ones, ëmze in S. A e d 
we? wc to the gue te ap: although they have n 
n spec! 
noi time "m or r oblon 
e l in. Flow wee 14 in. diameter on 
t bove l in. * diameter r, 
l. M. equilatera'e, 
is ES n. lowe M. trale 
^ or shortly pedicellate i in tufis of leaves at the nodes . 2 M. "T E 
