334 LV. FICOIDEX. [ Mollugo. 
3. M. Spergula, Linn. Spec. 131. Glabrous or somewhat pubescent 
when young, dëch and dichotomously branched, procumbent and spreading to 
more, or nearly erect when small. Leaves from obovate-oblong to 
branches. Flowers in small clusters at the nodes, the edicels as long as or. ` 
longer ‘than the calyx. Calyx-segments glabrous, from 1 to nearly 1} lines 
long. Stamens not above 10 and usually much fewer, with apes 
few staminodia amongst them. "Styles or style-branches and capsule-yalves 
9. Seeds rather numerous, the funicle thickened into a s small arillus, 
; M. Ni 
Viet. g 14; M. pinot, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 48, not of Cambess. 
N. Australia. Victoria river and towards M‘Adam Range, F. Mueller. 
Victoris Sandy periodically inundated banks of the Murray and its "backwaters, z 
Mueller. 
Wr. ustral: ia, Drummond, 4th Coil. n. 166, d? Coll. n. 276. 
The species is common in tropical Asia and Afric 
. M. trigastrotheca, F. Muell. Pl. Vict. i. 201. Glabrous, decum- 
bent or diffuse, dichotomously branched, under 1 ft. long. Leaves linear, 
i i wers 
Calyx-segments about 2 lines long, white and petal-like, with a green centre. 
Stamens usually 5, the fibmehis.: much dilated below the middle. Ovary 
membranous, soon ‘inflated, 3- celled, with 3 or 4 ovules in each cell ; styles 
dage to i funicle.—Frigastrotheca molluginea, F. Mue n Hook. 
» 1x. 16. 
N. Australia. Depuech island, N.W. coast, Bynoe Hearson island, Nichol Bay, 
arep s Creek and Arnhem’s Land, F. Mue 
fas ana? Ser. in DC. Prod. i. 392, A little slender veer? 
when in flower, lengthening to nearly 1 line. Stamens usually 5, t the 
ments filiform from the base. Styles 3, short, distinct, — towards a 
end. Seeds — small, without any iiim age to the funicle.— : 
in Ann: Wien. Mus 319; F.M uell. Fra i. 148 
N. S. W'ales. Torch the e) Range, NM Expedition. 
trali ar Lake Gillies, Burkitt x 1 
The species is diffused over tropical and temi Asia and Africa and southern T 
Onper LVI. UMBELLIFERZ. 
ne round | 
Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary; limb forming a slightly raised li 
the summit, or 5-toothed or lobed, or quite inconspicuous. Petals 5 sel 
inflexed at the tip, more or less imbricate or ver y rarely valvate in the 
