132 LXII. FICOIDER. 
6. PLINTHUS, Fenzl. 
Calyx tubular; limb 5-parted, lobes erect, subequal, co- 
loured within. Petals 0. Stamens 5, inserted in the base of 
the calyx, alternate with the lobes, hypogynous ; filaments 
exserted. Ovary 3-celled; ovules solitary, pendulous; style 
8-parted. Capsules ovoid, densely papillose, not depressed, 
3-celled, loculicidal, 3- valved ; cells 1-seeded. Seeds shining, 
striate.—Fl. Cap. il. p. 479. 
P. eryptoecarpus, Fenzl, found by Drege in the Nieuweveld, is a small, 
prostrate shrub. Leaves very minute, ovate-trigonous, opposite and alter- 
nate. Flowers hidden in the axils of the leaves, minute. 
7. ORYGIA, Forsk. 
Calyx 5-parted; segments cuspidate, of unequal length. 
Petals 15-30, spathulate- -linear or oval, shorter than the calyx, 
at the base confluent into a fleshy cup. Stamens 12-40, in the 
bottom of the calyx, some free, some united at base ; flammeria 
subulate-triangular ; anthers versatile, oblong. Ovary globose, 
5-celled, many-ov ruled ; stigmas 5. Capsules dry, roundish, » 
5-angled, 5-furrowed, 5 celled, loculicidally 5 -valved. Seeds 
many, on ascending cords, reniform, black, concentrically 
furrowed, arilled at ‘the scar.— FT. Cap.1. p. 186. 
O. decumbens, the only species, is a glabrous, glaucous, diffuse plant, 
with angular stem and branches; fleshy, orbicular obovate or elliptical, 
entire or retuse, muticous or mucronate, alternate, petioled leaves, and 
eymose flowers. It grows in the Eastern and North-Eastern ye and 
is also found in Arabia and the East Indies. 
8. MOLLUGO, Linn. 
Calyx 5-parted; segments ovate. Petals 0 or numerous, 
shorter than the calyx, very narrow, 2-3-forked or setaceous. 
Stamens 3-5-20, in the base of the calyx, hypogynous, free or 
united in par cels ; filaments subulate; anthers oblong or glo- 
bose. Ovary ov ate, 3—5-celled, ene -ovuled ; stigmas 3-5, 
linear. Capsules membranous, 3 5-angled, loculicidally 3-5- 
celled. Seeds numerous, on siibeaeiiie cords, reniform, smooth 
or tubercled.—Glinus, Fi. Cap. 1. p. 1386; and Mollugo, FI. 
Cap. i. p. 137. 
Annual or perennial, procumbent, glabrous or stellately-hairy plants, 
with alternate or whorled, entire or denticulate leaves, and small umbellate 
or clustered flowers.—3 Cape species, dispersed. 
9. PHARNACEUM, Linn. 
Calyx 5-parted ; sepals very obtuse, coloured (white) within 
and at the margin. Petals 0. Stamens 3-5 or 12-16 in two 
rows, the 5 outer alternating with the sepals; or 20-30, in 
