Sesuvium.] lxix. ficoide^. 867 



Flowers solitary, pedicelled, i in. across, rose pink inside. Stamens 

 15 to 40, free or nearly so. Capsule -2 in. across. Hab. In tidal 

 mud and sand on sea-coasts. Common. Singapore, Changi 

 (Hullett). Johor, Pengarang; Jambu Larang (Feilding). Pahang, 

 Sungei Meang. Bindings, Pangkor; Lumut. Tringganu, Cherat- 

 ing River. Disirih. Indo-Malaya. Native names : Sepit ; Sesipit ; 

 Gelang Laut. Use : An excellent pot-herb, but requires long 

 soaking in fresh water to free it from salt. 



2. GLINUS, Linn. 



Herbs tomentose or glabrous erect branched. Leaves alternate 

 or falsely whorled, linear to spathulate. Flowers axillary in cymes, 

 umbellate, small. Sepals 5. Petals o. Stamens 5 or more; 

 filaments filiform. Ovary ovoid or sub-globose. Seeds very 

 numerous with an appendage of a short bristle. Species of about 6, 

 Eastern and Western tropics. 



(i) G. mollugo Fenzl. Ann. Wien. Mus. i. 350. Mollugo 

 spergula DC. Prodr. i. 391 ; Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 662. 



A much-branched glabrous herb up to i 8 in. tall. Leaves 

 spathulate lanceolate or elliptic, -5 to i in. long; petioles -12 in. 

 long or often absent. Pedicels slender, -5 in. long. Flowers 

 •12 in. wide. Sepals ovate acute yellowish white. Stamens 8 

 to 10. Stigmas 3. Capsule ellipsoid shorter than the sepals. 

 Seeds tubercled, with short bristles at the top. Hab. Sandy places 

 on the east coast. Pahang at Kalambalai, Pahang River. Kelan- 

 tan, Kamposa (Ridley). Distrib. India, Africa, Austraha. 



3. MOLLUGO, Linn. 



Herbs branched dichotomously. Leaves alternate or falsely 

 whorled or radical, linear to obovate. Flowers axillary, sessile or 

 pedicelled in panicles or racemes, small. Sepals 5, persistent. 

 Petals o. Stamens 5 to 3. Ovary free, globose or ellipsoid, 3- 

 to 5-celled; styles 3 to 5. Capsule membranous, 3- to 5-celled. 

 Seeds many with no bristles at the top. Species 12, tropics and 

 sub-tropics. 



(i) M. pentaphylla Linn. Sp. PL 89; King, I.e. 69. M. stricta 

 Linn. Sp. PL ed. ii. 131 ; Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.L ii. 663. 



A slender glabrous much-branched herb often red, 3 to 6 or 

 12 in. tall. Leaves 75 in. long, 1-5 in. wide, lanceolate acute or 

 ovate blunt, narrowed to base, sub-sessile or sessile. Cymes lax 

 on slender peduncles, spreading -5 to '2 in. long. Sepals "05 in. 

 long, elliptic or round. Stamens 3 to 5. Styles 3, linear. Capsule 

 globose. Seeds brown, tubercled. Hab. Waste ground and sandy 

 spots. Common. Singapore, Tanglin ; Changi. Johor, Pengarang ; 

 Batu Pahat. Pahang, Pahang River to Tembeling. Malacca, 



