LXIX. FICOIDE^. 



[Mollugo. 



Merlimau; Alor Gajah. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Negri Sem- 

 bilan, Port Dickson. Perak, Temengoh. Province Wellesley, 

 Kubang Ulu (Curtis). Kelantan, Kamposa. Setul Heath. Dis- 

 trib. Indo-Malaya, China, Polynesia. Native names : Tapak 

 Burong; Rumput Belangkas. 



Fig. 72. — Mollugo pentaphylla. 



Order LXX. UMBELLIFER.^. 



Herbs. Leaves alternate usually more or less lobed or divided ; 

 petiole usually sheathing. Styles none. Flowers bisexual (rarely 

 unisexual) in compound umbels (simple in Hydrocotyle and Eryn- 

 giiim), involucrate. Flowers small. Calyx adnate to ovary with 

 a 5-toothed limb, often absent. Petals 5, epigynous. Stamens 5, 

 epigynous. Ovary inferior 2-celled, i ovule in each cell ; styles 2. 

 Stigmas capitellate. Fruit of 2 compressed indehiscent carpels 

 attached to and pendulous from a carpophore with 5 primary ridges 



