ooS L.wi. ncoiDL.E. 



2. Mollugo cppositifolia, Linn. Sp. FJ. (1753) p. ^9. Diffuse, 

 prostrate or ascending; steins numerous, dichotomously branched, with 

 Jong internodes, slender, glabrous or pubescent near tlie ends. Leaves 

 4-^ by -i— i in., in whorls of 4-5, unequal, oblanceolate or hnear- 

 lanceolate or sometimes spathulate, rounded or acute and apiculate at 

 the apex, much tapered into the petiole which is therefore obscure. 

 FloM ers white, in axillary fascicles of 2 or more ; pedicels l-\ in. long, 

 filiform. Calyx glabrous outside ; sepals \ in. long, oblong, subacute, 

 Avith membranous margins. Staminodes 0. Stamens usually 3. Ovary 

 glabrous ; styles 3, very short ; stigmas spreading. Capsules ellipsoid, a 

 little shorter than the sepals, 3-celled. Seeds ver}'^ numerous, subreni- 

 form, with raised tubercular points, dark-brown, appendaged with a 

 very small white scale at the hilum extended into a bristle which curves 

 round the seed. Jackson, Index Keweu. v. 3, p. 254 ; Trim. Tl. Ceyl. 

 V. 2, p. 271. NoUnr/o Sperrjida, Linn. Syst. ed. 10 (1759) p. 881 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 1 2 ; C. B. Clarke, in Hook, f . Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 662 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Xat. v. 11 (1898) p. 642.— Flowers : Sept.-Oct. 



Deccan : Bijapur, Woodrowl S. M. Countp.y : Belgauni, Woodrowl; Badami, 

 JJhival Gujahat: Baroda, Kanitkarl Kanaka: Kala iiaddi, lii/c/tic, 401 ; Chand- 

 Wiir, Bifckie, AO '. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula, Birina) ; Ceylon, Tropical Africa, 

 Australia. 



3. Mollugo pentaphylla, Linn. Sj:). /V. (1753) p. 89. Annual, 



diffuse, glabrous, 6-12 in. high ; stems numerous, with many more or 

 less quadrangular leafy dichotomously arranged branches. Leaves 

 l-lg ill. by ^-| in., in whorls of 2-9, linear-lanceolate to obovate, ob- 

 luse or acute, sometimes apiciilate, much narrowed at the base : petioles 

 obscure. Elowei's white, numerous, in lax corymbose terminal cymes ; 

 peduncles and pedicels filiform ; bi'aots lanceolate, scarious. Calyx 

 glabrous ; sepals yV~tV ^^- long, broadly elliptic-oblong, obtuse, parallel- 

 uerved. Stamens usually 3. Styles 3, short, linear. Capsules sub- 

 globose, as long as or slightly longer than the sepals, with thin walls. 

 Seeds numerous, ronndish-reuiform, compressed, covered with raised 

 tubercular points, dark-brown, .lackson, in Index Kewen. v. 3, p. 254 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 12; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 16; Trim. 11. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 271. 

 Mollugo stricta, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) p. 131 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 16 ; 

 C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 663 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Jsat. v. 11 (1898) p. 642 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 255. Mollugo 

 trijihylla., Lour. Fl. Cochinch. v. 1 (1790) p. 62 {not of Burm.); Grab. 

 Cat. p. 12. — Flowers : Sept.-Nov. Yekn. Jharasi. 



A common weed, Graham, Dalzell ^' Gibson. Deccan : Pooiia, Woodrowl \ 

 Panchgani, CooJcel, Woodrowl S. M. CorNTUY : Belgaum, Woodrowl; bills north 

 of B.'lganm, Bitckie, 9.50!; Dharwar districts, Talhot, 2536!; Badami, Cooke\ 

 — Distrib. Throughout India ; Ceylon, Malacca, China, Japan, Fiji. 



Yab. rvjx'strif. A much smaller plant, ^\~Q in. high. Leaves 

 narrow-linear, g-1 by 3^^ in., apiculate ; in other respects as in M. pen- 

 iaphylla. 



I hare found tliis very abundantly in October on the wet rocks of the hill called 

 the Table rock just above the Travellers' Bungalow at Panchgani. I have also 

 found it on wet rocks near Marmagoa, but it lias not been reported from any other 

 locality. The inflorescence and seeds are exactly as in M. fentaphyUa, but the leaves 

 are entirely different. It seems scarely entitled to specific rank, but is ijuite distinct 

 as a Tariot s. 



