j,\\ I. ricoiDK.K. 559 



4. Mollugo Cerviana, Serin'je, in DO. I'rodr. v. 1 (1824) p. 302, 

 All anmilar fiv-cl sIlmhIci- glabrous herb 3-8 in. liigh. Stems very many, 

 almost fililorin ; bninclu'S umbellate, the nicies thickened. Kadical 

 leaves |-j in. lonc^, rosiilate, spathubite or linear-spatbulate. Cauline 

 leaves ^-'^ by about -j'^ in., narrow-linear, apiculate, 2-8 in a whorl ; 

 petioles obscure. Flowers numerous;, on long filiform stiff pedicels sub- 

 uinbcllately arranged, usually in threes on tlie top of long filiform 

 axillary and terminal peduiu'L's. tSepals -j'q in. long, elliptic-oblong, 

 obtuse, with white nu'mbrauous margins. Stamens 3-5. Styles 3, 

 very short. Capsules subglobose, equalling the sepals. Seeds numerous, 

 SMiooth, without tubercular points, yellowish-brown. Fl. B. I. v. 2, 

 p. GG3; Aiicb. Pb. & Sind PI. p. G6 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 272; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 642; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 1 rod. V. 5, p. 254. — Flowers : Sept.-Nov. Vebn. Padd. 



S. M. Oountuy: Badiimi, Woodrowl, Cooke \ Gujarat: Kanitkar\; Decsa, Ri^ioji I 

 Sisd: S/ocAs ex Aifchison. — Distrib. Iiidiii (t'anj.ib, Siad, W. Peninsula); Coybjii, 

 Tropical Africa, Australia. 



G. GISEKIA, Linn. 



DIflcuse branched usually annual herbs. Leaves opposite or falsely 

 whorled, subfieshy, linear or spathulate, abounding in raphides ; stipules 

 0. Flowers small, in lax or dense axillary sessile fascicles or shortly 

 peduncled umbellate cymes, hermaphrodite or polygamous. Sepals 5, 

 equal, herbaceous or with membranous margins. Petals 0. Stamens 

 5-15, hypogynous ; filaments dilated at the base ; anthers oblong. 

 Carpels usually 5, distinct, sessile on a small torus, l-cel!ed ; ovules 

 solitary, basal ; styles as many as the carpels. Fruit of 5 free mem- 

 branous compressed papillose indehiscent 1-seeded carpels. Seeds ver- 

 tical, compressed, subreniform ; embryo annular. — Disteib. Africa, 

 Arabia, India ; species 5. 



1. Gisekia pharnaceoides, Linn. JIantiss. (1771) p. 5G2. A 

 diffuse somewhat succulent glabrous herb ; stems 6-18 in. long ; branches 

 prostrate or ascending. Leaves subfieshy, suboppposite, |-1| by -i— | in., 

 linear-oblong, elliptic-lanceolate or spathulate-oblong, obtuse or sub- 

 acute, entire, tapering at the base, glabrous, glaucous ; petioles 0-:| in. 

 long. Flowers numerous, in almost sessile umbellate cymes ; pedicels 

 slender, -i-V~6 ^^^' ^^^^"- Sepals yTj-jTy in. long, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 

 with membranous margins. Stamens 5 ; filaments dilated at the base. 

 Ripe carpels membranous, as long as the sepals and surrounded by them. 

 Seed solitary, rounded on the back, black, with scattered white glan- 

 dular prominences. Fl. 13. I. v. 2, p. 664 ; Grab. Cat. p. 250 ; Wight, 

 Icon. t. 1167 ; Aitch. Pb. & Sind PL p. 66 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 273; 

 AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Xat. v. 11 (1898) p. 642 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 3, p. 502.— Flowers : Aug.-Sept. 



KoNKAN : Nimmo ex Graham. S. M. Country : Badami, Woodroxo .', Bhiva \ 

 Gujarat: Stocks \ Sind: Dalzclll, Stocks, %\ — Distrib. India (Panj;ib, W. Penin- 

 sula) ; Ceylon, Beluchistan, Afghanistan, Africa. Vern. Vdluchi-bluiji. 



Strong anthelmintic properties have been claimed for this plant, which has been 

 especially recommended as a specific for tape-worm. See \Yatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1, c 



