Mollugo.] LXVII. FICOIDEJE (oliver). 691 



48. M. verticillata and M. denticulata, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 45. 

 Glinus MollugOj Fenzl, Mollugin. (Extr.) 359 ; Glinus denticulatus, Fenzl, 

 I.e. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia! Abbeokuta, Irving! Nupe, Barter I Sierra Leone, 

 Afzelius ! 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Dillon; Nubia. 



Lower Guinea. Congo, Smith ! A fine series from various provinces of Angola, 

 Dr. Welioitsch! 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, Dr. Kirk! and others. 



Grows in Tropical Asia and Australia. 



4. M. nudicaulis, Lam.; DC. ~ -od. i. » Q 9i. Glabrous annual of 

 4-10 in., with numerous strict 2-3-cnotomous scapiform stems from the 

 rosulate oblanceolate or obovate-spathulate radical leaves of 1— 2J in. in 

 length. Bracts at each node minute. Flowers \ in. expanded, in re- 

 peatedly forking often lax cymes. Pedicels erect capillary. Sepals 

 obovate-elliptical. Stamens 5-3. Capsule 3-valved. Stigmas minute. 

 Seeds granulate, very minutely strophiolate. — M. bellidifolia, Ser. in DC. 

 Prod. i. 391 ; Fenzl, Mollugin. (Extr.), 382. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Sieber! and others. Nigritania, T.Vogel! Barter! 

 Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Nubia, Kotschy! Kordofan, Cienkowski. 

 Lower Guinea. Congo, Smith! Ambriz, Congo, and Cazengo, i)r. Welwitsch! 

 Mozamb.* Distr. Rovuma river, Dr. Kirk ! Zambesi. Dr. Peters. Prov. Zan- 

 zibar, Speke and Grant! 



5. M. Cerviana, Seringe ; DC. Prod. i. 392. Annual glabrous glau- 

 cous herb of 2—6 in., branches very slender, often numerous, strict, erect 

 or diffuse from the crown. Radical leaves spathulate or linear-spathulate 

 rosulate, mostly withered at flowering, J-f in. long ; cauline pseudo- 

 verticillate unequal linear obtuse or mucronate. Peduncles filiform, 3- 

 chotomous or umbellate-cymose ; flowers 1J-2 lines diameter, usually 

 shorter than the erect or divaricate capillary usually umbelled pedicels. 

 Sepals obovate-elliptical, obtuse, broadly membranous-margined. Sta- 

 mens 5. Stigmas minute. Capsule 3-valved. Seeds estrophiolate. — 

 Fenzl, Mollugin. (Extr.) 379 ; M. umbellata, Ser., DC. I.e. 393 ; Pharma- 

 ceum umbellatum, Forsk. Fl. iEgypt. 58 {fide Fenzl). 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Hussenot! and others. Nupe, Niger, Barter! 

 Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Kordofan, Kotschy! 

 Lower Guinea. Various provinces of Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 

 Mozamb. Distr. Shupanga, Dr. Kirk! Dr. Ptters. Zungomera, Zanzibar, 

 Speke and Grant I 



Also in Soutb Europe, Asia, Australia, and at the Cape. 



Mollugo umbellata, Herb. Schweinfurth, is Polycarpcea spicata, Am. 



6. M. verticillata, Linn.; DC. Prod. i. 391; var. linearis, Fenzl, 

 Mollug. 377, (Extr.). Erect or diffuse repeatedly branching annual herb, 

 wholly glabrous ; branches slender, internodes straight, subrigid. Ra- 

 dical leaves rosulate spathulate evanescent, cauline pseudo-verticillate 

 narrow-linear, acute, attenuate below ; J-1 in. long. Flowers in sessile 

 3-7- (12)-flowered umbels at the nodes, about ^ in., pedicels 3-4 

 times longer than fruit. Sepals with white membranous margins, 



