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CARYOPHYLLEjE. XXIII. MOLLUOO. XXIV. PHARNACEUM. 



Native of Buenos Ayres, and in a sandy island in the river Apures 

 near El Diamante. Stamens 3, shorter than the calyx. 

 Sand Mollugo. PL | to ^ foot. 



10 M. TRIPHY'LLA (Lour. fl. coch. ed. Willd. 1. p. 79, but not 

 of Link.) stems diffuse ; branches ternate ; leaves 3 in a whorl, 

 lanceolate, sessile ; flowers dicliotomous, on long stalks ; peduncles 

 branched at the apex. O ? H. Native of China about Canton, 

 and the island of Manilla. 



Three-leaved Mollugo. Fl. July. PI. \ to | foot. 



11 M. LI'NKII (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 392.) stem 

 erectish ; leaves 3 in a whorl, large ; panicles of flowers terminal 

 and lateral. O- S. Native of Brazil. M. triphylla, Link, 

 enum. 1. p. 108. but not of Lour. Leaves acute, glabrous. 



Link's Mollugo. Fl. July. Clt. 1821. PI. | to i foot. 



12 M. GLINOI'DES (St..Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 171. t. 109.) stem 

 diffuse, trailing ; leaves spatulate, tomentose ; flowers sessile, 

 fascicled ; stamens 3-5. . H. Native of Brazil on the banks 

 of the Uruguay. 



Glinus-like Mollugo. Fl. Jan. Sept. PI. prostrate. 



Cult. The species of the genus Mollugo are all weed-like 

 plants, therefore not worth cultivating unless in botanic gardens. 

 The seed should be sown in pots in any common soil, and the 

 pots placed in the hot-bed, and in June they may be removed 

 into the green-house, or planted out in the open border in a 

 sheltered situation, where they will probably ripen seed. 



XXIV. PHARNA'CEUM (an historical name. Pharnaces, 

 king of Pontus, is said to have first used it in medicine.) Lin. 

 gen. no. 517. Gaert. fruct. 1. p. 130. f. 4. Mollugo, sect. 2. 

 Pharnaceum, D. C. prod. 1 . p. 39. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Trig^nia. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 

 very small or wanting. Stamens 5. Styles 3. Capsule 3- 

 valved, 3-celled, many-seeded. Small herbaceous or shrubby 

 plants. Leaves opposite or in whorls. 



* Peduncles bifid, racemose, or umbelliferous. 



1 P. BELLIDIFOLIUM (Poir. diet. 5. p. 262.) stems erect, leaf- 

 less ; radical leaves rosulate, spatulate, tapering into, the footstalk 

 at the base ; flowers corymbosely panicled. Q. S. Native of 

 the West Indies and Guiana in waste ground and sandy places. 

 Mollugo bellidifolia, Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 391. Plum, 

 amer. t. 21. f. 1. Flowers white. 



Daisy-leaved Pharnaceum. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. PI. 

 i foot. 



2 P. PARVIFLORUM (Roth. nov. pi. spec. p. 186.) leaves ovate, 

 obtuse, strigose on the under surface ; umbels lateral ; stems 

 herbaceous, ascending. 0. S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Mollugo parviflora, Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 391. 



Small-flowered Pharnaceum. Fl. June, July. PI. \ foot. 



3 P. DI'STICHUM (Lin. mant. p. 221.) leaves almost linear, 

 pubescent ; racemes 2-parted, flexuous. Q. S. Native of the 

 East Indies and the Cape of Good Hope. Mollugo disticha, Ser. 

 mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 392. M. racemosa, Lam. ill. no. 1197. 

 Pluk. phyt. 3. p. 22. t. 130. f. b. 



Distich Pharnaceum. Fl. June, July. PI. f foot. 



4 P. CORDIFOLIUM (Lin. amcen. 6. p. 85.) stems decumbent ; 

 leaves 4 in a whorl, obversely cordate, mucronated ; ,corymbs 

 axillary and terminal, dichotomous ; flowers solitary in the forks. 

 O. F. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. hort. schcenbr. 

 t. 349. Mollugo cordifolia, Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 392. 

 Petals white, shorter than the sepals. 



Heart-leaved Pharnaceum. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. PI. 

 decumbent. 



5 P. MULTIFLORUM (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 392. under 



stems diffuse, dichotomous ; leaves in whorls, lanceo- 



late, unequal ; flowers distich, panicled, numerous. O- F. Na- 

 tive of China. Flowers white. Perhaps a species of Mollugo. 

 Many-flowered Pharnaceum. PI. -y foot. 



6 P. DICHO'TOMUM (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 186.) smooth ; stems 

 flexuous ; leaves 9 or more in a whorl, linear ; peduncles axil- 

 lary, elongated, dichotomous. . F. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Rcem. et Schult. syst. 6. p. 689. Mollugo 

 dichotoma, Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 392. 



Z)/cAo<owoMs-peduncled Pharnaceum. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1783. PI. \ to | foot. 



7 P. GLOMERA'TUM (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 185.) stems flexuous; 

 leaves linear, reflexed, in whorls, acute, glabrous ; flowers glo- 

 merate, almost sessile ; stem decumbent. O-F. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Mollugo glomerata, Ser. mss. in D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 392. Pluk. phyt. 163. t. 331. f. 4. Flowers white. 



Glomerate-flowered Pharnaceum. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1817. 

 PI. prostrate. 



8 P. MARGINA'TUM (Thunb. prod. p. 55. fl. cap. 2. p. 239.) 

 stems filiform, decumbent ; leaves small, in whorls, ovate, mar- 

 ginated, obtuse; flowers axillary, sessile, glomerate. O- F. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Mollugo marginata, Ser. 

 mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 392. 



Marginated-\ea.ved Pharnaceum. PI. decumbent, -5 foot. 



9 P. CERVIA'NUM (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 272. ed. 2. p. 388.) 

 stems in whorls, rarely dichotomous ; peduncles umbellate, 

 lateral, equal in length to the leaves ; leaves in whorls of 4 or 5, 

 very narrow, glaucous, obtuse, smoothish. O- H. Native of 

 Russia, Spain, Guinea, and Asia. Mollugo Cerviana, Ser. mss. 

 in D. C. prod. 1. p. 392. Lam. ill. t. 214. f. 1. Gmel. sib. 

 3. p. 102. no. 79. t. 20. f. 2. Buxb. cent. 3. p. 33. t. 62. f. 2. 



Pluk. mant. 9. t. 332. f. 11. Calyx white on the inside. A 

 weak-growing plant, -at first erect, but at length decumbent. 

 Cervian's Pharnaceum. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1771. PI. f ft. 



10 P. SPERGULOIDES (Poir. diet. 5. p. 260.) stems in whorls 

 of 3 or 4 ; branches simple ; umbels involucrated, terminal, few- 

 flowered, or rising from the axils of the whorls ; leaves in bundles, 

 whorled, numerous, very narrow, and acute. Q? S. Native 

 of India. Lam. ill. t. 214. f. 2. Mollugo sperguloides, Ser. mss. 

 in D. C. prod. 1. p. 392. 



Spurry-like Pharnaceum. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. PI. ^ 

 foot. 



11 P. LINE A'RE (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 185.) leaves in whorls ; 

 branches dichotomous ; umbel panicled, terminal, and lateral ; 

 leaves linear, obtuse, 6 or 8 in a whorl. O ? Jj G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Mollugo linearis, Ser. mss. in D. 

 C. prod. 1. p. 392. Andr. bot. rep. 326. Stems prostrate. 

 Flowers white. 



Linear-leaved Pharnaceum. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1795. Shrub 

 j foot. 



12 P. MICROPHY'LLUM (Rcem. et Schult. syst. 6. p. 686.) 

 plant tomentose ; peduncles umbellate ; umbels compound ; 

 leaves ovate, terete, blunt, covered with interwoven wool. Tj . 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Mollugo microphylla, 

 Ser. 1. c. Stem shrubby, rigid ; branchlets somewhat whorled, ag- 

 gregate. Leaves rising from the knots in bundles, and scattered 

 on the stems. 



Small-leaved Pharnaceum. Shrub 5 foot. 



13 P. TERETIFOLIUM (Thunb. prod. p. 53.) glabrous ; branches 

 opposite, and a little branched; leaves filiform, mucronated, 

 terete ; stem erect, frutescent ; umbels erect, simple, stalked. 



Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Mollugo tereti- 

 folia, Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 393. 



Terete-leaved Pharnaceum. Fl. June, July. Shrub foot. 



14 P. UADRANGULA'RE (Lin. fil. suppl. 185.) smooth ; stems 

 suffruticose, erect ; branches alternate, flexuous, leafless ; leaves 

 linear, quadrifariously imbricated ; flowers in umbels ; peduncles 



