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2. MOLLUGO, Linn. 



1. M. PENTAPHYLLA, Linn. A weed, glabrous, stems de- 

 cumbent, leafy, angled ; leaves slightly glaucous obovate obtuse 

 mucronulate, tapering at the base; panicles elongated, many- 

 f owered ; stamens usually three ; seeds minutely tuberculated. 

 DC. Prod. 1, p 391 ; Roxb. Fl Ind. i 359; Syn. Pharnaceum 

 pentaphyllum ; Spr. syst. i, 949 ; M. triphylla, Linn. 



'2. M. STRICTA, Linn. Glabrous ; stems straightish, angled ; 

 leaves linear lanceolate-pointed ; panicle elongated, many-flower- 

 ed ; stamens 3 ; petals none. DC. Prod. 1, 391. A common weed. 

 Syn. Pharnaceum strictum, Spr. syst. i, 949. 



3. GLINUS, Linn. 



1. G. LOTOIDES, Linn. A weed, hoary, with short stellate 

 tomentum; leaves obovate, flat fascicled, unequal; pedicles one- 

 flowered axillary ; petals 5, deeply cloven. Linn, sp., p 663 ; Syn. 

 G. dictamnoides, Lam. 



XXII. PARONYCHIACEJE. 

 1. POLYCARPAEA, Lam. 



1. P. CORYMBOSA, Lam. A rigidly erect plant, with few 

 branches ; leaves narrow linear or setaceous mucronate ; cymes 

 terminal, dichotomous ; sepals entirely scariose, lanceolate acumi- 

 nate, white shining, 2 to 3 times longer than the capsule. On the 

 sea-shore, Southern Concan and Guzerat; also in the Deccan. 

 Syn. Achyranthes corymbosa, Linn; Celosia corymbosa, Willd. 

 sp. i, 1200. 



XXIII. LINE^E. 

 1. L1NUM, Linn. 



MYSORENSE, Heyne, Benth. in Bot. Reg. 1326. A small plant, 

 glabrous, erect ; leaves small alternate oblong bluritish, tapering to 

 the base; flowers paniculately corymbose ; petals yellow, as long 

 as or longer than the calyx (in Bombay specimens) double the 

 length; capsule acutely mucronate. Island of Caranjah, Kandalla, 

 Deccan, &c.; flowers in September. " Native name Woondree." 



2. REINWARDLIA, Dumort. 



1. R. TRIGYNA, Planchon, in Hook. Jour. Bot. vii, p 522. 

 Shrubby, glabrous ; leaves elliptical, pointed at both ends, minutely 

 serrulated ; flowers large, yellow, peduncled, solitary ; capsule 



