Mollugo.) FICOIDE#. 533 
— Pruit a membranous or coriaceous, clavate j scissile capsule, 
Seeds 1 or more, reniform ; maere annular. 
898. TRIANTHEMA MONOGYNUM Linn. ; F. B. igh 660 ; E. D. T. 587. 
T. obcordata F. I. ii. 445. 
Chota Nagpur; C. and E. Bengal. 
A diffuse, glabrous herb. Vernac. Gada-bani, labuni. 
383. Mollugo Linn. 
Branching, often dichotomous herbs; leaves often falsely 
_ whorled or alternate, or radical rosulate, entire, linear to obovate ; 
‘Stipules caducous. Flowers small, greenish, axillary, sessi € of 
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ovoid or globose, 8-5-celled ovary; ovules many in each cell, axial; 
styles 3-5, linear or small clavate. Fruit a membranous, oblong, 
globose, or subeylindric capsule, sheathed by the calyx ; dehiscence 
—— leculicidal. 08 several in each cell, rarely solitary, reniform 3 
i embryo ahiwk 
Inflorescence in compound terminal cymes ; seeds not ne ech pe 
hilum ; leaves and stem glabrous 2.2... fies ci sce cesesseneseceoes pee ceeaee a. 
atorscene in axillary sted . seeds with an appendage me | the 
Glabrous or almost glabrous; flowers pedicelled ; seeds with a atiorts 
Subulate bristle at hilum ........2.-.secsscesssceeeecooeeeseeeneeonsee te? Spergula. 
Stellately woolly or hai iry ; flowers — seeds with a membranous 
Seale, which emits a long, curved bristle..........-ssrrrreseesttr ren hirta. 
899. Moivco srrrcra Linn. ; , 668; EB. D. M. 617- 
M. triphylla ¥. I. i. 360. M. pre re F, I, i. 360. 
In all the provinces. 
A sic herb. Uriya Pita-gohun; Beng. Khet- 
pap 
900. e aouiee Spercuta Linn. ; F. B. I. ii. 662, M- verticillata 
F. 1. i. 360. Pharnacewm Mollugo F. 1. 1. 102. 
A diffuse leafy herb. 
1. Mottuco miRra Thunb.; F. B. I. ii. 6625; 
Pharnaceum pentagonum F. I, ii. 108. - 
In all the provinces. 
A prostrate herb. 
E. D. M. 615- 
