110 S. Kurz — Contributions towards a [No. 2, 



GiSEKiA. Petals none. Carpels 3 — 5, free. Utricules 5 — 3. Leaves opposite or 

 spuriously whorled. 



Sesuvium, L. 



1. S. PoRTULACASTEUM, L. sp. pi. 446 ; DC. Prod. III. 453 ; Eoxb. 

 Fl. Iiid. II. 509. 



Hab. Not unfrequent on mud banks of tidal channels and in the 

 tidal jungles o£ lower Pegu and Tenasserim \ also on the Andamans. — Fl. 

 May — June. 



Trianthema, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 



* Ovary and capside 2-ceUed ; styles 2. 



Flowers clustered ; stamens 10 or 11 ; ovary 4-ovuled, T. decandra. 



Flowers clustered ; stamens 5 ; ovary 4-ovuled, T. pentandra. 



* * Ovary and capsule I -celled ; style!. 



Leaves obovate, rather large, glabrous or slightly pubescent ; flowers soHtary ; ovary 



many-ovuled ; stamens about 15 ; style long, T. obcordata. 



Leaves linear, small, covered witb crystalline dots ; stamens 5 ; style short, simple, 



. , T. crystallina. 



1. T. DECANDEA, L. Mant. 70 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 444 ; WA. Prod. 

 I. 355 ; Wight Icon. t. 296. 



Hab. Ava, on the banks o£ the Irrawaddi. — Fl. Fr. Jan. 



2. T. OBCOEDATA, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 445 ; WA. Prod. I. 355 ; Wight 

 Icon. t. 288. 



Hab. Arracan, in rubbishy places near Akyab. 

 Requires comjDarison with Trianthema monogyna, L. 



3. T. CEYSTALLINA, Vhl. Symb. I. 32 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 444 ; WA. 

 Prod. I. 355 ; Edg. in Linn. Journ. VI. 203. 



Hab. Ava, on sand-banks of the Irrawaddi, as near Yenangchoung 

 (Wall.).— Fl. Sept. 



MoUugo, L. 



Consjpectios of Species. 

 Suby. 1. Glimis, L. Seed with a strophiolc dilated into a small arillus. 

 Softly pubescent or tomentose ; flowers rather large, in axillary clusters ; stamens about 



10—15, 31. Glinus. 



Glabrous or slightly pubescent ; flowers rather small, on long slender pedicels, form- 

 ing axillary clusters ; stamens fewer than 10, . . ' M. Spergnla. 



Siibg. 2. Mollugo^ L. Seeds without a strophiole. 

 Glabrous, the stems angular ; flowers minute, on capillary pedicels, forming cymes, 



. . M. stricta. 



1. M. Glinus, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. I. 48. ( Glinus lotoides, L. sp pi. 

 663 ; DC. Prod. III. 455 ; WA. Prod. I. 362 j Fenzl Monogr. MoUug. 357 ; 



