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Spec. Cuar. Annual, flaccid, branched: upper leaves stem- 
clasping : peduncles solitary, 1-flowered, hairy. 
Bengal, flowering in the cold season. 
GENUS V. ARENARIA. 
Decandria Trigynia. Sez: Syst: 
Deriv. From Arena, sand, alluding to the habitat of the species. 
Gen. Cuar. Sepals 5: petals 5, entire: styles 2-4: capsule 
8-valved: seeds numerous, roundish. 
(1) A. Neineuerrense. (W. & 4.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod, I. p. 43. 
Lngrav. Wight’s Spicil. I. t. 15.—Icon. t. 940., 
Spec. Cuar. Annual: stems much branched, with an alternate 
line of hairs on one side: leaves distant, obovate, glabrous: mar- 
gins thickened, ciliated towards the petiole: flowers axillary, or in 
terminal panicles: pedicels slender, viscidly pubescent: sepals ob- 
long, acute, with one dorsal, hairy nerve: petals longer than the 
calyx: capsules ovate: flowers small, white. 
Neilgherries. Belgaum and Dharwar. 
GENUS VI. MOLLUGO. 
Pentandria Trigynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. A name applied by Pliny to a plant to which these have 
a supposed resemblance. 
Gen. Cuar. Calyx 5-parted: petals usually none or 5 very 
small, 2-cleft and alternating with the sepals: leaves opposite, with 
a verticillate appearance: capsule 3-valved, 3-celled, many-seeded, 
(1) M. nupicautis. (Linn) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 48.—Dee. prod. I. p. 391. 
Syn. M. bellidifolia, Ser. in Dec. prod. I. p. 891.—Pharnaceum 
spathulatum, Sw.—Spr. Syst. I. p. 948. 
Engrav. Burm. Zeyl. t. 8. f. 2. 
Spxc. Cuar. Leaves radical, numerous and crowded, obovate 
or oblong, obtuse: flowering scapes trichotomous, decumbent, leaf- 
less : stamens usually 3: petals wanting: seeds roughish, minutely 
tubercled. 
Peninsula, 
(2) M. penrapnytia. (Linn.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p, 44,—Dec. prod. I, p. 891.—Roxb. 
fi. Ind. I. p, 359, 
