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Syn. Pharnaceum pentaphyllum, Spr. Syst. I. p. 949. 
Engrav. Burm. Zeyl. t. 8. f. 1. 
Srrc. Cuar. Annual, glabrous: stems decumbent, leafy, an- 
gled : leaves slightly glaucous, obovate, obtuse, tapering at the base : 
panicles elongated, many-fluwered: stamens usually 3: petals 
wanting : seeds rough, minutely tubercled : flowers small, white. 
Peninsula. Hindostan. Flowering in February. 
(3) M. rripnytta. (Lour.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 44.—-Dec. prod. I. p. 392.——-Roxb. 
fl. Ind. I. p. 360. 
Syn. M. Linkii, Ser. in Dec. prod. I. p. 392.—M. paniculata, 
Burm.—M. radiata, Ruiz. § Pav.—Pharnaceum triphyllum, Spr. 
Syst. I. p. 949. 
Engrav. Burm. Zeyl. t. VI. f. 2.—Pluk. t. 118. f. 1.—Rheede 
Mal. X. t. 26. 
Srrc. Cuar. Annual, glabrous : stems diffuse, leafy, angled : 
leaves green, obovate or oblong, tapering at the base: ‘panicles 
elongated, many-flowered: stamens 3-5: petals wanting: seeds 
rough, minutely tubercled: flowers small, white. 
Hindostan. Peninsula. Flowering nearly all the year. 
(4) M. stricta. (Linn.) 
Ident. W. & A, prod. I. p. 44.—Dec. prod. I. p. 391. 
Syn. Pharnaceum strictum, Spr. Syst. I. p. 949. 
Engrav. Burm. Ind. t. 5. f. 8.—Pluk. t. 257. f. 2. 
Srrc. Cuar. Annual, glabrous: stems diffuse at the base, 
afterwards erect, angled: leaves linear-lanceolate, pointed: pani- 
cles elongated, many-flowered : stamens 3: petals wanting: seeds 
minutely tubercled: flowers small, white. 
Peninsula. 
(5) M. cerviana. (Ser. } 
Ident, W.& A. prod. I. p. 44.—Dec. prod. I. p. 392. 
Syn. Pharnaceum cerviana, Linn. 
: Baie: Lam. Ill. t. 214. f. 2.—Pluk. t. 128, f. 3. and t. 382, 
Spec. Cuar. Glabrous: stems ascending, leaves linear, very 
narrow, bluntish, glaucous : peduncles elongated, bearing 3 umbel- 
late flowers: stamens usually 5: petals wanting: seeds without 
tubercles. 
Peninsula, 
