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Order LIX.— FICOIDE^E. 



Tribe I. — Mesembrye.e. 



]\Iesembryanthemum, Linn. 



sequilaterale. Haw. — Pig's- face. 



australe, Sol. 

 Tetragonia, Linn. 



expansa, Murr. — New Zealand Spinach. The shoots of this 

 plant contain saponin, but not the seeds (Greshoff) . 



Tribe II. — Aizoide^e. 



Aizoon, Linn. 



quadrifidum. F. v. M. 



zygophylloides, F. v. M. 

 Gunnia, F . v. M. 



septifraga, F. v. M. 



Sesuvium, Linn. 



portulacastrum, Linn. 



Trianthema. Linn. 



decandra. Linn. = Zaleya decandra, Burin. — A very common 

 succulent garden weed, abundant in the hot wet months, 

 turgidifolia, F. v. M. 

 crystallina. Vahl. 

 pilosa, F. v. M- (Fig. 196.) 

 rhynchocalyptra, F.v.M. 

 cypseloides, Benth. 



Tribe III. — Mollugine^e. 



]\Iacarthuria, Hueg. 



neocambrica, F. v. M. 

 JVIollugo, Linn. 



Section I. — G Units. 



Glinus, A. Rich. 

 Spergula, Linn. 

 orygioides, F . v. M. 

 Cerviana, Ser. 

 stricta, Linn. 



