68 G. Kiiag — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Feniasttla. [No. 1, 
Pekak ; at an elevation of 7,000 feet ou Guuong Brumber Pab'ang, 
Wraif 1567 j also on Gunong Batu Puleb^ Wray 316. 
Thia reaembles the Indian epeoies B. Tkcmaonii, DC, bat differa in being 
oauleacent, in having shorter imics on t«aves and petiolea, and in the posterior 
wing of the oapsule being much larger. I hare named tha species after Sir Hngb 
Low, late Brifcieh resident at Malaoeaj to commeniorate his many serTicoB towards 
the botanical exploration of tho Province of Porak. 
Order LIT. FICOIDE^, 
Herbs. Zeam simple, often fleshy^ nauatly opposite or whorled; 
stipules 0 or scarioue> Fhimrs iisually in cymes or elustera, rarely 
solitary^ regular, hermaphi"odite rarely polygamoaa. Oalyx of 4-5 seg- 
ments, united into a tube or nearly diatiuct, free from the ovary in the 
Indian genera, often peraisteut. Pttals uaually waating, wlien preBent 
jsmalL i8ffame«3 perigynons or hypogynoaa, definite or indefinite ; sta- 
minodes sometimes present. Ovary free {except In Mesembryanthemum) ^ 
2-5-cellet], eyncarpous (except in Gisekia) ; stales as many as tbe car- 
pels : ovules numerous in each carpel and axile or solitary and basal. 
FruU osually capsular, splitting dorsally or circumseias, more rarely 
the carpels separate into cocci. Seeds many or 1 in each carpel, usually 
reniform, compressed ; embryo ctirved or annular, surrounding the fari- 
naceous albumen^ radicle next the hilum. — Distrib. Species 450, chiefly 
African, a few are scattered ttiroizgh moat tropical and subtropical 
regions. 
Capsnlo with oircainBeiBSilo debiicence ... ... 1. Sbsuviitm. 
Capsule with dorsal dohisconce ... ... 2, MoLlugo, 
1. Sesuviom, LEnu. 
Succulent branching herba. Leaves opposite, fleshy ; stipules 0- 
Floioers axillary, sessile or ped uncled, solitary^ rarely in cymes, Oalyx- 
tuhe short ; lobes 5, trianguIar-lancGolate, persistent, often coloured. 
Petals 0, Stamens many or 5, inserted round the aummit of the calyx- 
tube. Ovfli-^ free, 3-5-ceIled; styles 3-5; ovulea many, axile. Oapmle 
ovate-oblong, membranous, 3-5-ceUed, circumscisa. Seeds many in eiMjh 
cell, reniform ; embrjo annular, — Distrib. Species 4, littoral in warm 
climatea* 
Sesovidm Portulacasteum, Linn, Syst, ed, 10, 1058. Creeping and 
rooting iu the sand, glabrous. Leaves linear-spathulate almost cylindric, 
sometimes sub-obovate ■ gradually narrowed into a short petiole with 
dilated scariouely margined base. jPZoiwers solitary, axillary, their pedicels 
'26 in. long. Calyx rose-coloured inside. Stametts 15 to 40, free or almost 
free. Styles 3 to 5. Oapsuh "2 in. across. Seeds black, shiuLng, 
amootbi not numerous. Eoxb. Fl. Ind. 11,509; Dalz. & Cuba. Bomb, 
