19,3 Merrill: Burman’s Flora Indica 349 
the Malay name as aud-gam pait. It is apparently a form of 
Mollugo lotoides (Linn.) C. B. Clarke, which Burman describes 
on the preceding page as Glinus lotoides Linn. The type of 
Glinus dictamnoides Burm. f. was from India and can scarcely 
be other than a form of Mollugo lotoides (Linn.) C. B. Clarke. 
MOLLUGO PENTAPHYLLA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 89. 
Mollugo paniculata Bunn. f. FI. Ind. (1768) 32. “Habitat in Zeylona.” 
Burman’s species is typified by Alsine lute a ramosissima 
pentaphylla polyanthos Burm. Thes. Zeyl. (1737) 12, t. 6, f. 2. 
It is nearly the typical obovate-leaved form of Mollugo penta- 
phylla Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 89, to which the lanceolate to nar- 
rowly lanceolate-leaved form, Mollugo stricta Linn., is usually 
reduced as a synonym. 
MOLLUGO OPPOSITI FOLIA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 89. 
Mollugo erecta Burm. f. FI. Ind. (1768) 32. 
Mollugo triphylla Burm. f. 1. c. 
The reference to Burman, Thesaurus Zeylanicus (1737) 13, 
t. 7, places Mollugo erecta Burm. f. definitely as a synonym of 
Mollugo oppositifolia Linn., although it would seem that Trimen, 
FI. Ceyl. 2 (1894) 271, considered it rather a synonym of the very 
different Mollugo pentaphylla Linn. I can see no reason for 
distinguishing Mollugo triphylla Burm. f. from M. erecta Burm. 
f. = M. oppositifolia Linn. Burman’s material of Mollugo 
erecta was from Ceylon and that of M. triphylla was from India. 
TRIANTHEMA Linnaeus 
TRIANTHEMA DECANDRA Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 70. 
Zaleya decandra Burm. f. FI. Ind. (1768) 110, t. 86, f. 1 . “Coroman- 
deli.” 
Both binomials were doubtless based on material of similar 
origin. A well-known and widely distributed plant. 
BASELLACEAE 
BASELLA Linnaeus 
BASELLA RUBRA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 272. 
Basella japonica Burm. f. FI. Ind. (1768) 76, t. 39, f. U. “Habitat 
in Japonia.” 
This is clearly referable to the Linnean species. 
