868 LXIX. FICOIDE^. [Mollugo. 
Merlimau; Alor Gajah. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Negri Sem- 
bilan. Port Dickson. Perak, Temengoh. Province Wellesley, 
Kubang Ulu (Curtis). Kelantan, Kamposa. Setul Heath. Dis- 
trib. Indo-Malaya, China, Polynesia. Native names: Tapak 
Burong; Rumput Belangkas. 
Order LXX. UMBELLIFER^. 
Herbs. Leaves alternate usually more or less lobed or divided ; 
petiole usually sheathing. Styles none. Flowers bisexual (rarely 
unisexual) in compound umbels (simple in Hydrocotyle and Eryn- 
ginm), involucrate. Flowers small. Calyx adnate to ovary with 
a 5-toothed limb, often absent. Petals 5, epigynous. Stamens 5, 
epigynous. Ovary inferior 2-celled, 1 ovule in each cell; styles 2. 
Stigmas capitellate. Fruit of 2 compressed indehiscent carpels 
attached to and pendulous from a carpophore with 5 primary ridges 
