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brevi-pedunculati terni vel septeni. Bractex bracteole scaricsm, 
acuminate. Calyx quinquepartitus, segmentis dorso carinatis cuspi- 
datis margine membranaceis intus coloratis (rubris vel rarius albis) 
cum junioribus quinque alternis. Ovarium biloculare, 4-ovulatum, 
apice mitriformi bilobo (vcl emarginato), lobis emarginatis. Styli 2, 
divaricati, longe stigmatosi. Fructus durus, cireumscissus, operculo 
bipartibili dispermo clauso; cupula membranacea, disperma, placenta 
vera centrali sed alternatim ad parietes coalita. Semina subcom- 
pressa, rugosa, albumine pauco. 
Common in cultivated ground as well as in the desert : it is called 
Jtsit, and is used to procure abortion by the natives. It is generally 
reddish or purple, but has rarely a green fruit and stalk. It is very 
different from T. pentandra B, DC. Prod. iii. 852, which is the ol- 
cordata of Roxburgh. 
TRIANTHEMA CRYSTALLINA. Papillosa, foliis ellipticis (vel ovalibus 
v. spathulatis), floribus 5-6-andris monogynis, calyce pentagono ner- 
voso, fructu dispermo operculo cupuliformi aperto. 
Arabia. India, from the Peninsula to the Punjab. 
Diffusa, ramosissima, crystallino-glandulosa, ramis stellatim prostratis 
teretibus. Folia subopposita, crassa, elliptica, ovalia v. spathulata, vel 
in Pentepotamia elliptica margine revoluto semitcretia, petiolis margi- 
natis glanduloso-fimbriatis (in ramis omnibus persistentibus marcidis), 
Flores terni (in W. & A. ct DC. congesti), axillares, bibracteolati. 
Calyx pentagonus, 5-fidus, segmentis late cuncatis 5-7 -nerviis, marces- 
cens, subhyalinus, apertus. Stamina 5, vel potius 6, raro 7. Stylus 1. 
Ovarium truncatum, supra cupuliforme. Fructus dispermus, placenta 
laterali, operculo aperto. Semina compressa, cochleata, rugosa, em- 
bryone albumen farinaceum paucum cingente. 
This is found both in the Peninsula and Arabia with broader leaves 
than the Punjab form, and less crowded branches; but I cannot 
consider them even as varieties. It varies in having green or red 
branches. Tt is not common in cultivated places, but in the Rech- 
nab desert there are miles of ground covered with it ; it is eaten 
under the name of Alethi (as well as Zygophyllum simplex and Tri- 
bulus alatus). The women sweep up the seeds from the bare hard 
soil with little whisks, and they are then winnowed and sifted. 
TRIANTHEMA livpAsrICA. Papillosa, prostrata, foliis crassis ovatis, 
floribus in dichotomia sessilibus solitariis 5-7-andvis digynis, fructu 
polyspermo biloculo. 
Pentepotamia and Sindh. . 
Annua? Prostrata, omnino plus minus erystallino-punctata, ramis tere- 
tibus glanduloso-puberulis coloratis dichotomis. Folia opposita, cras- 
siuscula, ovata, obtusa, margine revoluto, petiolo membranaceo-dilatato. 
