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424 xxxT. ZYGOPHYLLE^. (Edgeworth & Hooker.) [TribuUis. 



. SiNDH, Stocks, Vicary ; Panjab, at Multan, Edgeicorth.—D^Tms. Egypt, Arabia, 



Hispid and villous ; branclies procumbent or ascending. Leaflets 6 pairs, subacute j 

 •tipules ovate, acute. Petab about equalling the sepals. Stamens 5 or 10. ^rmt 

 broadly pyramidal, somewhat pointed ; cocci hirsute, 2-seeded, the spines contlueni 

 iiito toothed wings.— Fruit slightly bitter, eaten bv the desert nomads in Multan. , 



2. SEBTZENXA, Br. 



A small prostrate glaucous herb, woody at the base, glabrous or woolly. 

 Leaves opposite, 3-foUolate ; leaflets obovate, apiculate. Peduncles axillary, 

 1-flowered. Flowers small. Sepals 5, linear-oblong, valvate, incurved at 

 the top. Petals 0. Disk small, 5-lobed. Stamens 5, inserted on the disK, 

 filaments filiform glabrous naked at the base ; anthers nearly glob<>sa 

 Ovary oblong-clavate, sessile, pentagonal, truncate, fleshy, 5-celled J styles 

 5, short, spreading, stigmas small capitate ; ovules solitary in each ceii, 

 pendulous. Fruit ovoid, of 5 1-seeded cocci, separating from the persistent 

 axis, with a narrow succulent exocarp on the back only, endocarp cru^- 

 taceous. Seeds oval, compressed, testa thick with three skins, the ouier 

 membranous, the middle one cellular and mucous, the inner coriaceous, 

 albumen thin; cotyledons thickish. 



' 1. S. ortentalls, Dene, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, iii. 280, t. 7 ; Boi^^ FL 



Orient. I 916. 



SiNDH, Slocks^ Vicary. — Dtstrib. Arabia, N. and S. Africa. ^ .t,j^ 



Branches long and slender, smooth or papillose. Leaflets fleshy, \--k ^"- ^P^^y ™; ^^ 



one obovate-cuntate, lateral oblique; stipules trian,^ular. Peduncle ^ h ^^'\^!^\ . 



less recurved at the tip, longer than the petiole. Fruit ellipsoid, ovoid or subgloDOfa , 



i-i in. long, pendulous. Seeds fusiform, smooth. 



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ZTGOFKYZiZ.UM 



Small shrubs or prostrate herbs. Leaves opposite, 1- or 2-foliolate, fleshy . 

 stipules 2, often spiny. Peduncks 1- or 2-flowered, among the stipu'^ • 

 Flower whit.P nr vpIImw with red or purple spots at the base. O^'y; 



deciduous, imbricate. Petals 4-5, clawed, iniDr 



Flower white, or yellow 



4-5-partite, persistc 



cate and contorted. 

 8-10 



Stamen 



filiform with » 



ered, 



scale at the base ; anthers oblong. Ovary sessile upon the disk, 4-5-coruerc , 

 4r-5- (rarely 2-3-) celled, tapering into an angled style, stigma smaU ; ovu 

 2-30. stmemosed. rnnhn frPA r>r QririQfr. *v,/V/ pnnsnlar. 4-5-comerea 



2-30, superposed, raphe free 



ired or 



winsed, Indehiscent or septicidalTy dehiscenV'into 5 cocci, or locuUcidab 

 n-valved, the endocarp sometimes separating. Seeds 1 or many in ^acu c . 

 pendulous, testa crustaceous, albumen scanty; cotyledons oblong.— i^jsa«- 

 Upwards of 50 species, natives of the Old World, and chiefly <^ape «" 

 Australian. 



1. X. simplex, Linn.; DC. Prodr. L 705: annual, leaves simple cyl^n; 

 dric— J?om. Fl. Orient, i. 912. 



Sandy deserts; Sindh, Stocks, vicary; Panjab, at VLvXim, Edgeworth.---^^^'^^, ; 

 Arabia, tropical Africa. .. n gW 



A prostrate glabrous slender much branched herb. Leaves small, sem\e, ' 

 obtuse ; itipules lanceolate, acute. Peduncle as long as the obovate cuculiate ^^^ 

 Petals SDathuLife. Rmh* 9.narti*to n„^^,.li, ri^fl^-rorl turbinate, rough, O* "^ 



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