Zygophyllum.] XXXI. ZYGOPHYLLE^. (Edgeworth & Hooker.) 425 



^^Ta } '^'^^"^^^^ ^°^^i- ^^^^ fusiform, smooth.— The seeds are swept up by tlio 

 nomad tribes of the Multan desert, and eaten under the name of Alathi. 



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uf' *' c.<>ccineum, Limi.; DC. Prodr. I 706: perennial, leaves 2-folio- 

 late. Bom. FL OriPi,i i qi/^ ' ^ ' 



Rock 



OH, Stocks^ Vicary, — Distrib. Syria, Arabia, Egypt. 



WW shrubby below, with erect or ascending hoary at length glabrous branches. 

 ancrT' P^^^^^f^J leaflets terete, grooved or semiterete, minutely powdery ; stipules tri- 

 S \r^"^i"^' i'erfwncZa equalling the petiole. Sepah ovate, cucullate, fleshy, 

 Can] spathulate white undulate petals. Scales lanceolate, entire or torn. 



/"Siiie erect, grooved, cylindric-ovoid, truncate. Seeds small, ovoid, tubercled, acute, 

 compresseJ.-The flowers open in the middle of the day. 



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4. raeONIA, Linn. 



stinH^^ ^^^ woody herbs. Leaves opposite, 1-3-foliolate, entire, mucronate ; 

 ipuies usually spiny. Peduncle solitary from between the stipules. Semils 



inconspicuous. 



J^Pic^ous. Stamens 10, inserted on the disk, filaments filiform, naked ; 

 stvl/^f-*^ '^^' ^^^-^y sessile, 5-cornered, 5-celled, tapering into a subulate 

 from ^^^^.^i^Ple ; ovules 2, collateral at the base of each cell, pendulous 

 dehi- ^^^^^ ^"^ funicles. Fi-ait 5-cornered, of 5 1-seeded cocci which 

 erect ^^ ^ ^^^ *^^ ventral suture and separate from a horny endocarp. Seeds 

 cotvlprf^^^u^^^^^' broadly oblong, testa mucilaginous, albumen homy; 

 2nr');^"^ broad, flat, ovate.— Distrib. Species variously estimated from 



l.p. 



30, being very variable and difficult to define. 



P yrirr ^^^^ spines exceeding the linear leaflets. Boiss, FL Orient l 907. 



/)'a/2 !^T-f ^\ ^^^^^- ^<^' ^•^•; WalL Cat 6853; W. & A. Prodr. 145; 



T a\^i . • -?^^' ^^lor-. 45 ; Wiqht lU. L t. 64. F. cretica var. arabica, 



'^'^'"'''^^^^ourri.Lmn.Soc.Y.Suppll 12; Oliver FL Trap, A/ri^. I 2S1. 



**f the^ W^^^^^ North Western India, Sindh, the Panjab, and the southern provinces 



A 8m jr^^^ Penixsula.— Distrib. Westward to Egypt. 

 ^(ive8 T^^V^ ^P'^*^ nndershrub, with erect branches, more or less glandular. 

 ^"hwers }} ^^^' leaflets elliptic or linear, acute; petiole often foliaceous. 

 Capsule u^^' P**le rose-coloured. Sepals oblong lanceolate, half as long as the petals. 



^. pubescent, about as long as the recurved peduncle. Seeds punctulate. 



sides 



W ^7 /-, . grooved, spines exceeding the ( 

 2^ ft Orwnt i. 905. F, Enhinella. Bom 



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> w ^^* -P. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Sac. v. Su 



DiSTm^'S^^^ ^^^^A ; Peshawur, Herb. Falconer, Stewart; Chandnist, Edgeworth 



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Simil 



■rnodpr v "^^^*'^«/ and like it referable by many authors to a variety of F a;etica. 



-^^\ .^'' ^'■ai^ches procumbent. Lower haves S-foholate, the rest l-foho!ate; 



*^te brannK " ^'^"^^^ ^^™ distinguished as Echinella by Boissier, has crowded decus- 



'^oes, and verv slmrf U^.Z^ 



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very short leaves. 



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