* Leaves simple. 
Zygophyllum. | ZYGOPHYLLEA (Sond.) 355 
and nearly twice as long, yellow, striate, Hyp.-scales glabrous, 1 line long, bifid, 
the lobes denticulate on the inner side. Style thick, 3~4 lines long. Carpels 6 lines 
long, 3 lines wide. Seed 4 lines long, 
IIL AUGEA, Thunb. 
Calyx 5-cleft, persistent, the segments ovato-lanceolate, with valvate 
estivation, Petals none. Hypogynous-dise cup-shaped, membranous, 
1o-toothed, with subulate-setaceous teeth. Stamens 10, inserted be- 
tween the teeth of the disc ; filaments very short,. broad, trifid, the 
medial segment antheriferous, the lateral subulate, longer than the 
anthers ; anther fixed below the middle, oblong, 2-celled. Petaloid 
scales linear (white) bifid to the middle, outside the stamens and oppo- 
site them, rather longer than the calyx. Ovary free, somewhat angu- 
lar, glabrous, 10-celled ; ovules pendulous, fixed to the central angle. 
Style short, filiform ; stigma simple. Capsule oval-oblong, 10-angled, 
10-valved, the valves dehiscing. Seeds solitary, oblong, with a thickish 
testa ; embryo exalbuminous; cotyledons flat, thickish ; radicle supe- 
rior. Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 389. 
An annual, glabrous, fleshy herb, with the aspect of a Mesembryanth Root 
fusiform, fibrous. Stem simple or divided at base, jointed, with terete, erect, alter- 
nate branches. Leaves opposite, simple, connate, terete, obtuse, flattish above. Sti- 
pules short. Flowers axillary, solitary, or 2-3 together. Peduncles 1-flowered, 
bibracteolate at base. Name unexplained by Thunberg. ' 
1. A. capensis (Thunb. L. c.) 
Has. Karroo between Oliphant’s River and Boc&landsberg, Thunderg. Salt soil 
at Bitterfontem, Bechuana’s land, Zey./ 281. Apl. ‘(Herb. Sond.) 
Stem 1-1 foot long, as thick as a goosequill; Lower internodes 1-14 inch long, 
Leaves 1-11 inch long, 2 lines wide. Upper ewe ovato-lanceolate. Peduncles 
3-4,—in fruit 6 lines long. Bracteoles very slender. Calyx 3-4 lines long. Scales 
(or petals) bifid, with erect, obtuse segments. Capsules inclosed in the bottom of 
the calyx, 7-8 lines long, 4-5 wide. : ape es 
Calyx 4-5-parted, persistent or deciduous, imbricate. Petals 4-5, 
clawed, twisted-imbricate. Stamens 8-10 ; filaments subulate, with 
an entire or bifid, or bipartite scale at base. Disc fleshy, 8—10-angled. 
Ovary 4—5-angled or lobed, 4—5-celled ; ovules 2 or more, axile. Style 
furrowed, continuous be a ovary ; vi rae age Capsule a . 
led or winged, 6—5-celled, few or seve: mbryo straight, 
in t thin albumen. . Prod. 1. p. 705. Endl. Gen. 6036. . 
Small shrubs or undershrubs, with rigid, sometimes spiny branches and fleshy or 
thinly membranous leaves. Stipules membranous or spinous. Leaves simple or bi- 
foliolate, sessile or petiolate. Peduncles one-flowered. Petals white or yellowish, 
rarely red, mostly with a deep-coloured basal , and radiating-coloured nerves. 
Name from (vyos, a yoke, and pvaAdAoyr, a leaf ; leaves are opposite. 
_ ANALYSIS OF THE SPECTES. 
Scales at the base of the filaments undivided... (+) eordifatiam 
