Zygophyllum.) ZYGOPHYLLER (Sond.) $57 
half-cordate, these 1-3-nerved, the mid-nerve subdivided, those mostly 5-nerved 
from the base, all very entire, somewhat fleshy, very delicately netted with veins, 
about an inch long and wide, the upper smaller. Stipules lanceolate, 1 line long. 
Flowers 4-5-cleft. Peduncles about as long as the leaves. Sepals ovate-oblong, 3 
lines long. Petals yellowish, broad, thrice as long as the calyx. Stamens } the 
length of the petals. Style subulate. Capsule 8 lines long, 4 lines wide, netted, 
obtuse at each end, the wings 1 line long. Seeds not seen. 
2. Z. prismatocarpum (E. Mey. !) shrubby ; leaves simple, sessile, 
roundish-obovate, narrowed at base ; flowers panicled at the ends of 
the branches ; filaments 8-10 t2mes longer than the deeply bifid, obtuse 
scales ; capsule prismatic, sharply 5-angled. 
Var. 8. diffusum ; stem shorter, diffuse ; leaves scarcely narrowed 
at base; panicle more leafy. 
Has. Between Kaus, Natvoet and Doornpoort ; 8. between Natvoet and the Ga- 
riep, 1000-2000f. Drege! Sep.-Oct. (Herb. Sond., T.C.D., E. Mey.) 
Stem erect, terete, with grey bark ; branches erecto-patent, angularly-compressed, 
greenish, ramulose. Internodes }-1 inch long. Leaves spreading, sub-amplexi- 
caul, with the midrib conspicuous at the base only, carnoso-coriaceous, glaucous- 
green, fragile when dry, 6-8 lines long, 4-6 lines wide at the apex, 1 line at base, 
some smaller ; in 8. with the base sub-cordate, often not narrowed, 5—6 lines long 
and wide. Stipules minute, often wanting. Upper flowering branchlets crowded 
in a pyramidal panicle, which in our specimens is 2—3 inches long. Pedicels solitary 
in the forks, nodding, 1-2 lines long. Sepals oval, 14 lines long. Petals cream- 
coloured, twice as long as the calyx. Stamens as long as the petals. Scales very 
minute, scarcely visible to the naked eye, bifid to the base, the segments truncate, 
obtuse, very entire, hyaline. Capsule brownish-purple, oblong, cuneate, 4-5 lines 
long, 14 lines wide above, obtuse, tipped with a oor style, deeply 5-furrowed and 
somewhat winged. 
3. Z. simplex (Linn. Mant. p. 68); annual ; leaves simple, fleshy, | 
cylindrical. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. P.1 p.560. DC. Prod. 1. p.705. Z. 
portulacoides, Forsk. descr. p. 88. Ic. t. 12. B, 
Var. ber barca (Sond) ; stems stronger, ascending-erect, 6-12 inches 
high, much-branched, leaves obovate or cuneate-oblong, obtuse. Z. 
microphyllum, E. & Z.!771,non Thunb. Z. microcarpum, FE. Mey.!, non 
Lichtenstein. Z. Dregeanum, Presl,non Sond. 
Has. Clayey soil in Bosjesmansland, at the Orange R., E. & Z./ near Verlept- 
— Drege! leaner and Kamos, Zey.’ 280. Sep.-Jan. (Herb. E. Mey., 
Sond., Lehm. 
A succulent annual, fragile when dry. Root perpendicular, as thick as a pigeon’s 
quill. Stems ie tink cay eee Gs ance root, decumbent at base, then erect, 
branches. Leaves very widely ing, 
lines long, a line wide, narrowed at base, sub-sessile, very 
long. P yellowish, clawed, obovate, twice as long as the obtuse sepals. Sta- 
mens as long as the petals. Scales bipartite to the base, hyaline, the segments ob- 
long, obtuse, thrice as short as the filaments. Capsule mostly pendulous, 1 line 
long and wide, emarginate at the apex, obcordate, sharply 5- led; style very slen- _ 
der, half as long as the capsule or longer. The flowers and fruits in the Arabian 
and Egyptian specimens entirely agree with those in the Cape plant. 
** Leaves bifoliolate, sessile. (Sp. 4-10.) ae 
4. Z. pygmeum (E. & Z.! 769) ; fruticulose, glabrous; leaves 
