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ee ZYGOPHYLLEZ (Sond.) [Zygophyllum 
sile, bifoliolate ; leaflets subincurved, oblong, with revolute-margins, sub- 
terete, obtuse, fleshy ; stipules very short, recurved, spiny ; filaments | i: 
times as long as the serrato-ciliate scale ; capsule oval, marked with 
5 lines. 
Has. Among shrubs at Gauritz Riv., Swell., #& Z./ Nov.-Dec. (Herb Sond). 
A small bush, 6-12 inches high, rigid, much-branched, greyish ; with alternate, 
terete primary branches, as thick as a goose-quill, and alternate or opposite, slender, 
curved, somewhat angular branchlets. Internodes 4-6 lines long, the lower longer. 
Leaflets erect, green, 3-4 lines long. Peduncles solitary, rather longer than the 
leaves. Sepals ovate, 2 lines long. Petals obovate, thrice as long as the sepals, 
yellowish, with yellow bases. Wilianieve shorter than the petals. Capsule oval, 
shortly apiculate, surrounded by the persistent calyx, 4 lines long, somewhat angu- 
lar, with § raised lines. Zygophyllum, Drege, 7172 (in flower) seems to belong to 
the present, rather than to the following species. 
-§. Z. spinosum (Linn. Sp. p. 552) ; fruticulose, glabrous ; leaves ses- 
sile, bifoliolate ; leaflets linear, flat or with the margin sub-revolute, 
acute, fleshy ; stipules short, at length spiny ; filaments thrice as long 
as the obovate, recurved, serrate scale ; capsule globose, somewhat winged 
or sharply 5-angled. Burm. Afr. p. 5.t.2. f.2. Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 544- 
EL. & Z.! 770. 
Has. In sandy places and between shrubs in the Cape Flats, near Zekoevallet 
brig ee and at Ae cae Bay, Thunberg, LE. & Z.! Groenrivier — Seat: 
ei, inzius! Drege, 7171. Muysenberg, Zey.! 2149. Langvallei, Zey./ 2 
Sep.-Oct. (Herb. Sond., E. Mey., Lehm.) 
A bush 1-2 feet high, much-branched from the base ; the branches alternate, 
grey ; branchlets alternate or opposite, terete or angular, filiform, flexuous. Inter- 
nodes 4 lines, sometimes 1-2 inches long. Leaflets 4-10 lines long, }~1 line wide, 
drying blackish. Stipules triangular, very acute, reflexed, about } line long. Flowers 
5-cleft, nodding. Peduncles equalling or surpassing the leaves, sepals ovate, 2 lines 
long. Petals obovate, 2-3 times longer, yellowish or cream-colour, and from base 
to middle red-streaked, or with a purple spot at base. Capsule 4-5 lines long. 
6. Z. sessilifolium (Linn. Sp. p. 552); fruticulose; stem weak, pros- 
trate, kneebent, branched ; branches and branchlets herbaceous, some- 
what angled, or semi-terete ; leaves sessile, bifoliolate ; leaflets danceo- 
late-oval, acute, or mucronulate, narrowed at base, with cartilaginous 
denticulate-scabrid margin ; stipules ovato-lanceolate; filaments twice 
as long as the ciliato-serrate scales ; capsules sub-globose, 5-angled, ob- 
tuse, apiculate. Burm. Afr. p. 4.t.2.f.1. Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 544. var- 
1, E. § Z.! 763. Z.Capense, Lam. Z. limosum, E. &, Z.1 661. 2. Com- 
mein, FE. &. Z.! 765, ex pte. 
on the Cape Flats and shore bala Lion’s Mt., Table Mt. and 
bern dA i-tten Apchege ib tend, Mats 
od 
= os ite. ‘Stems prostrate, as if creeping, whitish, leafless, 6-12 inches long, 
___ breaking up into . ping, whitish, le , of 
_ which the shorter are or erect, weak branches, 4-6 inches long or longer, © 
torter are mostly undivided, the longer alternately or oppositely branched. 
rnode ook nigh 2 Leaflets flesh fiat, 6-8 lines tong, about 3 lines wide, 
5 iy ms pied small, refi Peduncles saree ore, $5 
Petals crenulate, twice as long as the calyx, white, with 
Leon mated to the point. Stem shorter than 
neh 
purple streaks, to Ste sniddle or 
