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and containing several seeds. The cocci are wedge-shaped, 
yellowish when ripe, the external convex surface being rough 
between the thorns. When all five are in situ, the fruit, 
_ presents ten thorns pointing towards the peduncle, and ten 
pointing outwards round the circumference; the latter are 
developed first. This may account for the statement in some 
books that each coccus has only two spines. The seeds are 
oily, and enclosed in very hard stony cells. The taste is 
faintly aromatic and rather agreeable. 
Chemical composition.—An ethereal or an alcoholic extract. 
of the powdered fruits yields to water a crystalline residue. 
containing a body precipitated trom its solutions by ammonia 
and having the properties of an alkaloid, and associated with — 
hydrochloric acid or alkaline chlorides. The fruits also contain — 
a fat and a resin, the latter probably is the source of the 
aroma of the drug, as it gives off a fragrant odour when burnt. 
The fruits contain a rather large quantity (14-9 per cent.) of 
: mineral matter. Ce 
Commerce—The fruit is collected in the sandy districts of : 
India; it is always obtainable in the ee marts. Value, 
Rs. 5 per Surat maund of 373 Ibs. 
Tribulus Alatus, Delile. Boiss. Fl. Orient. I, 902. 
Winged Caltrops (Eng.). Vernacular.—Nindotrikund, Latak . 
(Sind), Hasak (Punj.). The fruits are used for the same 
Purpose as those of Tribulus terrestris. The plantfs common ~ : 
in Sind, the Punjab, and Beloochistan. Fruit pyramidal, 
broadly winged ; cocci hirsute, two-seeded ; spines confluent 
(Murray.) 
yp pes 
FAGONIA ARABICA, Linn. 
Fig.— Wight Ill. i., t. 64. S 
Hab.—N.-w. India, ‘Sind, Prenjaty W. ge sie 
| The plant. 
_ Vernacular.—Dhamasa (Bomb.), Ustarkhar 3 Tind 
hui (Sind. ). 
