162 XXX. ZYGOPHYLLACK^. 



V. 1, p. 424; Boiss. Fl, Orient, v. 1, p. 916 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 11 (;1897) p. 266.— Flowers : Oct. 



Sind: rare; Siiicl hills, DnLcIl\, Stocks, 1200!; Hala range, Vicary] ; Laki, 

 Woodrow. — DiSTiUB. N. and S.Africa, Arabia. 



3. PEGANUM, Linn. 



Branching perennial-rooted herbs. Leaves alternate, not glandular, 

 entire or irregularly multifid ; stipules setaceous. Flowers solitary on 

 subtcrmiual leaf-opposed pedicels, white. Sepals 4-5, nari'ow, often 

 foliaceous and pinuatifid, open in aestivation, persistent. Petals 4-5, 

 subequal, imbricate. Disk annular or cup-shaped. Stamens 12-15, 

 inserted at the base of the disk, some without anthers; filaments 

 dilated below ; anthers linear. Ovary globose, deeply 2-3-lobed, 

 2-3-celled ; ovules many in each cell, suspended by short funicles from 

 the central angle; styles basal, t\\isted, 2-3-keeled above the middle, 

 the keels stigmatose. Fruit globose, 3-4-celled, dry and dehiscing with 

 3 valves, or baccate and indehiscent ; cells many-seeded. Seeds angled ; 

 testa spongy, scrobiculate ; albumen fleshy ; embryo curved. — Distmb. 

 Species 4, of AAhich 1 is widely dispersed on the shores of the Mediter- 

 ranean and tropical Asia, the others natives of Central Asia and 

 Mexico. 



1. Peganum Harmala, Linn. Si^. PI. (1753) p. 444. A bush, 

 1-3 ft. high, dichotomously and corymbosely branched. Leaves 2-3 in. 

 long, multifid, the segments narrow, linear, acute. Flowers |-1 in. 

 across, solitary, sessile or pedicelled. Sepals narrow, linear, acute, 

 usually exceeding the petals. Petals white, elhptic-oblong. Capsules 

 globose, j^r-g in. in diam., deeply lobed, veined, glabrous. Fl. B. I. 

 v. 1, p. 486 (under Butacece) ; Grab. Cat. p. 35 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 45 ; 

 Boiss. Fl. Oi'ient. v. 1, p. 917; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1897) p. 267; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 124.— Flowers : 

 Oct.-Dec. Veen. Harmal. 



Common in the drier parts of the Presidency. Konkan : Law ! Dv.ccan : Indapur 

 (Poona Collectorate), BalzcU ^ Gihfon; Bijapur, Cookel, Woodrowl Sind : Stocksl ; 

 Hyderabad, ll'oodrowl — Distrib. Soongaria, Arabia, N. Africa and westward to 

 Hungary and Spain. 



The plant is of considerable repute in native medicine. See Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. 1. c. 



4. ZYGOPHYLLUM, Linn. 



Small shrubs or prostrate herbs ; branches terete, often spinescent. 

 Leaves opposite, 1-2-foIiolate ; leaflets usually fleshy ; stipules 2, often 

 spiny. Flowers from among the stipules, white or yellow, usually 

 marked with a red or purple spot at the base. Calyx 4-5-partite, 

 persistent or deciduous, iuibricate. Petals 4-5, clawed, imbricate and 

 contorted. Disk fleshy, angular, cup-shaped or concave. Stamens 

 8-10, inserted at the base of the disk, longer than the petals; filaments 

 filiform, with a scale at the base within ; anthers oblong. Ovary sessile 

 on the disk, 4-5-goMOus, 4-5- (rarely 2-3-) celled, atteiuiated into an 

 angled style; stigma minute ; ovules 2-many in each cell, superposed; 

 rajjhe free or adnate. Fruit capsular, 4-5-gonous or 4-5-wiiiged, 

 ind(!hiscent or septicidally dehiscent into 5 cocci, or loculicidally 

 5-valved, the endocarp sometiuies separating. Seeds 1 or more in 



