DISCIFLOR^. 15 



72. Guaiacum officinale, L. var- nanum- "Le Gayac nain" 



a. Twig vnth flowers and detached fruit. 

 Port au Prince, Hayti ; Mens. Eugfene Nau, D. H. ; received 



29 July, 1873. " Troisi6me espece (Guaiacum verum) 

 cueillies dans la plaine du Cul de Sac, par Eug. Nau." 

 h. (I) Twig with leaves and flowers. 



Labelled " Martinique, Plee, ex Herb. Mus. Paris." 



b. (2) Leaves and flowers of G. sanctum, L. 

 St. Dominique ; Nectoux. 



h. (3) Ditto, a fruit of G. sanctum, L. 

 St. Dominique ; Desportes. 

 The specimens of G. sandmu are marked in Hanbiu-y's 



handwriting, "From E. Bureau, 31 May, 1873." \, 



73. Guaiacum sanctum, L. 



('. Leaves and fruit. 



Port au Prince, Haj'ti ; Mons. Eugene Nau ; received 

 29 July, 1873, D. H. "Deuxieme espfece, le gaiac 

 batard, cueillies dans la plaine du Cul de Sac. Eug. 

 Nau." 



74. Nitraria tridentata, Desf- 



((. T^vig with fruit and Leaves. 



Northern end of Dead Sea, 21 Oct., 1860 ; Dr. J. D. Hooker 



and D. Hanbury. 



[This plant is said by Murby to be the true Lotas Plant of the Ancients. 



It [lossesses a .somewhat intoxicating action. To the Arabs the shrub is 



known as Damoucli. Rosenthal, "I'l. Diaiih.," p. 798. See Zizyphus 



Lotus.] 



75. Tribulus (alatus, Del.?) "Chukra" (Pi). 



a. With leaves and flowers. 



Stewart, ' Punjaub Plants,' p. 37. 



76. Tribulus terrestris, L- 



a. Plant with leaves, fruits, and flowers. 



Smyrna ; Dr. J. D. Hooker and D. Hanbury, 20 Sept., 1860. 



77. Zygophyllum Fabago, L. 



a. Plant with flowers and yoiuig fruit. 

 Damascus ; B. T. Lowne, 1863-4. 

 [This species possesses vermifuge and antipyretic properties, and its 

 Hower buds are used insteail of capers. Rosenthal, PI. Diaph., p. 88<i.] 



78. Zygophyllum simplex, L. 



a. Plant with flowers. 



Aden, 1857 ; F. Hanbury. 



