188 ZYGOPHYLLE^. (ZYGOPHYLLUM FAMILY.) 



5. FAOOXIA, L. Fagonia. Hhaldweh. 



Sepals 5, imbricated, mucroaate, deciduous. Petals 5, clawed, 

 imbricated ia the bud. Stamens 10, with uaked filaments. Ovary ses- 

 sile, 5-celled ; style awl-shaped, 5-angled ; stigma simple. Ovules 2, 

 side by side at base of cell, attached by ascending funicles. Fruit 

 pyramidal, 5-angled, separating from the axis into 5 carpels dehiscent 

 along their inner angle, 1-seeded. Seeds flattened, oblong, with muci- 

 laginous testa — Perennial, much-branched, often prostrate herbs, 

 Avith opposite leaves, composed of 1-3, mucronate leaflets ; stipules 

 generally spiny or prickly ; the peduncles inserted between the 

 stipules, solitary, 1-flowered. 



* Toung hraiiches somewhat 4:-a7igled, with grooved surface. 

 t Stipules pricMy, small, much shorter than leaves. 



1. F. g^lutino§a, Del. If Shiha'ah. Medahin. .3 to .4, canes - 

 cent with viscid, sessile glands, which are often Yiq 79 

 covered with adherent sand ; prostrate ; internodes 

 long. Petiole shorter than obtuse or somewhat 

 tapering ovate-rhomboid to obovate or oblong 

 ,005 to .008 long leaflets. Sepals ovate-oblong, 

 half as long as pale-pink corolla — Spring — 

 Hot valleys about the Dead Sea, and southward 

 to Sinai. 



Yar. grandiflora, Boiss. Petals thrice ^a> Capsule of f giutinosa (j) 



as long as calyx. Transverse section ofthe same 



2. F. Cretica, L. 2f .2 to .3, prostrate, intricately bra nched, 

 green. Leaves all of 3, linear-lanceolate, acute leaflets, the lateral as 

 long as petiole, the middle longer. Sepals papillary ; oblong ; petals 

 purple, thrice as long as calyx — Spring — Jebel Usdum to Siuai. 



3. F. Kaliirina, Boiss. 2f. Ehaldwat-et-Tih. .2 to .3, some- 

 what glandular, green ; branches dichotomous, crowded, spreading. 

 Upper leaves often of 1 leaflet, the others of 3, ovate-oblong to oblong, 

 rather obtuse, about as long as petiole, the terminal usually longer. 

 Sepals glandular, hairy, ovate ; petals pink, 3-5 times as long as calyx 

 — Spring — Ghor-et-Safieh to et-Tih, and southward to Egypt. 



Var. Sinaica, Boiss. More glandular ; flowers rather smaller — 

 Sinai. 



Var. minima, Post. .1 to .2. Leaflets .002 to .004 long. Plant 

 smaller, green — Et-Tih. 



1 1 Stipules spiny, as long as or longer than leaves. 



\ Flowers minute. 



4. F. Brug^uieri, DC. If .2 to .3, pale green, minutely glan- 

 dular ; branches crowded, procumbent, short ; internodes short. Spines 

 a little longer than leaves ; leaves short-petioled, the lower with 3, 

 the upper with 1, ovate-oblong, fleshy, mucronate leaflets. Sepals 

 puberulent, ovate ; petals pale pink, twice as long as calyx — Spring 

 — Syrian desert from Aleppo southward to Sinai. 



5. F. myriacantha, Boiss. If .1 to .2, sparingly glandular, 

 pale green ; branches numerous, prostrate ; i?iter nodes long. Spines 



