130 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Tribulus. 



filaments bare. Ovary sessile, hirsute, 5-12-lobed, 5-12-celled ; 

 ovules 1-5 in each cell ; stigmas 5-12. Fruit 5-angled, of 5-12 

 winged spinous or tuberculate cocci. Embryo exalbuminous. 

 TRIBULUS TBRRESTEIS, Linn. ; F. B. I. i. 423 ; W. &. A. 145 ; 

 Wt. Ic. t. 98. 



A procumbent herb ; leaflets 6-12, '2-'5 in. long, oblong, silky ; 

 flowers solitary, axillary, '5-1 in. across ; fruit of 5 woody cocci, 

 each provided with 2 long hard sharp divaricate spines. 

 Deccan, in hot dry localities chiefly. 



2. Fagonia, Linn. 



Erect or prostrate branching herbs, woody at the base. Leaves 

 opposite, 1-3-foliolate ; leaflets entire ; stipules often spiny. 

 Flowers solitary, pseudo- axillary. Sepals 5, deciduous, imbricate. 

 Petals 5, clawed, caducous, imbricate. Disk small. Stamens 10, 

 on the disk ; filaments bare. Ovary sessile, 5-angled, of 5 2-ovuled 

 cells, narrowed into a subulate style ; stigma simple. Fruit of 

 5 1-seeded dehiscent cocci. Seeds compressed ; albumen horny ; 

 cotyledons broad. 



FAGONIA ARABICA, Linn. ; F. B. I. i. 425. F. mysorensis, Roth ; 

 W. & A. 145 ; Wt. 111. i. t. 64. 



A small branched woody plant, the small pink flowers and 



globular capsules immersed in the copious thin straight 



spines. 



Deccan, in dry localities in Kurnool, Anantapur, etc., often on 



black cotton soil. 



Family XXXIII. GERANIACEAE. 



Herbs, shrubs or rarely trees. Leaves opposite or alternate, 

 usually 2- stipulate. Floivers bisexual, regular or irregular, solitary 

 fascicled umbelled cymose or racemose ; peduncles usually axillary. 

 Sepals usually 5 and imbricate, posticous sometimes spurred. 

 Petals 5 or fewer or 0. Torus raised in the centre. Disk of 

 5 glands or 0. Stamens 4-5 or 10 (or 15) ; anthers versatile. 

 Ovary (2-) 3-5 lobed, 3-5-celled, prolonged above into a beak 

 bearing capitate or linear stigmas or into sessile stigmas ; ovules 

 1-2-many in each cell. Fruit a 3-5-lobed capsule or a berry, 

 lobes 1-seeded and separating from the axis or many-seeded. 

 Seeds usually with little or no albumen. 



