424 XXXI. ZYQOPHYLLE^. (Edgeworth & Hooker.) [Trihilus. 



. SinDs, Stocks, Ticary; Panjae, at Mu\ta.n, Udgeworth.—DistmB. Egypt, Arabia, 

 Nubia. 



Hispid and villoue ; branches procumbent or aeoending. Leaflets 5 pairs, Bnbacute_; 

 stipules ovate, acute. Petals about equalling the sepals. Stamens 5 or 10. FruU 

 broadly pyramidal, somewhat pointed; cocci hirsute, 2-Beeded, the spines confluent 

 5iito toothed wings. — Fruit slightly bitter, eaten by the desert nomads in Multan. 



2. SEETZENXA, Br. 



A small prostrate glaucous herb, woody at the base, glabrous or woolly. 

 Leaves opposite, 3-f oliolate ; leaflets obovate, apiculate. Peduncles axillary, 

 l-flowered. Flowers small. iSepals 5, Unear-oblong, valvate, incurved at 

 the top. Petals 0. Bisk small, 5-lobed. Stamens 5, inserted on the disk, 

 filaments filiform glabrous naked at the basfe ; anthers nearly globose. 

 Ovary oblong-clavate, sessile, pentagonal, truncate, fieshy, 5-celled ; styles 

 5, short, spreading, stigmas small capitate ; ovules solitary in each cell, 

 pendulous. Fruit ovoid, of 5 1-seeded cocci, separating from the persistent 

 axis, with a narrow succulent exocarp on the back only, endocarp crus- 

 taceous. Seeds oval, compressed, testa thick with three skins, the outer 

 membranous, the middle one cellular and mucous, the inner coriaceous, 

 albumen thin ; cotyledons thickish. 



1. S. orientalis, Dene, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, iii. 280, t. 7 ; Boiss. FL 

 Orient, i. 916. 



SiKDH, Stocks, Vicary. — Dibteib. Arabia, N. and S. Africa. 



Branches long and slender, smooth or papillose. Leaflets fleshy, J-^ in. long, middle 

 one obovate-cuneate, lateral oblique ; stipules triangular. Peduncle ^ ^ in., more or 

 less recurved at the tip, longer than the petiole. Fruit ellipsoid, ovoid or subglobose, 

 J-| in. long, pendulous. Seeds fusiform, smooth. 



3. ZVaOPKVIiX.UnX, Zdnn. 



Small shrubs or prostrate herbs. Leaves opposite, 1- or 2-foliolate, fleshy ; 

 stipules 2, often spiny. Peduncles 1- or 2-flowered, among the stipules. 

 Flower white, or yellow with red or purple spots at the base. Calyx 

 4r-5-partite, persistent or deciduous, imbricate. Petals 4-5, clawed, imbri- 

 cate and contorted. Disk fleshy, angled, cup-shaped or concave. Stamens 

 8-10, inserted on the disk, longer than the petals, filaments filiform with a 

 scale at the base ; anthers oblong. Ovary sessile upon the disk, 4-5-cornered, 

 4r-5- (rarely 2-3-) celled, tapering int<3 an angled style, stigma small ; ovules 

 2-00, superposed, raphe free or adnate. Fruit capsular, 4-5-cornered or 

 winged, indehiscent or septicidally dehiscent into 5 cocci, or loculicidally 

 5-valved, the endocarp sometimes separating. Seeds 1 or many in each cell, 

 pendulous, testa crustaceous, albumen scanty; cotyledons oblong. — Disteib. 

 Upwards of 50 species, natives of the Old World, and chiefly Cape and 

 Adstralian. 



1. Z. simplex, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. i. 705; annual, leaves simple cyUn- 

 dric. — Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 912. 



Sandy deserts; Sindh, Stocks, vica/ry ; Panjae, at M.\s\ta,n, Edgeworth. — Distrib, 

 Arabia, tropical Africa. 



A prostrate glabrous slender much branched herb. Leaves small, sessile, fleshy, 

 obtuse ; stipules lanceolate, acute. Peduncle as long as the obovate cucullate sepals. 

 Petals spathulate. Scales 2-parute. Capsule deflexed, turbinate, rough, of 5-coni- 



