N. O. ZYGOPHYLLEiE. 231 



A villous and hispid annual. Branches procumbent or 

 ascending. Leaves stipulate, opposite, usually unequal, ab- 

 ruptly pinnate. Leaflets 5 pair, subacute. Stipules ovate, 

 acute. Petals about equalling the sepals. Flowers i-iin. diam. 

 Peduncles shorter than the leaves. Stamens 5-10. Fruit 

 broadly pyramidal, somewhat pointed ; cocci hirsute, 2-seeded, 

 the spines confluent into toothed wings. Fruit slightly bitter, 

 eaten by the desert nomads in Multan. 



Part used : — The fruit. 



Use : — The fruits are used for the same purpose as those 

 of T. terestris, Linn. 



In Baluchistan, the fruit is a domestic remedy for uterine 

 disorders after parturition. 



206. ZygophyUum simplex, Linn., h.f.b.i., 

 i. 424. 



Vera. :— Alethi (Pb.) ; Alethi ; putlani (Sind). 

 Habitat : — Sandy deserts ; Sindh, the Punjab, at Multan : 

 Arabia. 



A small prostrate herb, glabrous slender much branched ; 

 annual. Leaves simple, cylindrical, small, sessile, fleshy, 

 obtuse ; stipules lanceolate, acute. Peduncles as long as the 

 obovate cucullate sepals. Petals spathulate. Scales 2-partite. 

 Capsule deflected, turbinate, rough, of 5 compressed 2-3-seeded 

 cocci. Seeds fusiform, smooth. 



Use : — The Arabs beat up the leaves in water and apply 

 the infusion to the eyes in ophthalmia, &c. (Murray.) 



207. Fagonia arabica, Linn., H.F.B.I., I. 425. 



Syn. : — F. mysorensis, Both. 



Habitat : — Throughout North-Western India, Sindh, the 

 Punjab and the Southern Provinces of the Western Peninsula. 



Sans. : — Dusparsha. Dhanvayas. 



Vern. : — Drummahoi (Sind); Samaba (Pb.) ; J. Tndraji : — 

 (Porebunder and Guj.) Dbamaso ; (Marathi) Dhamasa ; (Hindi) 

 Ustargar, Ustarkhar ; (Katclii) Dhramau. 



