N. 0. ZYGOPHYLLEjE. 
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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 £-£in. 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. Zygophyllum simplex, Linn., h.f.b.i., 
i. 424. 
Vern. : — Alethi (Pb.) ; Alethi ; putlaui (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, Roth. 
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. Indraji : — 
(Poyebunder and Guj.) DhamfLso ; (Marathi) Dkamfisa ; (Hindi) 
Ustargar, Ustarkhar ; (Katchi) Dhramau. 
