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2. Cornulaca monacantha Delile, Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 206 t. 22. fig. 3. 1813; Boiss., l.c. 984; Stewart, l.c. 222; Jafri & Rateeb in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 58: 102. fig. 38. 1978; Boulos, l.c. 261; Hedge, l.c. 352.
Intricately branched woody shrub to 60 cm, greenish, turning yellowish or whitish when dried, glabrous-glaucous, except the leaf axils. Leaves up to 10´2 (-2.5) mm, recurved, tapering from a clasping base into a rigid spine, woolly in the axils. Flowers 1-3 (-5) in each axil, exceeding the bracteoles; bracts up to c. 4 mm, spinescent. Perianth-segments c. 5 mm, linear, subspathulate, obtuse, ± denticulate at apex, coriaceous below, membranous above, the anterior one usually developing an up to 8 (-10) mm long spine at the back. Utricle ovoid, laterally compressed, erect; seed vertical.
Fl. Per.: September.
Type: Egypt, Delile (iso-E!).
Distribution: N. Africa, Nubia, Arabia, Iran and Pakistan (Baluchistan).
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