LIST OF EGYPTIAN LEGUMINOSiE. 63 



A. trigonus, DC; Lx. Exs. 55. 



A. trigonus is the sole representative in this northern 

 district of the woody Astragali of which further south so 

 many species occur. They and the Acacias are the sources 

 of our supplies of gum. 



Hippocrepis cornigera, Boiss. ; Lx. Exs. 56. 



H. divarieata, Hochst. MSS. 



Its older name is H. bicontorta, Loisel. Fl. Gall. 



It hardly seems correct for Boissier to substitute his 

 own name for an older one^ even on his own ground 

 (nomen antiquius sed improj)rium) . 



Northern parts of Eastern Africa; Ai'abia Petrsea; 

 Ramleh, Syria ; Southern Persia^ at Abuschir. 



H. unisiliquosa, L. 

 Basin of the Mediterranean ; Portugal and Spain. 



H. multisiliquosa, L. 



Southern Europe ; Northern Africa. 

 Both the above species are commoner to the west than 

 the east of Alexandria. 



H. biflora, Spreng. ; Mex. 



Onobrychis crista-galli, Lam. Mar. 



O. Gcertneriana, Boiss. 



Alhaji maurorum, DC. ; Lx. Exs. 58. 



Hedysarum alhaji, Linn. 

 Manna kebraica, Don. 

 A. mannifera, DesT. 



The Camel's Thorn, found from Songaria to Greece and 



