454 RECORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, 



%. E. Petersii Keichb. f. in Flora XLVIII (1865) 186. 

 Habitat : Arabia (ex Herb. Kew). 

 Distrib. : Tropical Africa. 



4. Orchis (Tourn.) L. 



1. 0. palustris Jacq. Coll. I, 75. 

 Habitat : IV. Hufuf Oasis (Cheeseman). 

 Distrib. : Europe, N. Africa, Orient. 



CHI. SCITAMINACEAE. 

 Z1NGIBERACEAE. 



1. Zingiber Adans. 



1. Z. officinale Kosc. Trans. Linn. Soc. VIII, 348. 

 Habitat : II. Jebel Bura, cultivated in coffee plantations, 1,000 m. 

 (S. 1882). 



Vera, name : Sengebil (S.). 



CANNACEAE. 



1. Canna L. 



1. C. indica L. Sp. PL 1. 



Habitat : II. Jebel Bura, above Hille, 900 m. (S. 501) ; near Ussil 

 in Wady Hedjan, 12 m. (S. 1272) ; Manod near Hodjela, 900 m. (S. 

 984) ; wild or run wild. 



Fl. : Jan. (S.). 



Vera, name: Jussr (S.), Schenef-el-diq (S.). 



MUSACEAE. 



1. Mnsa L. 



1. M. sapientium L. Sp. PL 1477. 



Habitat : II. Jebel Bura, cultivated in coffee plantations, 900- 

 1,000 m. (S. 1819). 



CIV. IIAEMODORACEAE. 



I. Sanseviera Thunb. 



1. S. Ebrenbergii Scbweinf. in Baker Journ. Linn. Soc. XIV, 549 ; 

 Kew Bull. (1892) 129 ; Oliv. in Bot. Mag. 2269. 



Habitat : II. Outliers W. of Jebel Melhan and in the plain of 

 Tehama, 300-500 m. (S. 696 !) ; W. of the foot of Jebel Bura, near 

 Chalife, 400 m. (S. 190 !). 



Distrib. : Abyssinia. 



