456 RECORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, 



Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Muschler). 

 Distrib. : Mediterranean. 



CVI. AMARYLLIOACEAE. 



1. Pancratium Dill, ex L. 



1. P. maritimum L. Sp. PL (1753) 291 ; Boiss. FL Or. V (1884) 

 152 ; Baker Handb. Amaryll. 118 ; Musch. FL Egypt I (1912) 235. 

 Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Muschler). 

 Distrib. : Mediterranean. 



%. P. tortuosum Herb, in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. I, IV (1840) 28 ; 

 Baker Handb. Amaryll. 120. — P. tortifolium Boiss. Diagn. ser. I, XIII, 

 18. 



Habitat : II. Jedda (Zohrab 101 !, Fischer 94 !, Schimp. 876 !) ; 

 Aden (Thomson !). 



III. Dhofar Mts. (Bent 153). 



Fl. : Feb. (Fischer), Apr. 1861 (Thomson), Dec. 1835 (Schimp.). 



Distrib. : Arabia, Egypt, Nubia. 



3. P. trianthum Herb, in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. I, IV (1840) 28.— 

 P. tenuifolium Hochst. in A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. II (1851) 312. 



Habitat : II. Haifa, Wady Moaden (DefL). 

 Distrib. : Tropical Africa, Arabia. 



4. P. Sickenbergerii Aschers. & Schweinf. in G-artenzeitg. II (1883) 

 345 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. V (1884) 153 ; Baker Handb. Amaryll. 118. 



Habitat : I. Wady es Sheikh, Wady Barak and Wady Lebwel 

 (Hart !) ; from Akaba to Ain Abon Weirideh (Hart) ; between Suez 

 and Mt. Sinai (Boiss. !) ; Bir el Fachme (Sickenb.) ; Bir Abu Elf em 

 (Barbey). 



Fl. : Nov. and Dec. (Hart). 



Distrib. : Egypt, Sinai. 



Vern. name : Aissalan (ex Boiss.). 



5. P. maximum Forsk. FL Aeg.-Arab. (1775) Descr. 72 ; Schweinf. 

 in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1894) App. II, 82. 



Habitat : II. Jebel Melhan, near Wolledje, 600 m. (S. 699 !) ; 

 Jebel Bura, above Hille, 900 m. (S. 352 !) ; Aden (S. 109 !) ; near Taes 

 (Nichbur). 



Fl. : Dec. 1888 (S.). 



Distrib. : S. Arabia, Nubia. 



Observ. : Flowered at Aden on the 6th day after heavy rain (S.). 



Vern. name : Bassal er robach ( = bulb of the baboon) (S.). 



