FLOEAIARABICA. 4^9 



2. Hyphaenc Gaertn. 



1. H. thebaica Mart. Hist. Palm. Ill, 225. 



Habitat : II. Bare and only in the lowland, here and there culti- 

 vated. At Hodeidah in the sand of the coast region successfully culti- 

 vated. 



Distrib. : Along the valley of the Nile in middle and upper Egypt ; 

 Shaikh Othman near Aden. 



3. Cocos L. 



1. C. nucifera L. Sp. PL I (1753) 1188. 

 Habitat : II. Lahej (Defl.) cultivated. 



III. South coast, near el-Hami, east of Schehr, planted in 

 great quantities. 



Fr. : Feb. 1881 (S.). 



Distrib. : Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



4. Areca L. 



1. A. catechu L. Sp. PL 1189. 



Habitat : II. Yaman. 



Distrib. : Exact native country of the Betel-nut Palm is uncertain. 



CXII. PANDANACEAE. 



1. Pandanus Kumph. ex L. 1 



1. P. tectorius Soland, ex Parkinson Journ. Vov. H. M. S. Endeavour 

 (1773) 46.— P. odoratissimus L. f. Suppl. (1781) 424. 



Habitat : II. In the ravine Offer, Jebel Bura near Hille, 600 m. 

 (S. 314) ; Wady Chuoiet, 1,200 m. (S. 1181) ; Aggara near Hodjela, 

 600 m. 



Fl. : Female flowers Feb. 1889 (S.). 



Distrib. : India, Arabia. 



Vern. name : Kadi (S.). 



CXII1. TYPHACEAE. 



1. Typha L. 



1. T. angustifolia L. Sp. PL 971. 



Habitat : II. Bahr-es-Sahan near Ammerieh, in the low country of 

 the Tehama (S. 474) ; Spring near Bet-el-Mograb, not far from Menacha, 

 2,400 m. (S. 1707). 



III. Stream of valley leading to Dhofar Mts. (Bent 94 !). 



Distrib. : Europe, N. America, Asia, also in tropical America. 



Vern. name : Hafe, haffa (S.). 



