FLORA ARABIGA. 471 



Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Muschler). 



Distrib. : Egypt, also common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic 

 region. 



CXVI. ABACEAE. 



I. Arisaema Mart. 



1. A. cniieaphyllum Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. II (1851) 

 352 ; Defl. Voy. Yemen (1889) 215. 



Habitat : II. Yaman at the tops of Jebel Shibam near Menacha, 

 2,800 m. (Defl. 347) ; on the way from Shibam to the castle Kaukaban, 

 2,600-2,800 m. (Defl. 621) ; Wady Suleymen, 2,400 m. (Defl. 574) ; 

 top of Jebel-el-Sumara, on the way from Yerim to Ibb, 2,800 m. (Defl.). 



Distrib. : N. African Steppen Province, Abyssinia, Yaman. 



%. A. Bottae Schott Prodr. (1860) 42 ; Engl, in DC. Mon. Phan. II 

 (1879) 551. 



Habitat : II. Yaman, Ahl el caf (Botta !) ; Haifan (Defl.) ; Mt. 

 Sabor (Botta !). 



Distrib. : Abyssinia, Eritrea, Yaman. 



3. A. flavum Schott Prodr. (1860) 40 ; Engl, in DC. Mon. Phan. 

 II (1879) 548.— Arum flavum Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. p. CXX, n. 525 

 (1775) 157. 



Habitat : II. Neighb. of Aden (Hunter 268 !) ; near Taaes (Forsk. 

 in Herb. Univers. Kiel.). 



Distrib. : Abyssinia, Eritrea, Yaman, Afghanistan, Kurram Valley, 

 subtropical western Himalaya, Garhwal. 



%. Colocasia Schott. 



1. C. esculenta Schott Meletem. (1832) 18. — Arum esculentum L. 

 Sp. PI. (1753) 965, ed. 2 (1763) 1369. 



Habitat : II. Yaman Manod near Hodjela, 900 m. (S. 946 !) ; foot 

 of Jebel Bura near Hille, 600 m. (S. 334). 



Distrib. : Cultivated in all hot countries. 



Vern. name : Kurlcum (Hills) ; ssandj (Ussil.). 



CXVII. NAIADACEAE. 



1. Cymodoeea Kon. 



1. C. isoetifolia Aschers. Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin (1887) 3. 



Habitat : II. Hodeidah (S. 147 !) ; Aden (Defl. 317 i). 



Distrib. : Red Sea, Indian and Pacific Ocean between the tropics. 



