490 RECORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 



14. Cenchrus L. 



1. C. montanus Nees in Royle 111. Bot. Himal. 416. 



Habitat : II. Jedda (Zohrab 37 ! 217 !) ; in desert, near Jedda 

 (Schimp. 796 ! 797 I, Ehrenb. 235 !) ; Gumfuda (Ehrenb. 235 !) ; cult, 

 ground near Shukra (DefL 348 !). 



Fr. : Feb. 1825 (Ehrenb.), Mar. 1890 (Den.), Dee. 1835 (Schimp.). * 



Distrib. : Asia and tropical Africa. 



15. Pennisetum Rich. 



1. P. cenchroides A. Rich, in Pers. Syn. I, 72. 



Habitat : I. Wady Haroun, and the others leading into the Arabah 

 from Edom ; Wady Arabah and Ghor es Safieh (Hart) ; Wady Zewerah 

 (Lowne !) ; Mt. Horeb (Auch. 2998 !) ; Wady Arabah (Hart !) ; Wady 

 Hebran (Schimp. 153 !). 



II. Jedda (Fischer 126 !, Zohrab 19 ! 20 ! 29 !) ; Wady 

 Fatimah (Fischer 126!); Aden (Hook. 110!, Thomson!, Perry!); 

 Menacha, 2,200 m. (S. 1951) ; Hodjela, 600 m. (S. 894) ; Moglaf, 300 

 m. (S. 605) ; foot of Jebel Bura, 600 m. (S. 392) ; Aden, Shaikh Othman 

 (S. 1950) ; Shukra (S. 95, 938) ; Gumfuda (Ehrenb. 233 I) ; Mor (Ehrenb. 

 234 !) ; Aggara near Hodjela, 600 m. (S. 894 !) ; neighb. of Shukra 

 (Den. 349 ! 409 !) ; Jedda (Schimp. 973 !). 



III. Dhofar Mts., Hala (Bent 45 !) ; El Hami (S. 189, 172). 

 IV. Near Maskat (Last !). 



Fl. : Dec. 1888 (S.), Jan. and Feb. 1889 (S.). 



Fr. : Feb. 1889 (S.), Feb. 1857 (Thomson), Apr. 1835 (Schimp.), 

 Mar. 1878 (Perry), Mar. 1881 (S.), Dec. 1888 (S.), Jan. and Feb. 1889 

 (S.), Dec. 1847 (Hook.), 



Distrib. : Tropical regions. 



Vern. name : Ihbett (Hille) (S.).j 



%. P. depauperatum Schweinf. Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1894) App. II, 

 26. 



Habitat : II. Kahil above Menacha, 2,500 m. (S. 1471 !). 

 Fr. : Feb. 1889 (S.). 

 Distrib. : Arabia. 



3. P. dichotomum (Forsk.) Del. Fl. Eg. 159, t. 8, fig. l.~Panicum 

 dichotomum Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. p. 19. 



Habitat : I. Wadies Nasb and Elain ; Debbet er Ramleh ; frequent 

 in the Arabah (Hart) ; Arabia Petraea (Bove) ; Mt. Horeb (Auch. 

 2999 !) ; Wady Sewook (Lord !) ; Sinai (Figari !) ; Wady Nasb (Hart !) ; 

 Sinai desert (Auch. 3000 !) ; Wady Hebran (Schimp. 151 !) ; Nakkeb 

 (Schimp. 308 !) ; Wady Farrun (Lord !). 



II. Shukra (S. 62 !) ; Oasis of Lahadj (Den. 141 !). 



III. Sibeh, 240 m. (Lunt 11 I). 



IV. Maskat (Auch. 5432 I). 



