FLORA ARABIC A. 491 



Fe. : Apr. 1835 (Schimp.), Apr. 1868 (Lord), Apr. and May (Figari), 

 Mar. 1881 (S.), Dec. 1889 (Den.). 

 Disteib. : Egypt, Arabia, India. 



4. P. glaucifolium Hochst. in Flora, XXIV (1841) I. Intell. 19; 

 et ex A. Rich. Tent. FL Abyss. II, 382. 



Habitat : II. Above Menacha. 2,700 m. (S. 1949). 

 Fe. : Mar. 1889 (S.). 

 Distrib. : Abyssinia, Arabia. 



5. P. orientale Rich, in Pers. Syn. I, 72. — P. gmaicum Decne. 



in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, II (1834) 11. 



Habitat: I. Neighb. of Sinai (Bove 7, 19!, Figari!, Drake 83!); 

 Abu Maurad and Mt. Sinai (Schimp. 115 !) ; Wady Hebran (Schimp. 

 100 !). 



II. Menacha, 2,200 m. (S. 1502 !). 

 Fl. : Feb. 1889 (S.). 



Fe. : Feb. 1889 (S.), June 1832 (Bove). 



Distrib. : Algeria, Arabia, Orient, India. 



Vern. name : Haussefe (S.), nassje or nessje (Bove), sabote (Drake), hagheni 

 (Schimp.). 



6. P. quartiniaimm A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. II, 384. 

 Habitat : II. Menacha, 2,200-2,500 m. (S. 1699) 



Fl. : Mar. 1889 (S.). 

 Fe. : Mar. 1889 (S.). 

 Disteib. : Abyssinia, Arabia. 



1. P. spicatum Kornicke nnd Werner, Getr. I, 284. 

 Habitat : II. In the lowland of the Tehama, generally cultivated 

 (S. 174, 1071, 1952) ; Shukra (S.). 



III. El Hami (S.). 



Vem. name : Dochn (S). 



8. P. americanum (L.) K. Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenw. Ostafr. B. 

 (1895) 51.— P. tyfhoideum Rich, in Pers. Syn. I, 72. 



Habitat : II. Lahadj (Defl. 183 !), Shukra, Kamfer, Massana, Wadv 

 Moaden (cult.) (Defl.). 



IV. Zor Hills (Cox and Knox). 

 Fe. : Dec. 1889 (Defl.). 



Disteib. : Tropics. 



Vern. name : llm (Arabic, in Zor Hills). 



9. P. viliosum R, Br. Prod, in Salt, Abyss. App. 62, nomen; et 

 in Fresen. Mus. Senckenh. II (1837) ]34. 



