494 RECORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, 



20. Lygeum L. 



1. L. spartum Loefi. ex Linn. Cent. PL I, 4. 

 Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Muschler). 

 Distrib. : Mediterranean. 



21. Phalaris L. 



1. P. canadensis L. Sp. PL 54. 



Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (Herb. Kew !). 



Distrib. : Warm and temperate regions of Europe, N. Africa, W. 

 Asia and America. 



3. P. minor Ketz. Obs. Ill, 8. 



Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (Herb. Kew !). 



Distrib. : Greece, Orient, S. Africa. 



3. P. minor Retz. var. gracilis (Pari.) Aschers. — Schweinf. 111. 

 til d'Egypt (1887) 167, n. 1149. 



Habitat : I. Wady Hamme (Schimp. 247 !, Boiss.). 

 Distrib. : Native of the Mediterranean countries ; introduced in 

 many other parts of the World. 

 Vern. name : Chappa (Schimp.). 



4. P. paradoxa L. Sp. PL ed. II, 1665. 

 Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (Herb. Kew !). 

 Distrib. : Mediterranean, Orient. 



%%. AristidaL. 



1. A. mutabilis Trin. & Rupr. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. Ser. VI, 

 VII (1849) 150 (excl. var. aequilonga). 



Habitat : II. Aden (Birdwood 102a !, Hook. 112 !). 



Fr. : Dec. 1847 (Hook.). 



Distrib. : Senegal, Kordofan, Egypt, Arabia, Punjab, Rajputana, 

 Jodhpur, Southern India. 



3. A. mutabilis Trin. & Rupr. var. mcccana Fenzl. in Kotschy PL 

 Aeth. n. 103. 



Habitat : II. Mecca. 

 Distrib. : Yaman. 



3. A. adsccnsionis L. Sp. PL ed. I. p. 82. 



Habitat : I. Wady Hebran (Schimp. 159 !) ; neighb. of Mt. Sinai 

 (Bove 12 ! s Schimp. 368 !). 



II. Aden ; Beyt el-Amir ; Shukra ; Serrya (De£..). 

 IV. Maskat (Auch. 5446 !). 

 Fr. : Apr. 1835 (Schimp.), May 1835 (Schimp.), June 1832 (Bove). 

 Distrib. : Cosmopolitan. 



