FLORA ARABIC A. 509 



Without locality (Den. ! Birdwood !). 

 Fr. : Jan. 1831 (Bove), Mar. 1887 (Den.). 

 Distrib. : S. Arabia, N. India. 



5?. Eragrostis Host. 



1. B. coelachyrum Benth. in Hook. Ic. PL t. 1368. 



Habitat : II. Near Jedda (Schimp. 799 !) ; Jedda (Fischer 133 !, 



Zohrab 18 ! 212 !). 



Fl. : Jan. 1837 (Fischer). 



Fr. : Jan. 1837 (Fischer), Dec. 1835 (Schimp.), 



Distrib. : Egypt, Arabia. 



%. E. pilosa (L.) P. Beauv. Essai Agrost. (1812) 71. 

 Habitat : I. Ghor es Safieh (Hart). 



II. Neighb. of Shukra, cult, ground (Den. 351 !), 

 Fr. : Mar. 1890 (Defl.). 

 Distrib. : Warm regions. 



3. E. minor Host. F3. Austr. I (1827) 135— 2?. poaeoides P. Beauv. 

 Essai Agrost. (1812) 71. 



Habitat : I. Ghor es Safieh (Hart) : near Bestam (Schimp. 266 !). 

 II. Near Mecca (Schimp. 999 !). 

 IV. Near Maskat (Last !). 

 Fr. : Aug. 1835 (Schimp.). 



Distrib. : Throughout the Mediterranean region from the Canaries 

 to Persia ; also extending to middle Europe. 



4. E. major Host. Gram. IV, t. 24. — E. megasiachya Link Hort. 

 Berol. I, 187. 



Habitat : I. Ghor es Safieh (Hart). 



II. El-Gelil ; Serrya (Defl.) ; Aden (Birdwood !) ; Aggara 

 near Hodjela, 600 m. (S. 1029) ; Eegma near Hodjela, 800 m. (S. 955) ; 

 below Ussil, 950 m. (S. 1204, 1280) ; Jedda (Zohrab 12 ! 195 ! 200 ! 223 !) 

 Shukra (S. 143). 



Fl. : Jan. 1889 (S.). 



Fr. : Feb. 1889 (S.), Mar. 1881 (S.). 



Distrib. : Tropical and subtropical regions. 



Vern. name : Ssechegge (Ussil). 



5. E. bipinnata (L.) Muschler in Fl. von el-Tor in Verhdlg. Bot. 

 Ver. Prov. Brdbg. IL (1907) 7i.~E. cynosuroides (Retz.) Roem. & Schult. 

 Syst. Veget. II (1817) 577.— Cynosurus durus Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. 

 p. 21. 



Habitat : I. Wady Arabah (Hart !) ; Am Fabal, near El Faba, 

 Ghor es Safieh (Hart). 



II. Lahej (Defl.) ; Aden (Birdwood 133 !). 



