252 FAUNA AND FLORA OF SINAI PETRA AND WADY ARAB AH. 



Ruppia spiralis, 51, 52 

 Ruta, 27 



„ graveolens, 65, 88 



„ tuberculata, 13, 18, 19, 21, 27, 35, 



131 

 Ruta (Haplophyllum) tuberculatum, 88 

 Ruticilla phcenicura, 229 

 „ tithys, 216 



Saccharum Begyptiacum, 42, ii6, 141 



Sahadan, 28 



Sahara a sea-bed, 149 



Salicornia, 51 



„ fruticosa, 106 

 „ herbacea, 51, 52, 106 

 Saline lakes, 152 

 Salix acmophylla, 42, no, 167 

 ,, babylonica, 139 

 ,, safsaf, 18, 20, 26, 27, 139 

 Salsola foeiida, 32, 44, 52, 58, 107, 138, 162, 



166 

 Salsola inermis, 39, 58, 64, 107, 166 

 ,, longifolia, 107, 166 

 „ rigida, 39, 58, 107- 

 ,, tenuifolia, 58 



„ tetragona, 42, 51, 58, 107, 138 

 Salsolacese, 47, S3, 58 

 Salvadora (Arak), 49 



„ persica, 99, 135, 161 

 Salvia segyptiaca, 34, 59, 105, 137 

 „ controversa, 59, 105, 137 

 „ deserti; 29, 105, 137, 166 

 „ palsestina, 137 

 „ triloba, 67, 105 

 „ verbenaca, 59, 105 

 ,, viridis, 105 

 Santolina fragrantissima, 14, 16, 22, 97, 134 

 Saponaria vaccaria, 73, 83, 130 

 Satureia cunefolia, 32, 43, 59 

 „ „ _ forma, 104 



Savignya segyptiaca, 129 

 Saxicola amphileuca, 229 

 „ deserti, 227 

 „ eurymelaena, 229 

 „ Finschii, 68, 216 

 „ isabellina, 8, 215 

 ,, leucocephala, 216, 227 

 „ leucopygia, 12, 21, 216 

 ,, lugens, 21, 68, 72, 216, 227 

 ,, mcEsta, 215 

 „ inonacha, 10, 215, 227 

 „ cenanthe, 216 

 Scabiosa eremophila, 134 

 Scandix pinnatifida, 133 



Schanginia baccata, 138 

 Schimpera arabica, 128 

 Schisraus arabicus, 142 



„ marginatus, 73, 117 

 Schoenus nigricans, 140 

 Schouwia Schimperi, 129 

 SciUa, 39 

 Scirpus holoschcenus, 19, 115, 140 



„ maritimus, 52, 115, 140 

 Sclerocephalus arabicus, 52, 85, 130, 159, 



164 

 Scleron orientale, 179 

 Scleropoa memphitica, 142 

 Scolopendra canidens, 177 

 „ centipede, 41 



Scorzonera alexandrina, 62, 98, 165 



,, lanata, 59, 98 



Scrophulariacse, 19, 38 

 Scrophularia canina, 103 



„ deserti, 23, 32, 103. 137 



,, heterophylla, 37, 103, 166 



„ variegata, 103, 137 



„ zanthoglossa, 63, 103 



Sedum altissimum, 68 

 Seetzenia orientalis, 11, 88, 131 

 Senecio coronopifolius, 59, 97, 135 

 „ Decaisnei, 134 

 „ vernalis, 97 

 Serinus meridionalis, 229 

 Sesarriura indicum, 70 

 Setaria glauca, 140 



,, verticillata, 140 

 Shaphan (the daman or wabar of the Arabs), 



233 

 Sherardia arvensis, 68, 94 

 Silene segyptiaca, 84 



„ arabica, 130 



„ atocion, 84 



„ colorata, 84, 163 



„ conoidea, 130 



,, dichtoma, 59, 84 



„ Hussoni, 59, 163, 184 



„ inflata, 65, 84 



„ leucophylla, 130 



„ linearis, 130 



„ palsestina, 73, 84 



„ rigidula, 62 



„ Schimperiana, 130 



,, succulenta, 63, 84 



,, villosa, 130 

 Sinai, description of, 123 



„ dried-up lakes in, 150 



„ Mediterranean flora of, 149 



„ Plateaux, or Montane, Flora of, 149 



„ Vegetation in, 151 

 Sinaitic flora, Distribution of, 154 



