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Near the Arabian and Abyssinian Cissus digitata, Lam., and the 
African €. cymosa, Schum. et Thonn, 
MORINGACEZE, 
Moringa aptera, Gaertn.—A small tree 15-20 feet high. At Agum, 
alt. 2 300 feet. Extends to Abyssinia, Egypt, and Syria. 
LEGUMINOSJE, 
Crotalaria striata, D.C.—Banks of irrigation channel at Furuth, 
alt. 2,100 feet. tends all through the warmer regions of the Old 
World. 
Trigonella Foenum-grecum, Linn.—Cultivated at Katan, alt. 1,150 
feet. Native name “ Kadb.” 
Indigofera desmodioides, Baker, n.sp.; fruticosa, ramulis gracilibus 
dense persistenter argenteo-incanis, foliis simplicibus distinete petiolatis 
oblanceolatis obtusis facie tenuiter dorso densi bo-pubescentibus, 
floribus in racemis axillaribus breviter denen od dispositis, pedicellis 
brevibus, ealyce campanulato dense piloso dentibus tubo b — 
petalis calyce quadruplo longioribus, ia ca ine edie tried 4-6-sperm 
toruloso primum argenteo demum glabra 
A bush 4-5 feet high. Wadi — alt. 2,000 feet, growing on the 
hillsides amongst large masses of stone. 
0 lin. longa, 3— ^ lin. lata. — Calyx 4 lin. longus. 
Fructus 6-9 lin. longus 
Remarkable for its simple leaves and very torulose pods. 
Indigofera spinosa, Forsk.—Hillsides near Hajrain, alt. 2,600 feet. 
Also Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia. 
Indigofera arabica, Jaub. et Spach Ill. Pl. Orient., tab. 479.— 
Hillsides near Sibeh, alt. 800 feet. Confined to Southern "Arabia. 
Indigofera argentea, Linn. geste at Shibam and Katan for 
the production of an indigo dye. A native of tropical Asia and 
imt Africa. It is the adap tinctoria of Forskahl, but not of 
Linne 
: ephrosia purpurea, Pers.—Between Sif and Hajrain, alt. 2,000 feet. 
eres of the Old and New World. 
Tephrosia dura, Baker, n.sp.; suffruticosa, ramulis teretibus albo- 
incanis, stipulis parvis SOLUM colat foliis trifoliolatis breviter 
petiolatis, foliolis eons obtusis dures coriaceis pallide viridibus 
utrinque inconspicue adpresse pubescentibus, venis faciei inferioris pro- 
minentibus, floribus solitariis ciate pedunculatis, calyce campan- 
ulato dentibus deltoideis, legumine lineari polyspermo glabro faciebus 
vo ilsides at Shibam, alt. 2,000 feet. An undershrub 2 feet high. 
Folia 12-18 lin. longs, 3 lin. lata. Petala ignota. Fructus 2-2} 
lin. [Un 4 lin. lat 
Allied to 7. panes and Apollinea. 
Alhagi maurorum, JD. C.—Hillsides at Sibeh, alt. 500 feet. Also 
Persia, Syria, od Egypt. 
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