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Aristolochia rigida, Duch.—Gambla, alt. 500 feet. A very distinct 
penny , only known previously in two or three places in east tropical 
rica. 
'THYMELAEACEX. 
Arthrosolen prese n Baker p.; suffruticosa, ramulis 
Xeretibus adpresse pubescentibus, foliis Giet sessilibus leaten 
ascendentibus rigidulis glabris, floribus luteis in pilis immersis in 
capitulum globosum terminalem aggregatis, bracteis magnis foliaceis 
exis ovatis vel oblongis pilosis, perianthii tubo eylindrico extus piloso 
lo obis parvis orbieularibus, staminibus prope tubi apicem biseriatis. 
Hills at Chail-ba- Wazir, alt. 3,000 feet, and Nehar, alt. A: feet. 
Folia 9-10 lin. longa. Capitula 6-9 lin. diam. tg € 5-6 lin. 
onge.  Perianthii tubus 3 lin. longus, limbus 1} lin. 
Nearly allied to A. somaliense, Franchet, from which "it differs in its 
foliaceous bracts and orbicular perianth lobes. 
LORANTHACEX. 
Loranthus curviflorus, Benth—Near Sibeh, alt. 600 feet. Extends 
to Abyssinia and Somali Land. It grows both upon Acacias and 
Zizyph 
EUPHORBIACE. 
Euphorbia Schimperi, Pres/.—Hills er sies es and Sibeh, n 
600 feet. Confined to Southern Arabia, wher as first collected =< 
Forskahl, who referred it to y "Tirucalli edm which it closely 
resemble 
phorbia (Rhizanthium) hadramautica, Baker, ovdi ; perennis, 
Foliorum delapsorum cicatricibus notato, foliis synant auli 
apicem dense rosulatis petiolatis mn eolit vel obit Ainda 
obtusis pubescentibus, pedunculis brevissimis monoce phali is, involuero 
campauulato basi bracteis 2 parvis ovatis foliaceis suffultis, glandulis 
marginalibus orbicularibus pilosis, ovario piloso. 
It is found only in very small numbers on rough stony ground, 
particularly on the tops of the hills which are flat. ie nes cri were 
obtained from Bir- Backban, at an elevaiion of about 3,500 fee 
Caulis 9-12 lin. longus, 6-9 lin. diam. Folia 9-12 lin. longa. 
Tnvolucrum 2 lin. longum. 
Belongs to the small ne Rhizanthium of Boissier, and is nearly 
allied to the Indian Æ. nana of Royle, and the Madagascar E. primule- 
folia, Baker. Living phints were brought home, and it is now flowering 
t Kew. 
Jatropha.—Hills near Sibeh, 750 feet. A shrub, ba large pungent 
Doc Material too o incomplete for its determinatio 
Ric Linn.—Cultivated parts at eiua Alrail, and 
iren "Sibeh wid d Tohiyeh. 
URTICACER. 
Ficus Carica, Ziny.—A straggling bush. Hills at Khailah, alt. 
3,000 feet. 
