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near Quesysum, Ras-el-Ginema (MUSCHLER), and Quadi Lechuma and 

 Quadi Gemul (THEOPHR. ; BOISSIER) ; Kosseir (THEOPHR.); Arabia (Dietr.); 

 Carmania and Bahrein Isl; (Gulf of Persia — THEOPHR ). 



Vern: EGYPT AND ARABIA: Faladar (Arab.— BAUHIN) ; Germ 

 (Mascat— FoRSK.), Quorm (Persian Gulf.- ABU HANIFA); Schora; Schura; 

 Shora; Choura (Red Sea-lBN EL-BEITHAR ; FORSK. ; BOISSIER ; 

 MUSCHLER) ;— EAST-AFRICA : Chobougi-Cuacuun; Cuancua; Imbeda; Imvetu; 

 Mavete ; M Candella ; Moosa (Portug. Africa- SlM.) ; Mtschu (Kisuaheli, 

 Germ. East- Afr. - GüRKE) ; Salgiero; Tobose; Tobucho ; White Mangrove 

 (Portug. East-Afr.-SlM.) ; Witte Mengerhout (Capetown — SCHAU.). 



Use: From the „ Traité des Simples" by IBN EL-BEITHAR, the following 

 is to be noticed about the Avicennias around the Persian Gulf and the Red 

 Sea: „ABU HANIFA speaks of Qorm on the Gulf of Oman, the young shoots 

 of which were eaten by the cattle and camels, while the wood was burnt 

 as firewood; the leaves, if used, caused constipation."— Le livre dit Er-Rihla 

 mentions the name „Chourd" as being that of shrubs near the Sea of Hedjaz 

 (Red Sea), the resin of which should be an aphrodisiac, and was also 

 used against toothaches.-- ABOUL ABBâS EN-NEBâTY mentions trees 

 near the Red Sea, their habits, their leaves and flowers resembling those 

 of the Oleander, whilst their fruit is said to be edible but causes 

 dizziness. The resin, was used for (and burns like) incense ^and was called 

 „Choura" by the Arabs; he further says that this resin is also used by 

 them against toothaches."— FORSKAL says further of his Sceura marina 

 that its young shoots are eaten by camels and sheep, while the wood is 

 used fire-wood. 



• £ var. alba (Bl) BAKU.: (tab. 14 et 15). 



Syn,: Avicennia alba Bl. (1826); A. resinifera GRIFF. (1851); A. 

 officinalis L. var. alba (Bl.) Clarke (1885); A. spicata O. Ktze. (1891).- 

 Anacardium Bauhin (1623)- 



Arbuscula vei arbor, saepe e basi valde ramosa, jam a prima aetate 

 florens, 5.-20M, alta, 0.1- 0.5 M diam , cortice amiantino vel betulino 

 virescente, laevi, aetate progressa desquamante. R a m u 1 i patentes, nutantes, ° 

 teretes, laeves, novelli tomentosi regione florifera excepta glabrescentes, sparse 

 resinoso-punctati, sparse obsolete lenticellati. Folia oblonga vel elliptico- 

 lanceolata utrinque acuta, rarius apice subobfusa, margine vix recurvula, supra 

 glabra, sub lente minutissime impresse glandulosa, nitidula, viridia, subtus 

 argentea vel pulverulento-albicantia, in sicco albida vel cana, opaca, resinoso- 

 punctata, costa adpresse tomentosa, nervis 7 - 15 utrinque reticulato-venosa, 

 3--16 c,M. longa, 1.5—5 c.M. lata; petiolus brevis dense pulverulento- 

 tomentosus, 0 5 — 3 c.M longus. Inflorescentia terminalis, paniculiformis, 

 fere decomposita, subfoliosa, 3 —10 c M. alta, 3—10 c.M. diam ; p a n i c u 1 a e 

 term nales et ex axillis foliorum superiorum, solitariae aut geminatae 

 pedunculatae, ramis 1--3 pedunculatis; bracteis bracteolatis raro 

 subfoliosis; inflorescentiae partiales spiciformes plus minusve 

 densae et elongatae 0.5 -2 c. M. longa, 0.7—1 c M. latae, e floribus 10-- 



