SOME PLANTS OF THE ZOR HILLS. 
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VI— CHENOPODKACEAI. 
W. Koehia Both, 
20. Kochia sp. 
Zor Hills No. 75. 
local name.—" Shilwah " ( ). Muschler does not give thk 
name. 
A thorny little plant lying almost flat on the soil and of no use to men or animals. 
SO. Arthrocnemum Moq. 
* 21. Artlirocnemuin glaacum Ung. Sternb. in Afcti. Bot. Congr. Firenz, 
1874, 283. (ex. sp. Delile) ; 11. Or. IV, 932 ; F. B. I. V, 12. 
Zor Hills. Without number. 
Local name . — “ Shinan 99 Musohler corroborates this 
vernacular name. It is one of the Chenopodiaceous plants commonly- 
included under the generic terms of “ rimth ” or " hamth ” ( or 
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Listrib . — Western Asia, Arabia and the Mediterranean region. In 
India it is found in the Deccan Peninsula. 
It belongs to the tribe Salicornea and is, as stated by Boissier, often confused 
with Salicornia fruticosa L. 
The plant rises to the height of about 4 feet and its flowers are green. It is found 
round the gasar ” land in Central Arabia. 
181. -Scitanginia C.A. Mey. 
* 22. Schanginia baccata (Forsk.) Moq. in DC. Prod. XIII, 119; FI. 
Or. IV, 944. Engler treats this genus under Suaeda . 
Zor Hills. Without number. 
Local name . — “ Tahmah” or “suwwad” ( or ). 
Muschler quotes the former name. 
Distrib. — Tropical Arabia to Egypt. 
It is found chiefly in the swamps and the plant grows to the height of about U 
feet. Its flower 6 are dark in colour. Grazed by camels. 
