SOME PLANTS OF THE ZOR HILLS. 
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86. Erticaria Gaertn. 
Si. ? Erucaria rnicata Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, VIII, 47, 
Hussonia uncata Boiss. FI. Or. I, 367. 
Zor Hills. No. 16. 
Local name.— 1 * Silih ” ( ). Muschler quotes it as <( sliE ” but 
he gives the same name to Launea angustifolia Muschler. 
List rib . — The deserts of North-Eastern Africa. 
It grows to a height of 2 feet, bears handsome, mauve flowers and has a purplish 
stem, and not much leaf. It is common in plains and hills but not in swamps. It 
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resembles “yahak ” (<jk*)(see Chorispora No. 39). The flowers have a fairly strong and 
sweet sceut like but fainter than the scent of heliotrope. Camels are very fond of it. 
A fine study in contrasts is presented by the sight of a camel’s head with a bunch of 
these handsome flowers protruding from its mouth. 
87. Carrichtera Adans. 
68. Carrichtera veil® DC. Syst, Veg. II, 642 ; FI. Or. I, 397. 
C. annua L. Aschers. Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol, 13; Muschler 
FI. Egypt, I, 417. 
Zor Hills. No. 30. 
Local name. — “ Khishshain 99 ( u ^aA). Muschler calls it “qinebra** 
or (i geleyqela 
iJiitrib . — Persia to Asia Minor and parts of the Mediterranean 
region. 
A small plant about 6 inches in height with small white flowers. Camels and* 
other animals graze freely on it but men have no use for it. It grows everywhere 
except in swamps. 
sa Savignya DC. 
33. Savignya aegyptiaca DC. Sysfc. II, 2S3 ; FI. Or. I, 397. 
S. parviflora (Del.) Webb Fragm. aeg. (1854), 47; Mrsohler FI 
Egy. I, 417. 
Zor Hills. No. 13. 
Local name.—" Gulgulan ” or " gulaijalan "( or ). Mus- 
chler gives its name as " reshad gebely ”, 
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