u 
HECOms OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
d*Eg. 99, t. 33. M* asperrima Boiss. Ann. Sc. Nat. (184'2) 60 ; Diagn. Bl, 
Or. ser. 1. fasc. viii, 17. 
Habitat: I. Desert of Ka^a (Musch,), Deserts of Sinai and Tor (Rupinjll 
ex Dene.). 
IV. Masqf»t (Auch. — Eloy 410‘2 !). 
El. : August 1S69 (Lord). Fr.: August 1869 (Lord). 
Distrib. : Nubia, Egypt, Arabia, Palestine. 
Vern. names : Ghererna (ex Dene.) ; sag per rabeseke (MubcIi.). 
7. Notoceras K. Br. 
1. N. bicoriie Camel El, Tosc. (I860) 536,. — xV. 6<i)iari<inse R. Br. iri Ait. 
Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iv, (1821) 117; Boiss. El. Or. i, (1867) 314. Er>/&imuin' 
hiconie Ait. Hurt. Kew. ed. I, ii, 394, Biceratium prostratum Lag. Gon. ct 
Spec. 20. 
Habitat. : 1, Sinai (Auch. — Eloy 118 !), Valley Baruk (Bovd 136 !). 
IV, Masqat (Auch — Eloy 4169 !). 
Fr. June 1832 (Bov6). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean region, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Punjab. 
8. Aiiastatica L. 
I. A. hierochuirtiia L. Sp. PI. i, (1753) 895 ; Eorsk, FI, Aeg.-Arab. 
(1775) 117 ; Dene. El. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. iii (1S35) 271 ; Schenk 
Sp. PI. It. Aeg. Arab. & Syr. (1840) 41; Del. HI. El. d’Eg. 574; Boiss. El. 
Or. i, (1867) 316 ; DC. Syst. ii, 425 ; Muschler El. Eg. i, (1912) 404. 
Habitat. : I. Eoot of J. Nakus (Musch.), Wady Hamme (Schir.p. 2(>7 !) , 
Arabia Petr. (McDonald !), Desert between Suez and Tor (Bove 201 !), N. 
Midian (Burton !). 
II. Jiddali (Schimp. 819 !). 
FI. : March ^Schimp.) ; Dec. 1835 (Schimp.). Fr.: March (Schimp.) ; 
June 1832 (Bove). 
Distrib. : Northern Africa, Arabia, Syria. 
Vern. names : Kaf marjam i.e. hand of Mary (Forsk); gehid^ keff-marjam, kammasch 
(Klunz); Kerschud (Musch-). 
Uses : The seeds are used in a superstitious way by women in labour (Forsk.). 
9. Farsetia Desv. 
1. F. aegyptiaca Turra Farset. i, (1765) t. 1 ; Dene. El. Sin- in Ann. Sc.- 
Nat. ser. 2, iii, (1835) 270 ; Schenk Sp. PI. it. Aeg. Arab & Syr. (1846) n. 
284; Boiss. El. Or. i, (1867) 158 ; Muschler El. Eg. i, (1912) 419. — F. Edge- 
worthiij Hook. f. & Thoms. in-Journ. Linu. Soc. v, (186)) J47. , Vheiranthm 
Farsetia L. Mant. 94; C. linearis'Yoi^k. FL Aeg. Aiab. (1775) 120. Luna-- 
ria scabra Eorsk- 1. c. 117, t. 16. (F. clypeata^ Bove n. 137). 
