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-RECORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
1^. Maieolmla K. Br» 
1. fil. aouleolata Boiss. FI. Or. i, (1867) 226 . — Sisymhrium acuteoiatum 
Boiss. Ann. Nat. (1H4!2) 75. asperum Schiinp. <PL Arab, exs, (d<>h 
L.) 
Habitat : I. Arab. Petr. : Media altitud. mentis S. Catbarinae (Sctiimp. 
124 !). 
FI. : April (Schimp.). Fr. : April (Sebimp,). 
Distrib. : Arabia, Persia, Baluchistan 
2. M. aegyptiajfea Spreng. Syst. ii, (1825) 898 , Muschler FI. Eg. i, 
(1912) 404 . — Eremohium lineare Boiss. FI. Or. i, (1867) 157 . — Hesperia 
ramosissima Del. III. Fi, d' Eg. 595, non Desf.- — H, diffusa Deone. FI. Sin. 
in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. iii, (1835) 271. 
VAR, linearis Coss. 111. FI. Atl. i, (1883) 22, t. 15, f. 1 — 15; Muscblor 
FI. Eg. i, (1912) AO^,^MaUhiola linearis, Del. Pragm, Arab. Petr. 16, n« 
56, f. 3. 
Habitat : I. Desert of Tor (Bove 134 !), Ras Hamam (Schimp 239 !) 
Sinai (Auch.-Eloy 124 !), Arab. Petr. (Boiss.? McDonald? Pinard ?), Et 
Tih and southward (Post); Sinai : Wady Sewook and neighbourhood (Lord I), 
North Midian (Burton). II. Jiddah (Fischer 117?) IV. Central Arabia 
(Felly !). 
FI. : March 1846 (Boiss.), March (Schimp.), April 1868 (L<)rd), June 
18S2 (Bov4), Dec. (Fischer). Fr. : March 1846 (Boiss.), March (Schimp.), 
Aprjl 1,868 (Lord), June 1832 (Bov6), 
Distrib.: Northern Africa, Arabia, Palestine. 
Vern. name : Tarheh. 
Uses : Eaten by animals (Burton). .A very variable plant. 
3. M. africana R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iv, 121 ; Boiss. Fi. Or, 
i, (1867) 223 .- — Hesperis africana L, Sp. PI. (1768) 663, 
Habitat : I. At foot of Sinai and J. Catherine (Schimp. '233 I), Et Tih 
(Post), Oasis of Feiran 600 m, J. Catherine 2450 m, Plain of Raha 1500 m. 
Wady es Shaikh ca 800 m fKneuck.). 
FI. : April (Schimp.). 
Distrib. ; Mediterranean region, S. Russia, India, Tibet. 
4. M. pulehella Boiss. FI. Or. i, (1867) %l%.-^Eespens pulchella DC. 
Syst, ii, (1821) 455. 
Habitat : I. Arab. Petr. : Palaestinam versus (BoisS;)i between Akabii 
and Suez (Milne?), Et Tih (Post). 
FI. : Jan. 1874 (Milne), March 1846 (Boiss.). 
Fr. : Jan. 1874 (Milne), March 1846 (Boisgr.). 
