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HECOBDS of the botanical survey of INDIA. 
Habitat : I, In cultivated ground near Sinai (Bove 138 ! 139 ! Shenk I), 
Arab. Petr, (ex Dur. & Barr.), Wady Taifa and Plain of Raha (Kneuk.). 
IT Near Manakhah, borders of fields, 2300 m (Defl. 272). 
El. : June 1832 (Bov6). Er. : June 1832 (Bov4). 
Distrib. : From Central and Southern Europe to the Caucasus, Egypt, 
Arabia, Persia, Baluchistan, India. 
Vern. name . Silihg (ex Dene.), 
3, S. Kuenckefi Bornm. in Allg, Bot Zeitg. (1903) 45, 127. 
Habitat ; I. Shady places at foot of Mt. Catherine, ca 1800—1850 ni 
(Kneuck.), foot of Mt. Serbal, 1,100 — 1,400 m. (Kneuck,). 
Distrib : Endemic. 
Kne acker makes of the specimen found at the foot of Mt. Serbal the forma Aprica 
(1. c.). 
it. S. puniilum Steph. in Willd. iii, 507 ; Boiss. FI. Or. i, (1867) 213.— 
S. Sekimperi Gay in PI. Schimp. (non Boiss.). S, cahulicum Hook, et Thom, 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. v, (1861) 161. 
Habitat : 1. Mt. Catherine (Schimp. 171 I). 
El. : April (Schimp,). Fr. : April (Schimp.). 
Distirib. : Mediterranean region, Persia, Afghanistan, Baluchistan, 
Tjrkistan. 
Vern. name . Um el grenott (Schimp.). 
6. S. rigidiilnm Dene. El. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. iii, (1855) 272 — S. 
pannonicHM Jacq. Collj i, 70, Ic. rar. t, 123 ; var . rigidiilutn Boiss. FI. Or. i, 
(1867) 217. 
Habitat : 1. Mt. Sinai (Schimp. 122 !), top of Mt.’ Sinai (Bovd 138 !), 
Sinai (Auoh.— Eloy 138 I), Arab. Petr, (McDonald !), W, es Sleh, Wady 
Taifa and plain of Raha, 400—1,500 m. (Kneuck.) 
El. : April (^himp.), June 1832 (Bov6). Fr. : April (Schimp.), June 
1132 (Bove). 
Distrib. : Arabia, Persia. 
Vern. name : Siltgh (BoVe). 
6. S. runciiiatam Lag. in DC. Syst. ii, (1821) 478 ; Boiss. FI. Or. i, 
(1867) 220. — S. confertum Stev. Verz. Taur. 71. 
Habitat : Arab. Petr. (Boiss.). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean region, Caucasus, Mesopotamia. 
7. S. ScUlmperi Boiss. Ann. Sc. Nat. (1842) 76 ; FI. Or. i, (1867) 215.— 
S. Sophia Var. Schimperi Hook. f. et Th. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v, (1861) 
158. — Roheschia sinaica Hoebst in Schimp. pi. exs. S, Bohesetti Steud. Npm. 
Bot. ed. 2. ii, 594, 
