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EECOnDS OF THE BOTANICAL SCBVFY OF INTHA. 
3. C. caiiesceiis St. Hil. Mem. Iles6dac. (1888) 30 ; Boips. FI. Or. i, (1867) 
4'36 ; Miill. Arj^. Monogr. Resed. *226, t, x, f. 182. — B escda cauescois L. 
Syst. 368 j \abl. Symb. Bot. ii, (1791) 52 ; Dcuo. FI. Siu. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 
ser, 2. iii, (1835) 275 ; Schenk Sp. PI. it. Aeg. Arab. & Syr. (1810) n. *274 
li. hcxagyna Fnrsk. FI. Aeg. — Arab. (1775) 92. lletadgUs arahica Kafin. 
FI. Tellur, iii, (1836) 73. Sgntrophe cancscem G. Ehrenbg. mss. in hb. Heg. 
Berol. lex Muell, Arg. 1. c.). 
Habitat: I. Arab. Petr. (Pinard ! Boiss. ! McDonald!); ‘VV’’. es-Sle, W. 
Tarfa, Plain of Raha (Kneiick.); Sinai (Holland 75 ! Ehrcnb. I); Desert of 
Sinai (Bove 150 !) ; Sinai Peninsula : W. Gennah and neighbourhood (Lord!); 
N. and Central Midian (Burfon). 
II. Hijaz (Schimp. 108/ !) ; Jiddah fZohrab 83 !). 
FI.; Feb. 1836 (Schimj).) ; March 184)6 (B uiss.) ; May 1868 (Lord); 
June 1832 (Bov6). 
Fr. May 1868 (Lord) ; June 1832 (Bovd). 
DiSTiiiB. : Cape dc Verd Islands, N. Africa, Arabia, N. W. India. 
Vein, names : DcnahaCY>o\i\ Zamahiui (Burton). — Muell. Ari;'. makes of some of the 
above specimens the varieties rigida and 
va'ii. prostrata Post FI. Syr. etc. (1890) 111. 
Habitat : I. Sinai (ex Post). 
DiSTiiiB : Endemic. 
2. Re.scda L. 
t. SI. alba L. Sp. PI. (1753) 449; Schenk Sp. PI. it. Aeg. Arab. & Syr. 
(IHlO) n. 271 ; Boiss. FI. Or. i, (1867) 125 ; Muell. Arg. Monogr. llesed. 
100, t. VI, f. 86. 
II ABiTAT ; I. Near Tor (ox Schenk). 
DiSTiiiB. : Mediterranean region, Arabia, Persia. 
3,. M. aiiiblyocarpa Fres. in Mus. Senck. TI, (1837) 108 ; Schweinf. in 
Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1896) App. II, 195; Blatt. FI. Aden (1915) 110.— 
pniinom Del. 111. FI d^Eg. (1813) 15; Dene. FI. Sin. in Ann. So. Nat. ser. 
2, iii, (1835) 275 ; Schenk Sp. PI. it. Aei'*. Arab & Syr. (1840) n. 272 ; Boiss 
FL Or, i, (1867) 188. B. Quartuiiaua A. Rich. FI. Abyss, i, (1847) 13. B. 
lurida MiilL Arg. Mem. Resed. 152. 
Habitat : I. Arab. Petr. (Boiss. ! McDonald !); desert at south end of 
'Dead Sea, Et Tib, Sinai and southward (ex Post); desert between Sinai and 
Tor (Bove 151 !); Wady Tarfa and W. es-Sbaikb (Kneuck.); Toot of Alt, 
Sinai (ex Schenk); Sinai Peninsula: W. Feiran (Lord !); Sinai (Drake !); W. 
el'Arbain (Botta !); W. es-Sle, W. Ilebran (Musch.). 
IE Aden (DeO. 524, Thomson ! Ferry ! 01. & Cl.! S, 4! 30, 35, Mad- 
den ! Hook, f.! Sciiomb. 2 !). 
III. Palace gardens at Alrail; 2,000 ft. (Lunt !); near Sebut (IL'rsch 22), 
