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EECOBD^ OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
!?. R. muricata Presl Bot. Bemerkg. (1844) 8; Miill-Arg. Moaogr. 
Eesed. 159, t. VIII, L 110 ; Boiss FI. Or. i, (1867) 481. 
Habitat: I. Foot of Mt. Sinai (Sckirap. 103; Boiss. !) ; from Dead Sea to 
Sinai (ex Post). 
Distrib. : Egypt, Arabia Petraea, Syria, 
Vern. name : Chesamct (Sciiimp.). 
8. R. odorata L. Sp. pL ed, 2 (1762) 646; Del. Frag. FI. Arab. Petr. 
{1833) n. 59. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petr. (De Laborde) ; W. Zewerah (ex Post)* 
Distrib. : Mediterranean region. 
Vern. name : Khuzam (Post). 
0. R. sphenocleoidcs Defl. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France xlii (1895) 298. 
Habitat : II. W, Moaden (Defl.), near Massuna (Defl. 113!) ; Bilad 
Awari, W. Dhabab (Defl. 530 !) ; 20 miles E. N. E, of Sbuqra (Defl. 433 ! 
484, 838, 892) ; El. Gelil, 1500 m (Defl. 290). 
III. Hadramaut (Lunt 126 I). 
FI. : Mar. & Apr. 1890 (Defl.). 
Distrib. : Endemic, 
yern. name : Kharawa (Defl.). 
10, E. stenostachya Boiss. Diagn. pi. or. ser. 1, i, (1842) 5 ; Mull-Arg. 
Monogr. Resed. 156, t. VIII, f. 108.— .K. pruiyiosa Bov6 pi. exsicc. 
Sinait. n. 151. 
Habitat: I. Arab. Petr. (Boiss.) ; desert between Sinai and Tor (Bov4 
151 !) , foot of Mt. Sinai (Sebirap. 103 !) ; Sinai Peninsula (Lord !) ; valfeys 
of Mt. Sinai (Ehrenb. !) | N. Midian (Burton !). 
FI. : May (Schimp.) ; June 1832 (Bove). Fr. : May (Sebimp.) ; June 
1832 (Bov4). 
Distrib.: Asia Minor, Arabia. 
Vern. name : Khi Zam (Burton). 
Uses; Eaten by animals (Burton). 
11. R. Aiicheri Boiss Diagn. ser. I, i, 5; FI. Or. i, (1867) 434; Carter 
in Rpc. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi, (1917) 188. 
Habitat : IV. Zor Hills (Cox 5). 
Distrib. : Asia Minor to Sind. 
Vern. name : Thinihan (Cox). 
3. Oligomeris Camb. 
1. subulata Boiss. FI, Or. i, (1867) 435 ; Miill-Arg. in DC, Prodr. xvi, 
sect, II (1868) Reseda ^uhulaia Del. HI FI. d^Eg, n. 464, R, 
