liECOIiDS OF THE BOTANICAL SUIiVEY OF INDIA, 
Fr. : March 1889 (S^. 
Dtstrib. : Abyssinia, Ei'itrea, Angola, Arabia, 
Vein, name : Shobbeh. (S.). 
Xni. POLYGALACEAE 
I. Poly gala L. 
1. P. ahyssinica K. Br. ex Fres. Mus Senck. ii, (1837) 273 ; lUch. FL 
Abyss, i, (184^7) 37; Defl. Yemen (1889) 112; Cbod. Monogr. Polygal. 
388, t. XXX, f. 1 — -1. — P. adoenis Hochst. in Scliimp. PI. Abyss. 
Habh'at : II. Near Wasil, ]500 m (Dell. 249); Wasil, 1400 m (S. 
1124 !); near Mefhak, 1800 m (Defl. 002); near Sanah, 2000 m (Defl. 470) ; 
Mt. Maamara (Bottalj. 
FI. : Feb. 1880 (S.). Fr. : Feb. 1889 (S.)- 
Djstrib. ; Abyssinia, Yaman. 
2. P. chinciisis L. Sp. pi. (1753) 704; Hook. FI. Bvit. Ind. i, pt. 1 (1872) 
204 ; Chodat Mouogr. Polygal. part 2, 385, t. 29, fig. 45-40 ; Blatt. FI. Aden 
(1915) 115.— P. arvensis Willd. Sp. pi. iii, 870. P, Rotkiana W. & A. 
Prodr. 37. P. tfijlora Linn. Sp. pi. 705. 
Habitat : II. Aden (Lunt ! Kuntze). 
IV, Masqat (Anch.-Floy 4204 !). 
Distrib. : Tropical Asia, Australia. 
3. P. riliofarica Baker in Kow Bull. (1895) 181. 
Habitat : III. Hadramaut; Dhofar Mts., alt. 300 ft. (Bent 168 !). 
DiSTiiiB. : Endemic. 
4. P. erioptera DC. Prodr. i, (1824) 326; Chodat Monogr. Polygal. 342 ; 
Blatt. FI. Aden (1915) 114.— P. Anders. Fb Aden. (1860) 6; Oliv. 
FI. Trop. Afr. i/ (1868) 128, non L. P. oligantha A. Rich. FI. Abyss.- j, 
(1847) 38. P. arahica Edgew. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xvi, 1213 (non Boiss.), 
P. irregularis Defl. Bull. Soc. Bofc. France xxxii, 346 (non Boiss.). 
Habitat: II. Hanish Island in Red Sea (Slade 19!); on rocks near 
Ferihe (Schimp. 782 1); sandy plains and hillg near Jiddah (Fischer 44 !); 
Aden (Perry! Hook. £• ! Thomson ! Madden!). 
FI. : Jan.-Peb. (Fischer), Feb. 1836 (Schimp.), Mar. 1850 (Madden), 
1878 (Perry), Dec. 1847 (Hook.). 
Fr. : Feb. 1836 (Schimp.), 1857 (Thomson), Mar, 1850 (Madden), 1878 
(Perry), Dec- 1847 (Hook.). 
