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RECORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
8. I?, obtusissima Hochst. in FI, Schimp. exsicc. Abyss; Cbodat Monogr. 
PolygaL 322, sen^nsis Oliv. in Oliv. Pi. Tiop, Afr. i, (1868) 1^9, baud 
Peters. 
Habitat : IT. Regma near Ilojela, 800 m (S. 958!); above Hille, 700 m, 
and in coffee plantations, 1000 m (S. 389, 437); Hojela, 600 m (S. 1000); 
Yaman (Botta I Defl.). 
III. Foot of Dhofar Mts. (Bent 1141). 
FI.: Jan, 1889 (S.). Fr. : Jan. 1889 (S.), 
Histrib. : Abyssinia, Somaliland, Arabia. 
Vern. name : Ssohram (S.). 
9. P, Qliartiniaua A. Uicb. in Ann. Sc. Nat, ser. 2. xiv, 263 ; FI. Abyss, 
i, 36 ; Chodat Monogr. Pol 3 *gal. 328. — P. sp^ienopferu Fres. in Mns. Senck. ii, 
(1837) 274. P. Persicaricefolm Oliv. in Oliv. FI. Trop. Afr. i, (1868) 129 
(excl. syn. P, IV alii chi an a Wt., P. granulata Hochst., P. punctnlata Hochst.) 
non DC, 
H abitat : IT. Neighbourhood of Aden (Hunter 12 ! ). 
Disthib : Abyssinia, Eritrea, Yaman. 
Vern. name : Kalait (Hunter). 
Uses ; Eaten by sheep and goats (Hunter). 
10. P. spiliescens Dene. FI. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. iii, (1885) 275; 
Boiss. Flo Or. i, (1867) 470 ; Chod, Monogr. Polygal. 391, t. xxx, f. 8-11. 
Habitat : I. Mt. Sinai (Schimp. 448 ! Bovd 186 I). 
FI. : May (Schimp.) ; June 1832 (Bove). 
Distrib. : Endemic. 
Vern. name : Melouen (Bovd). 
11. P. Tliurmanniana Chod. Monogr. Polygal. 346 ; Blatt. FI. Aden 
(1915) 115. 
Habitat ; II Wasil, alt. 1400 m. (S. 1126 !) ; Aden (S. 47 ! Defl. 58 ! 
Hildebr. 782). 
FI. 1 Feb. 1889 (S.) ; Nov, 1888 (S.) ; Dec. 1889 (Defl.). 
Fr. : Feb.vl-889 (S.) ; Nov. 1888 (S.) ; Dec. 1889 (Defl.). 
Distrib : Endemic. 
Vern. name : Bissere (S.). 
IS. P, tihetoi’ia Vahl Symb. Bob. i, (1790) 50 ; Chodat Monogr. Polygal, 
326.— P. hracteolata Forsk. FI. Aeg. Arab. (1775) cxvii, n. 430 and p. 213. 
Habitat i II. W. Shaba near Hojela, 500 m (Defl, 129) ; W, Ayiah near 
Attara 1800 m (Defl, 417). 
