(‘4 
]}EC()1U)S OF THE BOTANICAL milVEY OF INDIA. 
canopied Del. 111. FI Ae^ypt. ii. 44*2, non Boiss. FI. Or. i, (1867) 5130 ; 
Dene. FI. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, iii, (1835) 276 ; Schenk Sp, PI. it- 
Aeg*. Arab. & Syr. (1840) n. 267. 
1Iabita.t : I. Desert at Suez (Bov^ 175 !) ; Arab. Petr. (McDonald !) ; 
W Sewook (Lord !) \ N. Midian (Burton !). 
IV. Central Arabia : Hollows amongst sand hills (Belly 65 !), 
FI. : Mar. 1865 (Felly), Apr.-May 1868 (Lord), June 1852 (Bove). Fr.r 
Apr. -May 1868 (Lord), June 1852 (Bovd). 
Distrib. : Tripolitania, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Arabia, S^iria. 
Vorn namo : Nimwar, A*tant, Dhnnahah (Post). 
Uses : Bad food for animals (Burton). 
23. S. yemeiisis Dell. Yemen (1889) 112. 
H ABiTAT : II. Near Mauakhah, 2300 m (Dtfl. 301); near Su(i el Khamiss^ 
2400 m (Dell. 587 !). 
Distrib. : Endemic. 
33. S. tenuis Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. 474 ; Carter in Rec. Bot. Surv. 
Ind. vi, 184 — S. repens Boiss. FI. Or. iii, 614. 
Habitat : IV. Zor Hills (Cox 40). 
Di sTRiB. : Armenia to Tians'Caucafsia, N. and Arctic Asia, N. W. Hima- 
layas. 
Vern. name ; Jaraisah (Cox). 
24. S. arabica F. N. Williams in Joiirn. Linn. Soc; xxxii, 66. 
Habitat : — II. J. Shibam, near Manakhah. 
Distrib : Endemic. 
7. Uolosteum L. 
1. II. liuiflorum Stev. ex F. et. M. Ind. Petrop. iv, 10 ; Boiss. FI. Or. i, 
(1867) 710.—//. polygaimm C. Koch Linn, yv, 708. H, glandulosum Bertol. 
Miscell. i, 11. //. imherhe J. Gay Mon. Hoi. 37. 
Habitat : I. Arab. Petr.: Arbain (Schimp, 132!); Sinai (Bobs.!); W. 
llahabe. Wady Rutig, foot of J. Catherine, ca 1850 m, towards top of J. 
Catherine, ca 2450 m (Kneuck.). 
FL : March 1846 (Boiss.). Fr. : May (Schimp.). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean region, Arabia, Mesopolamin, Persia, Afghanis- 
tan, Baluchistan. 
8. Cerastiui... 
1. C. didiotOMiiM L. Sp. PI. (1753) 438 ; Boiss, FI Or. i, (1867) 721, «« 
Alsuic corntculaia CluSi Hist, ii, 184 Ic. 
