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XVI. FORTH L AC VCE^. 
1. PMtiilacA L. 
1. P. f<rliosa Kern. Bot. Reg*, t. 793 ; DC. Prodr. in, 353'; Oliv. FI. 
'5b’op. Afr. 1 , (1868) 148 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. • Boiss. (1806) App. II, 
171. 
II ABITA.T : IT. J, Bnra, 700 m (S. 371 !). 
FI. : Jan. (S.). 
Distrib. : Niger, Congo, Senegal, Lower Guinea Zambesi, Eritrea, 
Arabia, 
2. P. oleracea L. Sp. PI. (1753) 445; Boiss. FI. Or. i, (1867), 757 ; 
•Schweinf. in Bull. H-erb. Boiss. (1896) App. II, 170. 
Habitat: I. Arab. Petr. (Scbimp. !). 
II. Hillc, 600 m (S. 372) ; Regma and A vara, 900 m (S. 942, 1033) ; 
Okeb0r,9OO m (S. 720). 
FI. : Jan (S.), 
D'IStrib. : Cosmopolitan. 
Vern. name : 3heneh el f arras, rigl ($.) ; Boql (Post). 
3. P. quadriiida L. Maat. 78 ; -DC. ProJr. iii, 354 ; Boiss. FI. Or t, 
(1867) 757 ; Oliv. FI. Trop. Afr. i, (1868) 149 ; Dell. Yemen (1889) 113 ; 
Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1896) App. II, 171 ; Blatt. FI. Aden (1915) 
121. — P. linifolia Forsk. FI. Aeg. Arab. (1775) 92. P. imbricata Forsk. 
I. c. 92 ; DC. Prodr. iii, 355. 
Habitat : IL Jiddah (Zohrab 246 !) ; near Wasil, 900 m (Defl. 248) ; W. 
Fatiraah (Schimp. 1006 !) ; Wulej, J. Melhan (S. 714 ! 716) ; near Sana h, 
2300 m (Defl. 545) ; near Kuba, 500 m (Defl. 712) ; .1. Buia, 400 — 1000 m 
(S. 415, 482 !) ; Regma near Ilojela, 900 m (S. 943) ; Aden (Birdwood 
161 !), 
IV. Masqat (Aucher-Eloy !). 
FI. : Jan, 1889 (S.), Aug. 1898 (Birdwood). 
Distrib. : Tropical Asia and Africa. 
Vern. name : Sebib ed-dhan (S.) ; Rozzi (Forsk.). 
There is a variety noted by Schweinfurth under the name of * flore llavo.’ The speci- 
men (No, 1853!) was collecteu near Hojela in Feb. 1889. 
3. Talinam Adans. 
1. T. crassifoliara Willd. Sp. PL ii, 862 ; DC. Prodr. iii, 857 ; Oliv. FI. 
Trop. Afr. i, pt. I, 150. 
Habitat : II. N. E. of J. Nakhai, 800 m (Defl. 502 !). 
FI, : March 1890 (Defl ). 
DiSTBiB. : Tropical Africa, Arabia, S. America, West Indies. 
