FLOHA AUABICA. 
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. 11 . 2211, H. eriospermm Hochsfc. li c. n. 130. H, rupestris Hochsfc. 1. c 
(1842). ff, parvifolitis Hochsfc. ibid. II. versicolor Schum. & Thonn. P 
Guin. p. 311. Urena ovalifoUa Forsk. FI. Aeg“.-Arab. (1775) 124. 
Habitat : I. Arab. Petr. (McDonald !) ; Sinai (Auch.-Eloy 855 ! Figari !) 
S. and Central Midian (Burton !). 
II. Near Gunfnda (Ehrenb. !) ; Mfc. Kessr (Schimp. 890 !) ; Bakara 
(Fischer 92 ?) ; Agava near Hojela (S. 1012) ; Wulej (S. 792) ; near Hojela, 
600 m. (Defl. 122) ; near Manakhah, 2300 m, (Defl. 313) ; near Kaukaban, 
2800 ra. (Defl. 625); near Taez (Botfca!); Aden (Perry! Balfour! S. 86 ? 
Anders, ! Defl. 1 Birdw. !). 
III. Hadramaut : Dhofar Mts. (Bent 102 !), 
IV. Masqat (Auch.-Eloy 4281 I). 
FI.: Feb. (Ehrenb.), Feb. A 837 (Fischer), Feb. 1889 (S.), Mar.-Apr. 
(Defl.). Fr.: Jan. 1880 (Balfour), Feb. 1836 (Schimp.), Feb. 1889 (S.), 
March 1878 (Perry), Nov. 1888 (S.). 
Distrib. : Tropical Africa, Arabia, India, Ceylon. 
yern. name : Osarru (S.). 
Usee : Eaten by animals (Burtc/n). 
7. H. purpureus Forsk. FI. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) 126 and CXVII, n. 421. 
Habitat: II. Hadie (Forsk.). 
Distrib. : Endemic. 
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Vern. names : Chobaest Sech^ JSotomtom, Mahat (Forsk.). 
8. H. trionumL. Sp. PI. (1753) 697 ; Boiss. FI. Or. i, (1867) 810; 
Oliv. FI. Trop. Afr. i, (1868) 19i6 ; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. i, pfc. II (1874) 
331; Defl. Yemen (1889) 114.— AT. ternatus Cav. Diss. iii, (1787) 171, t. 64, 
£.3. H, vresicg^rim Cav. 1. e. t. 62, f. 2 ; DC. Prodr. i, (1824) 453'. 
Habitat. : II. Yaman/: Near Yerim, 2,500 m. (Defl.. 645). 
III. Hadramaut : Dhofar Mts. (Bent 142 t). 
Distrib. : Common throughout Africa and S. Asia, extending northwards 
to- China and the Amur. 
9. H. vitifoliws L. Sp. PI. (1753) 696 ; DC. Prodr. i, (1824) 450 ; Oliv. 
FI. Trop. Afr. i, (1868)^ 197; Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind. i, pfc. II (1874) 338 ; 
Defl, Yemen (1889) 114.— 1?. modatiem Hochsfc. in PL Schimp. Abyss, sect, 
II (1842) 1029; Eich. FI. Abyss. (1847) 56; Kofcschy in Sifczb. kais, Akad. 
Wiss. lii, (1866) 13^ obsvurus et H, jatrophaefolius Bich. 1. c. 57,. 
Habitat: II; Hille, J. Bur 3 .(S. 313!) ;Bilad Podhli 200-300 m. (Defl. 
S94!). 
III. Hadramaut : Dhofar Mts, (Bent 151 !). 
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