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tropical countries. Watt, howeve^, tbinks that its claim to being strictly 
speaking indigenous in India rests on doubtful evidence. 
VerHi name : Melochid (Fotsk.), Meluhhijc (Post), Jutc^ JeiO*s Mallowi 
4. C. trilocularis L. Mant. p. 77 j DC. Prodr. i, (1824) 584; Harv. — 
Sond. FI. Cap. i, 229; Boiss. Fl. Or. i, (1867) 845; Olit. FI. Trop. Afr. i, 
(1868) 268 ; Hook. f. FI. Brit. tnd. i, (1874) 39? ; Defl. Yemen (1889) 116 ; 
Blatt. Fl, Aden (1915) 133. — C, esstuans Forsk. Fl, Aeg. Arab. (1775) 
CXIV n. 346 and p, 101. 
Habitat : II. Wady Mor (Forsk.) ; near Wasll 1,000 m. (Defl. 252) ; 
W Fatimab (Fischer 107 !) ; Yaman (Schimp. 886 !) ; Oasis o£ Labaj (Defl, 
119!). 
III. Hadramaut : Dhofar Mts. (Bent !). 
IV. Masqat (Auch.-Eloy, 4285 !). 
Fl. : Feb, 1837 (Fischer). Fr. : Nov. 1833 (Schimp.), Dec. (Defl,). 
Distrib. : Tropical and South Africa, Arabia, Afghanistan, Sind, 
Yern. name ; Melochia (Forsk.). 
. XXIII. LINACEAB, 
1, Liiiani B. 
1. 1. gallicum L. Var. alijssinicum Planch, in Lond. Journ. Bot, vn., 
479 ; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i, (1868) 269 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss 
(1899) App. II, 271. — Jj’ ahymnicum Hochst. in Schimp. PI. Abyss, n. 1107. 
Habitat: II. Near Manakhah, 2,700 m. (S. 1757). 
Fl. Mar. 1889 (S.). 
Distrib, : Eritrea, Abyssinia, Arabia, 
2. L. strictum L. Sp^Pl. (1753) 279; DC. Prodr. i, (1821) 424 ; Oliv- 
Fl. Trop. Afr. i, (1868) 269. — L. ahyssinicum Hochst. in Schimp. PI, 
Abyss, n. 70. 
Habitat : I. Arab. Petr, (ex Musch.). 
Distrib. : From Canaries through the Mediterranean to N. W. India and 
Tibet, Abyssinia, Eritrea. 
Vern. name ; Kiitan, Zh\ Farq (Post), 
XXIV. MALPIGHIACEAE 
1. Acriilocarpws Guill. & Pefr, 
I. A. orientalis A. Juss. m Aich. Mus. Par. iii, (1843) 488 ; Balfour 
Bot. Socotra (1888) 41. 
