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RECORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDJA. 
2. Nitraria L. 
1. N. retasa Aachers. in Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandb^. xviii, (1876) 
94. — A. tridentata Desf. FI. Atl. i, 372; Dene. FI. Sin. in Ann. Sc. !Nat. 
ser, 2. iii, (1835) 261 ; Boisa. FI. Or. (1867) 919 ; Durand & Barr. FL 
Libyc. Prodr. n. 214. N, senegalensis Lam. 111. t. 403, f. 2. Peganum 
retusum Forsk. FI. A eg. Arab. (1775) 60. A. serieea Jaub. & Spach 111. 
t. 294. 
Habitat : I. Arab. Petr. (McDonald !) ; W. Ghurundel (Hart !) ; Tor 
(Lord !) ; Sinai (Drake 106 !) ; shores of Bed Sea (Bov6 179 !) ; Bas Abu 
Zenima and W. Ghurundel (Kneuck.). 
FI. : Mar. 1877 (S.) ; June 1868 (Lord). 
Distrib. : Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia, Tripolitania, Egypt, Arabia Petraea,. 
Persia. 
Vern. names: Rattaf {Bovi) \ Qharq^ad, Sahanum, Enah-ed'Dih (Post). 
This plant is supposed by some to be the Lotus of the ancients, by others to be the 
plant thrown into the bitter waters at Marah (Ex. XV, 26) . Post. 
3. Seetzenia R. Br. 
!• S. orientalis Dene. FI. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. iii. (1835) 281, 
t. 7 ; Boiss. FI. Or. i, (1867) 917. — S, Jfricana R. Br. in Denh. & Clapp., 
app. 26. — Zygophyllnm prostratum Thunbg. sec. Send. FI. Cap. i, 366. 
Habitat : I. Sinai desert (Bovd 168 ! Hart !) ; Arab. Petr. (McDonald !).. 
Fr. : June 1832 (Bov^). 
Distrib. : N. and S. Africa, Arabia. 
7ern. name : Saut-eh Soliman (Bovd). 
4. Zygoplijllum L. 
1. Z. album L. Sp. pi. (1762) 552; Dene. FI. Sin. in Ann Sc. Nat. 
ser. 2. iii, (1835) 283 ; Boiss. FI. Or. i, (1867) 915 ; Oliv. FI. Trop. Afr. i, 
(1868) 286 ; DC. PI. Grass, t. 154. — .^. proliferum Forsk. FI. Aeg.-Arab. 
(1775) 87, t. 12, f. A ; DC. Prodr. i, (1824) 706. 
Habitat ; L Tor (Lord ! Bovd 169 ! Musch.) ; Sinai (Auch.-EL 
793 !) ; Ras Abu Zenimah, between W. Ghurundel 
and W, Werdan (Kneuck.). 
II. Jiddah (Zohrab 151 ! 73 ! Fischer 95 \) ; Perim Island 
(Farmer !). 
III. Hadramaut (Hirsch 85) ; Dhofar Mts. (Bent !). 
FI. : June 1832 (Bove). 
Distrib. : Canaries, Algeria, Tunisia, Tripolitania, Syria, Asia Minor. 
Vern. names: Gallam (Bove), Haemd^ Ilmada^ (Forsk.), AViMram, liamdt Illam, 
Botn-d-Bahsanan, Bizz Kdhfih^ Bdbel^ Bawal (Post). 
