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3. Z. amblyocarpum Bak. in Hook, Ic. ined. ; Kew Bull. (1894) 830. 
Habitat : III. Hadramaut ; Shari Burrock Valley, Mukalla, 2-300 ft, 
(Lunt 51 !). 
FI. : Dec. 1893 (Lant). Fr. : Dec, 1893 (Limt). 
Distrib. : Endemic, 
3. Z. coccineum L. Sp. PI. (1753) 386 ; DC. Prodr. i, (1824) 706 ; 
Dene. FI. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, iii, (1835) 282 ; Schenk Sp. PI. it* 
Aeg.-Arab. & Syr. (1840) n. 249 ; Boiss. PI. Or. i, (1867) 9i5. Z. 
dem'torum Forsk. FI. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) 87, t. 11. Z. propinquum Dene. FI. 
Sin. 1. c. 283. 
Habitat : I. From Dead Sea southward to Sinai (ex Post) ; Arab. 
Petr. (McDonald !) ; neighbourhood of Tor (Bov. 
175! 172 I 173 1); Mt. Sinai (Schenk); J. 
Hammam-Sidna^Musa, J. Nakus, desert ICaha 
(Musch.) ; N. Midian (Burton 1). 
II. Jiddah (Schirap. 877 ! Fischer 45 I). 
IV. Masqat (Auch.-Eloy. 4306 !). 
FI. : Feb. (Fischer) ; June 1832 (Bove).> Pr. : June 1832 (Bove). 
Distrib. : Canaries, Egypt, Nubia, Somaliland, Arabia, Palestine, Sind. 
Vern. names: Gallant (Bov4), RoUrat^i (Forsk,), Qillabf G/iasult Belbel, Bawal 
(Post). 
According to Burton the plant is eaten by animals, whilst Forskal says that neither 
cattle nor camels eat it. 
4. Z. cornutum Coss. in Bull. See. liot. France ii, (1855) 364. 
Habitat : I. Arab. Petr, (McDonald I). 
II. Island near Jiddah (Steud. 591 !). 
Distrib. : Algeria, Arabia. 
5. Z. deeumbens Del. FI. Egypt 221, t. 27 ; DC. Prodr. i, (1824) 705 ; 
Dene. FI. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. iii, (1835) 283 ; Boiss. FI. Or, i, (1867) 
914. 
Habitat : I. Damp places in neighbourhood of Tor (Bovd 171, 172 ! 
173). 
III. Hadramaut (Hirsch 112). 
Distrib. ; Egypt, Arabia. 
Vern. names : GaUam (Bov^), Naga (Hirsch). 
6. Z. dflmosam Boise. Diagn. PI. 'Or. ser. 1, fasc. viii, (1849) 125 ; 
FI. Or. i, (1867) 911. 
Habitat t I. Arab Petr. (Boiss !) ; borders of Et-Tib, southward to Akaba 
(ex Post) . 
Distrib. ; Egypt, Arabia Petraea, Syria. 
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