FLORA ARABIOA. 
97. 
5. Fa^onia L, 
I . F. acerosa Boiss. Diagn. PI. Or. ser. I, viii, (1849) 1%4> ; FL Or. i ; 
(1867) 908. 
Habitat: IV, Masqat (Aftch.-Eloy 4307 1). 
Distrib. : Persia, 
F. arabica L. Sp. PI. (1753) 386; Forsk. FI. Aeg. Arab. (1775) 88 ; 
DC. Prodr. i, (1824) 704; Dene. FI. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, iii, (1835) 
^80; Schenk Sp. PI. it. Aeg.-Arab. & Syr. (1840) n. 251 ; Defl. Yemen 
(1889) 118 ; Baker in Kew Bull. (1894) 330. 
Habitat : I. Arab. Petr. (McDonald !) ; foot of Mt. Sinai (Schimp, 251) ; 
W, Useit (Boiss.) ; "W. Nash, W. Sewook and neighbourhood (Lord !) ; Sinai 
(Halland! Schenk) ; between Tor and Mt. Sinai (Boy6 163! 164!) ; 
Midian (Burton !). 
II. Near Mor (Forsk.) ; near Sanah 2,500 m. (Defl. 47.0) ; W, Kebir near 
Heathalim (Ellenbeck) ; Aden (Perry! Thomson !). 
III. Hadramaut : Dhofar Mts., coast of Merbut (Bent 17 !) ; Hegwir 
(Hirsch 113 a, 135) ; Hills at (^hofit, 200 ft. (Luut 72 !). 
Fr. : June 1832 (Bov^),, July (Schimp.). 
Distrib.: Tripolitania, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Arabia. 
Vern. names : Naffel orraye (Qoi4 ) ; Schoki (Forsk.) Betut (Hirsch) ; Aqul-et- 
Ghazal, Gemdeh, Sadt Shuweikah/, Shaukan (Post). 
3. F. Bruguieri DC, Predr. i (1824) 704; Boiss FI. Or. i, (1867) 905 ; 
Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1899) App. II, 276 ; Carter in Rec. Bot. 
Surv. Ind. vi, (1917) 194. 
Habitat : I. Sinai (ex Post) , W. el»Ain (Hart 1) ; North Midian 
(jBurton !), 
II E. of Bajil (S. 593), 
IV Zor Hills '(Cox 23). 
FI.': Jan. 1889 (8.). Pr. Jan. 1889 (S.). 
Distrib. : Algerian deserts, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, Mesopotamia, Persia. 
Note : Eaten by animals (Buiton). 
Vern. names : Jamhak^ shacha'ah (Cox). 
Var. Ehrenbergii Schweinf. 1. c. 275. 
Habitat : II. Near Mcr (Ehrenb. 1), 
Fr- : Mar. 1825 (Ehrenb.!). 
Distrib. : Endemic. 
4. F. cretica L. Sp. pi. (1753) 553 ; Forsk. FI. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) CXI, 
n. 280; DC. Prodr. i, (1824) 7(^4; Dene. FI. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, 
iii (1835) 280; Anders. FI. Aden. (1860) 11 ; Boiss FI. Or. i (1867) 905 ; 
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