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JRECOJIDS OF THE BOTANICAL SUBVEY OF INDIA. 
III. Hadraraaut, very common (Lunt 147 !); Dhofar Mts. (Bent 179 !); 
al Hauri, 2,200 ft. {Lunt 160 !); Hadramaut, everywhere in the interior 
(Hirech 24), 
IV. Masqat (Bent 3 !); Zor Hills (Cox). 
n. : Jan. 1894 (Lunt). Fr. : Jan. 1867 (H. K.), Jan. 1894 (Lunt), Dec. 
1889 (Deft.). 
Distrub. : Senegambia, Niger, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Nubia, Abyssinia, 
Eritrea, Arabia, Soooti'a, Afghanistan, N.-W. India. 
Vern. names.* Ardj, Ardj Orred^j, Aelh, Ohaslf Sid?' (Forsk.), Olb, Ddm (Hirscb) ; 
fruit : Dom (Hir&ch), Ailb (Lunt), Nabq, Sidr (Post), drq (S.), Nebch (Cox). 
Uses ; A decoction of the leaves is used by Muslims to wash the dead, on account of 
the saeredness of the tree (Cox), 
Var. iiiermis Bbiss. 1. c. 13 ; Kneuck. in Allg. Bot. Zeitsch. ix, (1903) 
146. 
Habitat : I. Oasis Feiran, W. Aleyat (Kneuck.). 
Distrib. : Egypt, Sinai, Syria. 
3. Z. vulgaris Lam. Diet, iii, 316. 
Habitat : II. Yaman, cultivated (Defl,). 
Distrib. ; Mediterranean region, Persia. 
Vern. name : JEnnab (Post). 
2. Bercliemia Neck. 
1. B. yemensis Defl. Yemen (1889) 123; Fiori Bos. e Piante legn. Eritrea 
(1909) 235 , — Uhamnus spicijiorus Martelli Flor. Bogos. (188 j 6) 18, an Rich.? 
Habitat : II. Near Mofhak, 1800 m. (Defl. 599), 
Distrib. : Eritrea, Yatnan. 
3. Rhaiiiiius L. 
1, R. dispernia Ehrenb. eu Boiss. FI. Or. Suppl. (1888) 156. — R.paledina 
Aschers. & Schweinf. in Aschers.-Schweinf. 111. FI. d^Eg. 60, n. 271, not 
Boiss. ; Aschers.-Schweinf. 111. FI. d^Eg. Suppl. 753. 
Habitat : I. Sinai (Schimp. 264). 
Distrib. : Egypt, Sinai. 
8. B. leucodermis Baker in Kew Bull. (1895) 316. 
Habitat : HI. Hadramaut : High plateau (Hirscb 84). 
Distrib. : Endemic. 
3. R. olcoides L. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) 279 ; Boiss, FI. Or. ii, (1872) 15. 
H ABiTAT : I. Half way up Mt. Catherine (Schimp, 449 I). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean region. 
Vern. name ; A?'?i<jdel (Schimp.). 
