FLOIIA AUABICA. 
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M. arabiea AIL FL Pedem. i, (1785) 315 ; Musch. FI. Eg. i, (1912) 
490.— Jj/. maculata Willd. Sp. p/. iii, 1412 ; Post FI. Syr. etc. (1896) 
229. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Musch.). 
Distrib. : Europe^ Mediterranean region, Persia. 
3, M, arborea L. Sp. PI. (1753) 778; Boiss. FL Or. ii, (1872) 95; 
Musch. FL Eg. i, (1912) 486. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Musch.). 
Distrib. : Med.iterranean region. 
4, M, Asehersoniana Urb. in Verb. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenb. xv, 
(1873) 77 ; Post FL Syr. etc. (1896) 230. — M, laciniata All. var. 
hrachyacantha Boiss. FL Or. ii^ (1872) 104. — M. Schimperiana 'Hochst. 
in Schimp, exs. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (Schimp. !); Arabia Petraea and south- 
wards (ex Post). 
Distrib. : Egypt, Nubia, Cape, Arabia, Persia, India. 
5, M. eoronata L. Sp. PI. (1753) 780 ; Boiss. FL Or. ii, (1872) 101 ; 
Musch. FL Eg. i, (1912) 489. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Musch.). 
Distrib. •. Mediterranean region. 
6, M. denticulata Willd. Sp. PL iii, 1414; Boiss. FL Or. ii, (1872) 
102. — M. hispida Gaertn. var. denticulata Urb. in Verb. Bot. Ver. Prov. 
Brandenb. xv, (1873) 74. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (Boiss. !). 
II. Jiddab (Zobrab 122 ! 123! 283!); Fatimah, in cornfields 
(Fischer 68 !). 
Fl. : Feb. (Fischer). 
Distrib. : Egypt, Eritrea, Arabia, Caucasus, Afghanistan. 
7, M. laciniata AIL FL Ped. i, (1785) 316 ; Dene. FL Sin. in Ann. 
Sc. Nat. ser. 2, iii, (1835) 266 ; Boiss. FL Or. ii, (1872) 104; Post FL 
Syr. etc. (1896) 230; Musch. Verb. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenb. xlix, (1907) 
99 ; Carter in Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi, (1917) 191. 
Habitat: I. Desert between Suez and Tor (Bo?4 196!); Arabia 
Petraea and southwards and eastwards (ex Post); Central Midian 
(Burton !). 
IV. A specimen collected by Cox, without precise locality. 
Fr. : June 1832 (Bove). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean region, /Persia. 
