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III. Hadramautj cult. (Hirsch 36). 
Fl. : Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Distkib. : Europe, Mediterranean region, cultivated elsewhere. 
Vern. name : Gddub (Hirsch), qufat, dukhraijah (Post), qadhb (S.). 
VAR. crecta Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1890) App. II, 229. 
Habitat: II. Yaman, cultiv. near El Kami (S. 157 !). 
Fl. : Apr. 1881 (S.). 
Vern. name : qadkub (S.). 
Note : The flowers are lilac. 
15. W. scutellata All. Fl. Fed. i, 315 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii, (1872) 96 ; 
Post Fl. Syr. etc. (1896) 227. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Post). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean region. 
16. M. tribliloides Desrouss. ap. Lam. Encycl. iii, (1789) 635; Boiss. 
Fl. Or. ii, (1872) 99 ; Post Fl. Syr. etc. (180*6) 228.— if. murex Willd. 
Guss. ex Boiss. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (Boiss. and ex Boiss.). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean region. 
17. M. tnberciilata Willd. Sp. PI. iii, (1800) 1410 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii, 
(1872) 99 ; Urb. in Verb. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenb. xv, (1873) 71. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (Boiss. !). 
Distrib. ; Mediterranean region. 
18. M. sp. in Defl. Yemen (1889) 128. [fortassis varietas pubescens 
M. sativae L.]. 
Habitat : II. Between Sanah andRaudha, cult., 2,300 m. (Defl. 531 !). 
10. ]!I. sp. in Carter in Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi, (1917) 191. 
Habitat : Zor Hills, grows on the plains, hills and sand hills, fairly 
common (Cox 31) 
Vern. name : Ifmm ukhwaitim (=» mother of rings) (CJox). 
Note : Flowers white, fruits said to resemble rings, whence the native name. 
11. Melilotus Juss. 
1. M. alba Desr. in Lam. Diet, i, 63; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii, (1872) 109 • 
Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (l'S96) App. II, 230.— J/. o^icLmL’^VAR 
iS. L. Sp. PI. (1762) 1078. 
Habitat : II. Above Manakhah, cult., 2,600 m. (S. 1646) ; Shuqra 
cult. (S. 136), 
