FLORA ARABICA. 
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2. S. graudiflora Pers. Syn. ii, (1807) 316 ; D^. Yemen (1889) 131; 
Sohweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1896) App. II, 248 ; Blatt. FI. Aden 
(1915) 176. — Dolichos seshan arboreus Forsk. FI. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) 
CXVII, n. 444 and p. 134. 
Habitat: II. Cultivated everywhere in the Tehama (Dell.); near 
Hodeidah and Mantar (Defl. 29); cult, at Shaikh Othmau (Dell. ! S. 
1930!); Wady Zebid (Forsk.). 
Fl. : Dec. 1888 (Defl., S.). 
Distrib. : Mauritius to North Australia, but often cultivated. 
Vcm. name ; Sesehan (Forsk.), 
3. SI. Iept4)carpa DC. Prodr. ii, (1825) 205 ; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii, 
(1871) 135 ; Schweiaf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1896) App. II, 248 
{j)art\)n ). — ? JDoUchos sesban annum Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) CXVII, 
D. 4)43. 
Habitat : II. Aggara, 600 m. (S. 1931 !). 
Distrib. : Senegambia, Nubia, Yaman. 
Vern. name ; Komar (S.). 
4. S. puilCtata DC. Prodr. ii, (1825) 265; Defl. Yemen (1889) 131. — 
8. filiformis Hochst. in Scbimp. Herb. Abyss, n. 775. — S. multi juya 
Schweinf. ex Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii, (1871) \^Z,”~^Dolichos acnhynomc 
sesban Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) 134. 
Habitat : II. Wady Harr near Hajeilah, 500—600 m. (Defl'. 201). 
III. Dhofar Mts. : Hofa coast (Bent 74 !). 
Distrib. : Senegambia, Guinea, Sudan, Nubia, Kordofan, Sennaar, 
Abyssinia, Eritrea, Yaman. 
22. Colutea L. 
1. €. kaleppica Lam. Encyol. i, (1783) 353; Dene. Fl. Sin. in Ann. 
Sc. Nat. ser. 2, iii, (1885) 266; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii, (1871) 136 ; Post 
Fl. Syr. etc. (1896) 253; Kneuck. in Allg. Bot. Zeitsch. ix, (190.3) 146. 
Habitat: 1. Mt. Horcb (Auch.-Eloy 1044!); Sinai (Holland! Schimp. 
160!Bove!); cultivated in Monastery of Mt. Sinai (Boiss.); Wady 
Alejat (Kifeuck,). 
Fl. : May 1835 (Sch4mp.). 
Distrib. : Abyssinia, Eritrea, Arabia, Persia, Asia Minor. 
V«rn, name : Sphocray (Bove), qasftur (Post). 
23. Astragalus L. 
1. A. abyssiniCQS Hochst. et Steud. in Kich. Fl. Abyss, i, (1847) 193; 
Bunge Astsrag. (1868-69) n. 140 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1896) 
App. II, 249. . t 
