VLOHA ARABIC a 
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39. A. saiictus Boiss. Diagn. PI. Ur. 'ser. 1, ix, 47 j Bunge Astrag. 
(1868-69) n. 881. 
Habitat : I. Et Tih (ex Post); Arabia Petraea (Buiss. !). 
Distrib. : Ambia Petraea, Palestine, Sjria 
30. V. Scliimperi Boiss. Diagn. P!. Or. ser. 1, ii, (1843) 53 ; FI. Or, ii, 
(1872) 226 ; Post FI. Syr. etc. (1806) 258. 
Habitat : I. Wady Peiran (Schimp. 238 !); Sinai (ex Post). , 
Fl. : Mar. 1835 (Schimp.). Fr. : Mar. 1835 (Schimp.). 
Distrib.: Egypt, Arabia Petraea. 
Vern. name : qureieun aswad (Post), Kreid-um uoswed (Schimp.). 
31. A. Scorpios Boiss. Diagn. Pi. Or. ser. 1, ix, 103 ; Barge Astrag. 
(1868-69) n.508. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (McDonald !). 
Distrib. : Arabia Petraea, Persia. 
33. A. Sieberi DC. Prodr. ii, (1825) 295 ; Schenk Sp. PI. it. Aeg. Arab 
& Syr. (1840) 226; Bunge Astrag. (1868-60) n. 277 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii, 
(1872) 301. — A. Barba Aronis Ebrenb. MS. (ex Bunge). — A. radicatus 
Dene. Fl. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, iii, (1835) 268. 
Habitat : I. Desert of Sinai (Bove 193 !); Wady Barak, Wady Lebweh 
(Hart !); near Beersheba (Lowne !); Wady Nasb and W. Araba (Hart!); 
WadyesSle, W. Tarfa, Serbal ca. 1,950 m., W. Ghurundel (Knoinik.); 
between Suez and Tor, Wady Shaikh (ex Schenk); Arabia Petraea (Sieber, 
Auch.-Eloy ! Boiss. t Botta) ; N. and S. Midian (Burton !). 
Distrib. : Egypt, Arabia Petraea, Midian. 
Vein, name *• Sah-al-arost quiad^ asabi-el-arur, khatisar-et-arus (Post). 
33, A. sparsos Dene. Fl. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, iii, (1835) 267; 
Bunge Astrag. (1868-69) n. 267 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii, (1872) 299 ; Masch. 
Verb. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenb. xlix, (1907) 99. 
Habitat : I. Wady Shaikh (B>iss. !); Deserts of Sinai and Tor (Bovc 
192 !); Wady Ilebran (Schimp. 18 ) !); Arabia Petraea (McDonald I); fool 
of Serbal (Kneuck.); Sinai (Auch.-Eloy 1293 !); N. Midian (Burton !). 
Fl. : Mar. 1846 (Boijjs.), Apr. (Boiss.). 
Fr. : Mar. 1846 (Boiss.), Apr. 1835 (Schimp.), June 183:2 (Bovc) 
Distrib. : Endemic. 
Vern. name •• Sabalarose (Bove'). 
34. A, spiuo.sus Musch. Verb. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenb. xlix, (1007) 
98. — Colutca spinosa Forsk. Fl. Aeg. -Arab. (1775) 151. — A. tumulus Willd, 
Act. Berol. (1791) 26 {partim)] Dene. Fl. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, ii, 
