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RECORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
(1835) 268. — A. Forskalei Boiss. Diagn. PI. Or. ser. 1, ix^ 101 ; Bunge 
Astrag. (1868-69) n. 505. — A. IiamoolfiiN[ 2 i\i\. Buss. Alep. t. 5. 
Habitat : I. Mt. Sinai (Ehrenb. ! Boiss. 472 ! Schimp. 127 ! Drake 
18 !); Arabia Petraea (Pinard !); above Oasis Feiran (K.iieucjk.) ; N. Midian 
(Buiton !); Deserfc between Suez and Tor (Bov^ 189 !). 
IV. Kuwait and neighbourhood of Begat (Pelly !). 
Fr.: June 1832 (Bove). 
Distrib/ : Egypt, Arabia, Palestine, Syria. 
Vera, name : Kidad (Burton), thimrah (Post). 
35, A. Stella Gouan ex DC. Astrag. 84, n. 7 ; Schenk. Sp. PI. it. Aeg. 
Arab. Petr. & Syr. (1840) n. 228 ; Bunge Astrag. (1868-69) n. 46. — ^. 
Stella VAR. obtusifolius DC. 1. o. exol. var. 3. 
Habitat : I. Wady es Shaikh (ex Scheuk). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean region. 
36, A. teuairugus Boiss. Diagn. PI. Or. ser. 1, ix, 61; Bung# Astrag, 
•(1868*69) n. 60 ; Boiss. FI. Or. ii, (1872) 232. 
Habitat: I. Arabia Petraea: Hatnata and Bestan (Schimp. 120? 
322 !); Arabia Petraea (Boiss. !); Sinai, et Tih (ex Post). 
Fl. : Apr. 1846 (Boiss.), May 1835 (Schimp.). 
Fr. : Apr. 1846 (Boiss.), May 1835 (Schimp.). 
Distrib. : N. Africa, Arabia Petraea, Palestine. 
37, A. tribuloides Del. 111. Fl. d^ Eg. (1813) n. 696, t. 64, f. 17 ; DO. 
Prodr. ii, (1825) 288 ; Bunge Astrag. (1868-69) n. 29 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii, 
(1872) 224 ; Musch. Verb. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenb. xlix, (1907) 97. — 
A. tribuliformis Hochst. MS. in PI. Schimp. 
Habitat : I. Between Suez and Sinai (Boiss.!); WadyTarfa, Monastery 
of St. Catherine, foot of Jebel Serbal (Kneuok.); el Tor (Musch.). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean region, Persia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, 
Punjab, Central Asia. 
Vero. name : Ruchainu, quedd (Musch.), Rukhatmi qudad (Post). 
VAR. leiocarpus Boiss. Fl. Or. ii, (1872) 225 ; Post Fl. Syr. etc. (1896) 
thl .—A. ammocryptus Boiss. Diagn. PI. Or. ser. 1, ix, 60. 
Habitat : I. Northern border of Et Tih (ex Post). 
Distrib. : Arabia Petraea, Palestine, Persia. 
VAR. minutus Boiss. Fl. Or. ii, (1872) 225 ; Post Fl. Syr. etc. (1896) 
257.-—.^. minutus Boiss. Diagn. PL Or. ser. 1, ix, 58. 
Habitat ; I. Mt. Sinai (Schimp. 181 !); between Nukul and Ghazah 
(Boiss. !); Nukul (ex Post). 
