176 
RECOBDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
Distkib. : Home unknown. Has been found, apparently wild, by T. H. 
Aplin, in December 1887, in the Tapel Choung valley, Shan States, 1,700« 
5,000 feet. 
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55. Pterolobium R. Br. 
1. P. lacerans R. Br. in Salt Abyss. App. 64; Oliv. FI. Trop Afr. ii, 
(1871) 264; Defl. Yemen (1889) 133. — P, db^ssinicum A. Rich. FI. 
Abyss, i, (1847) 246 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1896) App. II, 
'i%9..-~-Quartinia ah^ssiuica Rich, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, xiv, 260. — 
Canht^ffa exosa f.Y. Gmel Syst. (1791) .^C. lacerans Chiov. in Pir. 
FI. Eritr. (1903) 102 [non Taub). 
Habitat : II. Wasil 1,400 m. (S. 1225 ! ); Okeber 900 m. (S. 803); 
near Attara (Defl. 393); near Mekhader 1,800 m. (Defl. 654). 
Fe.: Jan. -Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Distrib. : Abyssinia, Eritrea, Yaman. 
Vern. name ; Klllah, Kihcin (S.). 
50. Poiliciaiia L. 
1, P, elata L. Mant. p. 16 ; Forsk. FI. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) CXI, n. 274 
and p. 84 ; DC. Prodr. ii, 484 ; Hook. FI. Brit. Ind. ii, 260 ; Oliv. FL 
Trop. Afr. ii, (1871) 266 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1896) App. II^ 
222 ; Blatt. FI. Aden (1915) 180 . — Caesalpinia elata Sw. Obs. 166.— 
P. Plapfairii T. Anders. MS. ; Card. Chron. (1861) 388. 
H abitat : II. Yaman (Ehrenb. ! ); Jebel Horeib (Lunz 3 ! ); upper and 
middle region of Mt. Kesser (Fischer 74 ! ); Wady Fatimah (Schimp. 841 ! ); 
near Wulej 600 m. (S. 617); Jebel Darner (S. 484); Milhan (Forsk.); Aden 
(Annesley ! Balfour ! Perry ! Playfair ! Defl. ! Birdw. ! Hildebr. ! 
Ellenbeck, Thomson ! S. 44 ! ). 
Fl. : Jan. 1889 (S.), ^Mar. 1837 (Schimp.), Apr. 1878 (Perry), Nov. 
1888 (S.). 
Fr. : Jan. 1889 (S.), Mar. (Fischer), Apr. 1878 (Perry), Nov. 1888 (S.). 
Distrib. • Nubia, Abyssinia, Eritrea, highlands of Somaliland, Usagara- 
Usambara, K ilimandjaro, Central and Southern Arabia, Western India (?). 
Vern. name Mschillech (Forsk.), 5«w/(S.). 
57. Pai'kiiisoiiia L. 
1. P. aculeata L. in Hort. Cliff. 157, t. 13; Baker in Kew Bull. 
(1894) 332; Mnsch. Verb. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenb. xlix, (1907) 97 ; 
Blatt. Fl. Aden (1915) 187. 
Habitat : I. Sinai Peninsula near the hot springs (Musch.). 
II. Aden (Busse); Shaikh Othman (Defl. ! ). 
III. Shahar, in the c ultivated parts at sea-level (Lunt ! ). 
