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9. C. obovata Collad. Hisfc. Cass. p. 9*2^ t. XV, A ; DC. Prodr. ii, 492 ; 
A. Rich. Tent. FI. Abyss, i, 249 \ Anders. FI. Aden. (1860) 18 ; Boiss. 
FI. Or. ii, (1872) 631 j Hook. FJ. Brit. Ind. ii, 264; Oliv. FI. Trop. Afr. 
ii, (1871) 277 ; Defl. Yemen (1889) 134; Sehweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 
(1896) App. II, 220 ; Musch. Verb. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenb. xlix, (1907) 
96 ; Biatt. Pi. Aden (1915) 182 ; Carter in Rec. feot. Surv. lud. vi, (1917) 
Sp. PI. (1762) 539 {partim). — C. aschreh Forsk. FI. 
Aeg’.-Arab. (1775) CXI, n. 265 and p. 86. — C. ohtma Roxb. Hort. Ben^. 
(1814) 31. 
Habitat : I. Arabah to Sinai (ex Post); Wady Feiran (Fox !); Desert 
near Suez (Bove 188 !); Sinai : Wady es Shaikh (Drake 99 !); Wady 
Gurra (Schiinp. 303 !); N. and C. Midian (Burton !). 
II. Wady Mor (Ehrenb. !); W. Merawa (Defl. 33); near 
Kalife, 300 m. (S. 235); Lohaja and Mor (Forsk.); Shuqra (S. 97), Aden 
(Balfour! Perry! S. 1925! t)efl. ! Hook.! BIrdw. !); Perim Island 
(Farmer!). 
III. Sehut (Hirsch 26); Oman (Cox). 
Fl. : Mar. 1881 (S.), June 1832 (Bove), June 1835 (Schimp.) July 
1879 (Perry), Dec. 1888 (S.)^ 
Fr. : June 1832 (Bove), June 1835 (Schimp.), July 1879 (Perry), 
Nov.-Dee. 1888 (S.). 
Distrib. : W. India, Sind, Arabia, Palestine, Egypt, Nubia, Eritrea, 
Abyssinia, Kordofan-Sennaar, highlands of Somaliland, Senegambia, 
Angola, Hereroland. 
Vein, name : Senne (Bove), Aschreh (Forsk.), ‘ Aschriq (Hirsch), Send-Mekki (Post), 
Sennemath (Schimp.), Jamaica Senna, Italian Senna and Countr^y Senna. 
10. C. occideiitalis L. ; DC. Prodr. ii, (1825) 497 ; Defl. Yemen (1889) 
133 ; Sehweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1896) App. II, 219 ; Krause in 
Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxxv, (1905) 735.— C. sophera Hochst. Herb. Schimp. 
Abyss, sect, i, n. 312 [non L.). 
Habitat: II. Yaman : Ataba (Steud. !); Wady Fatimah (Schimp. 
779 !); near Hajeilah, 900 m. (Defl. 173 !); near Hajeilah 600 m. (S.) ; 
Kalife (S.); Heathalim (Ellenbeck). 
Fl. : Tan. 1862 (Steud.), Feb. 1836 (Schimp.), Jan.-Feb., Dec. (S.). 
Fr. : Jan. 1862 (Steud.), Feb. 1836 (Schimp.), Jan.-Feb., Dec. (S.). 
DiSTRiBi : Cosmopolitan in the tropic^. 
Vern. name: Aschirak (Ellenb.). 
11. C. oocarpa Baker in Kew Bull. (1895) 181. 
Habitat : III. Coast at Merbat (Bent 69). 
Distrib. : Endemic. 
