FLOBA ABABICA. 
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Disteib. : Europe^ N. Africa, Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia. 
Vern. name : qurrah, jezar-*afdrit (Post). 
5. Aiiimi L. 
1. A. copticum L. Mant. 56; P>oiss.- FI. Or. ii, (1872) 891; Mascli. 
1*1. Eg. ii, (1912) 700 . — Carum copticiim Benth. et Flook. f. Gen. PI. i, 
891 ; Baker in Kew Bull. (189-1) 333. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Musch.). 
III. Cultivated at Katan, 1,150 ft. (Lunt !). 
Disteib. : Egypt, Arabia, Palestine, Persia, Afghanistan. 
Vern. name: shamar (Lunt). 
3. A. inajus L. Sp. Fl. (1753) 243 ;' Boiss. FI. Or. ii, (1872) 8■^Jl ; 
Post FI. Syr. etc. (1896) 345. 
Habitat : IV. Masqat (Auch.-Eloy 4574! 4575 I). 
Disteib. : Europe, Mediterranean region, Abyssinia. 
Vern. name : Khilleh> Sheitdntyah (Post). 
6. Pituranthos Viv. 
1. P. tortiiosus Benth. & Hook, ex Aschers.-Schweinf. III. Id. Eg. 
(1887) 80 ; Musch. Verh. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenb. xlix, (1907) 112. — 
Deverra tortnosa DC. Prodr. iv, 143 ; Schenk Sp. PI. it. Aeg. Arab. & 
Syr. (1840) n. 195; Boiss. FI. Or. ii, (1872) 860 ; Post FI. Syr. etc. 
(1896) 345. 
Habitat : I. Desert of Suez (Bove 125 !); between Wady Ghurundel 
and W. Werdan (Kneuck.); between Suez and Tor (ex Schenk); Sinai 
(Musoh.). 
Fl. ; June 1832 (Bove). Fe. : June 1832 (Bove). 
Disteib. : N. Africa, Arabia Petraea. 
Vern. name: Keruni (Musch.), Soq4kh, Oasikh, Shebei-el-Jebel (Post). 
3. P. triradiatus Aschers.-Schweinf. III. Fl. d^Eg. (1887) 86, n. 
465; Musch. Verh. Bot Ver. Prov. Brandenb. xlix, (1907) 111. — Deverra 
triradiata Hochst. in Schimp. PI. Aiab. exs. ed. 2, n. 454; Boiss. Fl. Or. 
ii, (1872) 861 ; Post Fl. Syr. etc. (1896) 345. 
Habitat: I. Sinai (ex Post); foot of Mt. Sinai (Schimp. I); Jebel 
Haminam-Sidna-Musa, J. Nakus, Wady es Sle, Wady Hebran, Suez 
to el Tor (Musch ). 
Disteib. : Egypt, Sinai Peninsula. 
Vern. name : qasnkh, Qazzuh (Post). 
Note : Eaten byamels (Musch.). 
