BECOBDS OF THE BOTANICAL SVBVEY OF INDIA. 
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7. Petroseliiium Benth. 
1. P. sativum Hoffgg. Umb. Gren. i, 78; Boiss. FI. Or. ii, (1872) 
857 ; Defl. Yemen (1889) 225 ; Post FI. Syr. etc. (1896) 344 . — Carum 
Fetroselinum Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. i, 891. 
Habitat : II. Cultivated in Yaman (Defl. !). 
Distrib. : Cultivated in the Old World. 
Vern. name : JBuqdunis (Post). 
8, Ptychotis DC, 
1, P, arabica Anders. FI. Aden. (1860) 21 ; Blatt. FI. Aden (1915) 218. 
Habitat : II Aden (S. ! Hook. ! Thomson ! Defl. I Busse, Birdvv. ! 
Perry ! ). 
Fl. : Feb. 1851 (Thomson), Mar. 1878 (Perry), Apr. 1861 (Thomson), 
Dee. 1847 (Hook.). 
Fr. : Feb. 1851 (Thomson), Mar. 1878 (Perrv), Apr. 1861 (Thomson), 
Dec. 1847 (Hook.). 
Distrib. : Endemic. 
Vern. name : Kebset'e. 
Species dubia, 
9. Sisoii L. 
1«8« aiuiui Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) CIX, n. 211. — An Apium 
sp. ? 
Habitat : II. Cultivated in the plains of Yaman (Forsk.). 
Vern. name : Nachu (Forsk.). 
10. Siam L. 
1. 8, erectuiii Huds. Fl. Angl. ed. 1, 103 . — Benda angnstifolia Koch 
Deutschl. Fl. (1840) 433 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii, (1872) 889 ; Musch. Fl. Eg. 
ii, (1912) 700. — S. ang astifolmmlj. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1672. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Musch.). 
Distrib.: Europe, Mediterranean region. 
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2. ? 8. latifolium L. Sp. PI. (1753) 251 ; Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) 
CIX, n. 210. 
Habitat : II. Mountainous region of Yaman (Forsk.). 
Distrib. : Europe, N. America. 
3. 8 Tliunbergii DC. Prodr. iv, 125; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii, (1877) 13 ; 
Defl. Yemen (1889) 141. 
Habitat : II. Near Sanah, 2,300 m. (Defl. 517 ! ). 
Distrib. : Abyssinia, Arabia, S. Africa. 
