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RECORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, 
H ABiTAT : I. Mt. Sinai (Schimp. 117 ! ); Jebel Musa^ ca. 1,600m,, Jebel 
•’Arribe ca. 1,700 m., Convent of St. Catherine (Kneuck.). 
Fii. ; Apr. 1835 (Schimp.). 
Disthib. : Mediterranean region, inner N. Africa. 
13. Foeiiiculum Adans. 
1, F. capiUaceum Gilib. Flor. Lithuan. iv, (1781) 40. — F, officinale A\\. 
Ped. ii, 25 ; Boiss. FI. Or. ii, (1872) 975; Baker in Kew Bull. (1894) 
333 ; Post FI. Syr. etc. (1896) 356 . — Anethum F'ocniculiun L. Sp. PI. (1753) 
063 ; Forsk. FI. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) CIX, n. 213. 
Habitat : II. Cultivated in the mountains of Yaman (Forsk.). 
HI. Cultivated at Katan, 1,150 ft. (Lunt ! ). 
DisTFaB. : Europe, N. Africa, Ai-abia, Persia. 
Vern. name: Razaini)\ Shumdr (Post), Sekamar (Forsk.), probably a misprint 
for Schomar. 
3. F. pipcrituni DC. Prodr. iv, 142 ; Boiss. FI. Or. ii, (1872) 975 ; 
Post FI. Syr. etc. (1896) 356. 
Habitat I. Arabia Petraea (McDonald ! ). 
II. Jiddah (Zohrab 286 ! ); Manakhah, wild on all terraces, 
2,200 m. (S. 1481 ! ). 
Fl. : Feb. im (S.). Fb. : Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Distrib. : Alediterranean region. 
Vern. name : Schammar (S.). 
14. Ferula L. 
1, F, siiiaica Boiss. Diagn. PI. Or. ser. 1, x, 40 ; Fl. Or. ii, 
Po.^t Fl. Syr. etc. (1896) 358. 
Habitat : 1. St. Catherine (Schimp. 149 ! ). 
Fl. : May 1835 (Schimp.). Fr. : May 1835 (Schimp.). f 
Distrib. : Egypt, Sinai. 
Vern. name : Sliumai' (Post). 
Note ; Mt. St Catberine is called Um-shiimar from the large quantities ot ims species 
grooving there (Post). 
1.5. Peueedauuni L. 
1< P. areysiauuiii Defl. in Bull. So'\ Bot. France, xlii, 305. 
Habitat : II. Top of Jebel el Areys, 1,200 m. (Defl. 1097 ! ) 
Fl.*": Apr. 1893 (Defl). Fit. : Apr. 1893 (Defl.). 
Distrib. : Endemic. 
2. I*. oraveoleiiS Benth. & Hook, f Gen. Plant, i, 919 ; 01 iv. Fl. 
Trop. Afr. iii, (1877) 19 ; Dell. Yemen (1889) 141. — Anethvm gravcolens 
