FLORA ARABICA. 
223 
Fl. : June 1835 (Schimp,). 
Distrib. : Nubia, Egypt, Arabia Petraea. 
Veru. name ; Uedene (Bove). 
3. hyiiieiiostepliaiia Jaub. & Sp. lU. PI. Or. i, 146, t. 79 ; Boiss. PL 
Or. iii, (1875) 15. — G-. himifu 8 a-^ 2 ^\ih. k> Sp. 1. o. 139. 
Ha.bitat : IV". Masqat (Auch.-Eloy 4677 !). 
Distrib. : Arabia, Baluchistan. 
10. Callipeltis Stev. 
1. C. aperta Boi^s. & Buhse Aufz^l. (1856) 110 ; Fl. Or. iii, (1875) 
84; DC. Prodr. v, 671; Post Fl. Syr. ^etc. - (1896) 38:2; Musch. Fl. Eg. ii, 
(1912) 919. 
Habitat : I. W^ady Peirau, W. Gennah and neighbourhood (Lord !) ; 
Et Tih (ex Post)^ cultivated ground of Sinai (Bove 212 1); Mt. Sinai 
(Schimp. 232 !); Arabia Petraea (Me Donald !); Central Midian (Burton!). 
Fl. : Mar. 1877 (S.), Apr. 1835 (Schimp.), June 1832 (dove), May 
1868 (Lord). 
Fr. ; May 1868 (Lord)'. 
Distrib. : Egypt, Arabia Petraea, Persia. 
Vern. name : Richrile (Bove). 
Note : Eaten by cattle (Burton). 
3. C, ciicailaria Stev. in Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. vii, (1829) 275; DC. 
Prodr. iv, 613; Dene. Fl. Sin. in Ana. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, ii, (1834) 270; 
Boiss. Fl. Or’’ iii; (1875) 83; Kneuck. in Allg. Bot. Zeitsch. ix, (1903) 
147. — Valantia cucMaria L. Amoen. iv, 295. 
Habitat : I. Cultivated ground of Mt. Sinai (Bov^ 212! Schimp. I 
Boiss. I); Plain of Eaba (Kneuck.). 
Distrib. ; Mediterranean region and Orient. 
Vern. name: eichrieJe (%ove). 
11. Riibia L. 
1. R, tinctonrm L. Sp. PI. i, (1753) 109 ; Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) 
CV, n. 89; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii, (1875) 17 ; Reichb. Ic. XVII, t. 133, 
f. I— II ; Musch. Fl. Eg. ii, (1912) 919. 
Habitat : I, Arabia Petraea (ex Musch.). 
II. Mountainous region of Yaman, cult. (Forsk.). 
Distrib.: Italy, Greece, Asia Minor, Arabia, Syria, Persia. Naturalized 
everywhere in the Mediterranean region. 
Vern. name : Fua (Forsk.), F'Avowah (Post). 
