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RECORDS OF THE BOTANIGAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
IS. Galium L. 
1. G. apariiie L. Sp. PI. (1753) 108; Oliv. FI. Trop. Afr. iii, (1877) , 
245; Post FI. Sjr. etc. (1896) 386. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Post). 
Distrib. : N. temperate . region, Syria, Palestine, Arabia Petraea, 
Abyssinia. 
Vern. name: dihhaiqah (Post). 
VAR. hamatum Hiern. in Oliv. FI. Trop. Afr. iii, (1877) 246 ; Defl. 
Yemen (1889) 115. — G. hamatum 5ochst. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss, ii, n. 
676 (1842) ; A.'Rich. PI. Abyss, i, 345. 
H ABIT AT : II. Jebel Kabil near Manakhab, 2,400 m. (Defl. 322 !). 
Distrib. : Abyssinia, Yaman. 
G. apariiioides Forsk. FI. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) CV, n. 87 and p. 30; 
Scbweinf. Arab. Pflanzennamen (1912) 114. 
Habitat: II. Hadiyab (Forsk.). 
Distrib. : Endemic. 
Verii. name: Schohodh hodha, schehette, Meschaerrcha (Ij’orsk.). 
G. eeratopodiim Boiss. Diagn. PI. Or. ser. 1, iii, 45; FI. Or. iii, 
(I875)-68. 
Habitat : IV. Masqat (Aucb.-Eloy 465 7 !). 
Distrib. : Arabia, Persia. 
4. G. Decaisuei Boiss. Diagn. PI. Or. ser 1, vi, 69; FI. Or. iii, (1875) 
77 ; Post FI. Syr. etc. (1896) 389. — G. capillare Dene. FI. Sin. in Ann. 
Sc. Nat. ser. 2, ii, (1834) 269. 
Habitat : I.. On rocks of Sinai (Bove 126!); Wady Feiran (Lord!) ; 
Wady Gemiab and neigbbourbood (Lord!); Mt. Sinai (Sebimp. 235!) ; 
Wady Aleyat (Kneuck.); Central Midian (Burton!). 
IV. Masqat (Aucb.-Eloy 4660 !). 
Fl. : May 1835 (Sebimp.), May 1888 (Lord), June 1832 (Bove). 
Fr. : May .1835 (Sebimp.), May 1868 (Lord), June 1832 (Bove). 
Distrib. : Nubia, Arabia, Palestine, Syria, Persia. 
Vc‘rn. name : Biftsen/tey (Bove). 
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5. G. Hierosolymitaiium L. Amoen. Acad, iv, 451 ; Post Fl. Syr. etc. 
(1896) 388. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Post). 
Dlstrib. : Arabia Petraea, Palestine, Syria. 
