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5. V. cinerasceus Sch.-Bip. iti Schweinf. Fi. Aethiop. 162 ; Oliv. FI. 
Trop. Afr. iii, (1877) 275 ; Defl. Yemen (1889) IIG. — F. spathulata 
Hochst. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss. (1854) 2133 [non Schultz), 
Habitat : II. Near Hajeilab, 600 ra. (Defl. 117); neighbourhood of 
Aden (Hunter 142 !). 
Distuib. : Abyssinia, Eritrea, Arabia, N, W. India. 
6. V. ciuerea Less, in Linnaea (1829) 291 ; DC. Prodr. v, (1836) 24 ; 
Oliv. FI. Trop. Afr. iii, (1877) 275 ; Defl. Yemen (1889) 147 ; Baker in 
Kew Bull. (1894) 333. 
Habitat : II. Wady Djara (Ehrenb. !); Wady Fatimah (Fischer 32 !) ; 
iddah (Zohrab 260 !). 
III. Dhofar Mts. (Bent 233 !);. Hafa (Bent 25 !); Derbat^ 
100 ft. (Bent 220 !); irrigation channels at Kilah, 3,000 ft. (Lunt 187 !). 
IV. Masqat (Auch.-Eloy 4790 !). 
Pl. : Jan. 1894 (Lunt), Feb. (Fischer), Mar. 1869 (Lord). 
Pr.: Jan. 1894 (Lunt), Feb. (Fischer), Mar. (Lord). 
Distrib. : Widely spread in tropical Africa and Asia. 
VAR, /3. rotuiidifolia DC. Lc ; Defl. l.c. — Grassocephahm fatmense 
Hochst. et Steud. Herb. Schimp. Arab. n. 869. 
Habitat : IL near Hajeilali, 600 — 1,000 m. (Defl. 109, 233 !); in the 
mountains (Botta). 
7. V. inulaefolia Steud. Nom. 755 ; Kich. FI. Abyss, i, (1847) 375 ; 
Kotschy in Sitzb. Kais. Akad \^iss. lii, (1866) 5 ; Oliv. FI. Trop. Afr. iii, 
(1877) 286. — V. Schimperi Sch.-Bip. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss, i, 221 
[non DC.). 
Habitat ; II. Hijaz (exKotschy). 
Distrib. : Abyssinia, Arai)ia. 
S. V. Scliinipei'i DC. Prodr. vii, 204. 
Habitat : II. Jebel Carsi (Schimp. 668 type !). 
Fl. : Dec. 1837 (Schimp.). 
Fr, :Dec. 1837 (Schimp.). 
Dis TRIE. : Endemic. 
2. Piclirocephala DC. 
1. clirysaiitkemifolia DC. Prodr. v, (1836) 372 ; Oliv. Fl. Trop. 
Afr. iii, (1877) 303 ; Defl. Yemen (1889) 147. — D. aht/iisinica Sch.-Bip. in 
Herb. Schweinf. Abyss, i, n. 87 ; iii, n. 1847.— -Z). macrocephala Sch.-Bip, 
in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 145. i 
Habitat : II; Manalchah, 2,200 m. (S. 1376 !); near Manakhah, 2,500 
m. (Defl. 324). 
