FLOItA ABABICA. 
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2. B. liirtum Oliv, in Hook. Ic. PL t. 2435. 
Habitat : Arabia. 
DisTiiiB. : Endemic. 
13. Evax Gaertn. 
1. E. aiiatolica BoIs&. & Heldr. Diagn. PL Or. ser. 1, xi, 2; FI. Or. iii, 
(1875) 243; Post FL Syr. etc. (1896) 415; Musch. FL Eg. ii, (1912) 
'^12.— -E. pal ae din a Boiss. 1. c. 
Habitat;!. Arabia Petraea (ex Musch.). w 
Histrib. ; E. Mediterranean region. 
3. E. coiltracta Boiss. Diagn. PL Or. ser. 1^ xi^ 3 ; Fl. Or. iii^ (1875) 
243 ; Post FI. Syr, etc. (1896.) 415. 
Habitat:!. Borders of Et-Tih (ex Post). 
Histrib, : Mediterranean region^ Persia. 
14. Filago L. 
1. F. spathulata PresL Del. Prag. 93. var. prostrata Boiss. FL Or. iii, 
(1875) 246; Post FL Syr. etc. (1896) 416, 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (Boiss.); desert of Et-Tih and southwards 
(ex Post). 
Histrib. ; Europe^ Mediterranean region, Persia, India. 
3. F. germaiiica L. Sp. PL ii, 1311; Boiss. FL Or. iii, (1875) 246; 
Carter in Eec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi, (1918) 202. 
Habitat : IV. Zor Hills (Cox) . 
Histrib. : From Persia westwards to the Canaries, also in N. W. India. 
Vern. name : Kattain (Cox). 
Note : “ This species grows in sandj^ soils and is common round Gishauiya but has not been 
observed further south. (Cox). 
15 . Illoga Cass. 
1. 1. spicata Sch.-Bip. apud Webb Phyt. Canar. iii, (1875) 248; 
Carter in Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi, (1918) 2^2r-“Chry^ocoma spicata Forsk. 
FL Aeg.-Arab. (1775) LXXIII, n. 433 . — Trichogyne canliUora HC. ; 
Kotschy in Sitzb. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Iii, (1866) 6. — I. Fontanesii Cass. 
Diet, xxxvii, 13; Dene. FL Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, ii, (1834) 265. — 
Gnaphalium Buppellii Free. Mus. Senck. i, 79, t. 4, f. 1. 
Habitat: I. Arabia Petraea : Hauara (Schimp. 202]) ; Wady Nasb 
(LordI); Wady Ghurundel and Ramleh (Lord !) ; desert of Sinai (Bove!); 
Wady Rim, 3,000 ft. (Ruppell) ; coast of Sinai and southwards (ex Post) ; 
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