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4. P. iiitidum Fres. Mus. Senck. (1837) 81, t. 4, f . 2 ; Dene. FI. Sin 
in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, ii, (1831) 262 ; Boiss. FI. Or. iii, (1875) 220; 
Post FI. Syr. etc. (1896) 417. 
Habitat: I. Arabia Petraea (McDonald!); Sinai (Auch.-Eloy 
30801); Mt. Sinai (Bov6 120 I Sebimp. 33*41); Wady es Shaikh (Hart!); 
Wady Arbain, 5^000 ft. (Riippell !) ; plain of Raha, Wady Aleyat 
(Knenck.). 
Fl. : Apr. 1877 (S.), May 1835 (Schimp.), June 1832 (Bov^). 
Fe. : Apr. 1877 (S.), May 1833 (Schimp.), June 1832 (Bove). 
Distrib. : Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, Afghanistan, Baluchistan, 
Veru. name: Honet-el-naghi (Bove), Khaindnat-en-Na’jeh (Post). 
5. P. nipestre DC. Prodr. v, 396; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii, (1875) 220; 
Post FL Syr. etc. (1896) 418. — Conyza tomentom Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. 
(1775) LXXIII, n. 444, CXIX, n. 496 and p, 148. 
Habitat: I. Arabia Petraea (Boiss.). 
II. Hadiyah (Forsk.). 
Distrib.: Mediterranean region, Persia. 
Vern. name : tom erneht mottaej (Forsk.). 
6. P. soalarum Schweinf. MS. in Herb, Kew. 
Habitat: II. Wasil, on terraces, 1,400 m. (S. 1116,1). 
Fl.; Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Fr. : Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Distrib. : Endemic, 
Vern. name: Mendel Relh (S.). 
7. P. viridifolium Dene, in Auch. PI. exs.; Boiss. Fl. Or.dii, (1875) 220. 
Habitat : IV. Masqat (Auch.-Eloy 4774 ! ). 
Distrib. : Endemic. 
18. Achyrocline Less. 
1. A. gluniacea Oliv.^t Hiern. in Oliv. Fl. Prop. Afr. iii, (1877) 340 ; 
Dell. Yemen (1889) 151. — A. luzuloides Vatke in Linnaea xxxix, (1875) 
489. — Gnaphalium luzuloides Sch.-Bip. Herb. Schweinf. Nub. n. 347 ; 
Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 149. 
Habitat; II. Near Mefhak, 2,000 m. (Defl. 5951). 
Distrib.: Senegambia, Abyssinia, Arabia. 
2. A. Scliiiuperi’Oliv. et Hiern. in Oli^. Fl. Prop. Afr,. iii, (1877) 340 ; 
Defl. Yemen (1889) 151. — Gnaphalium adoensis Sch.-Bip. in Herb. Schimp. 
Abyss, sect, i, n. 41. — G. Schimperi Sch.-Bip. 1. c. i, n. 393. 
Habitat : II. Wady Mazeb near Manakhah, 2,200 m. (Defl. 370). 
Distrib. ; Mozambique, Abyssinia, Arabia. 
