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RECOBDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, 
DiSTiUB. : Senegal^ Xubia^ Egypt; Arabia, Syria. 
Vern. name: (Aschers.), (Bov^), MiAiiis, Neschusch, chaa (Forsk.), 
Ralur Rabbul (Post). 
16. F. ^iiapUalodes Boiss. Diagn. PI. Or. ser. 1, vi, 76; FI. "Or. iii, 
203: Carter in Eeci Bot. Surv. Ind. vi, (1918) 202>. ^SMouia cjnaplalode^ 
DC.' Prodr. v, 481. 
Habitat : IV. Principality of Kuwait (Cox), 
Distrib. : AV. Tibet, Turkestan, Afghanistan, Persia, Arabia. 
Vern. name : N^afeej (Cox). 
30. Geigeria Griessel. 
1. G. alata Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii, 337 ; Oliv. FI. Trop. Afh iii, 
(1877) 368; Baker in Kew Bull. (1894) 333 . — Cicliormm alatum Hochst. 
et Steud. ex DC. Prodr. vii, 75. 
Habitat : II. Sandy plain near Bakaram, Mt. Sidr and Kesser (Fischer 
33 !) ; Wady Fatimah (Schimp. 853 !). 
III. Cultivated ground at Katan, 1,100 ft. (Lunt 153 !). 
Fl. : Jan. 1894 (Lunt), Feb. 1836 (Schimp.), Feb. 1837 (Fischer). 
Fr. : Jan. 1894 (Lunt), Feb. 1836 (Schimp.). 
Disxrib. : Tropical Africa, Arabia. 
30. Gym liar liiena Desf. 
1. G. iiiicraiitha Desf. Mem. Mus. Paris, iv, 1, t. 1 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. 
iii; (1875) 240; Post Fl. Syr. etc. (1896) 424 . — Franhia Schimperi 
Hochst. et Stead, in Schimp. PI. Arab . — -Crpptadia eitphratensis Chesney 
Narr. Euph. 441, t. 95. 
Habitat : I. Between Suez and El Tor (Schimp. 899 !) ; Arabia Petraea 
(Boiss.) ; Sinai to Dead Sea (ex Post). 
Fr. : May 1835 (Schimp.). 
Distrib.: Spain, N. Africa, Egypt, Arabia Petraea, Palestine, Syria, 
Mesopotamia, Persia, Afghanistan, Baluchistan. 
See Steudel, neber ein neuea Pflanzengeniis, Medicinisches Corresponzblatt, Wiirtemberg. 
arztllchen Vcr. vol. tI, no. 50, p. 394. 
31. Ehanteriiim Desf. 
1. E. epapposum Oliv. Ic. PI. 1367. 
Habitat: IV. Central Arabia (Pelly I). 
Distrib. : Arabia, Baluchistan. 
Note *. The brushwood of this portion of the desert. 
The bushes branch from the ground. They are about one foot and a half high and from 
2-5 ft. in circumference and where abundant from 3-6 ft. apart. The root is club-shaped and 
easily dragged from the ground (Pelly), 
