FLORA ARABICA. 
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Habitat : I. Desert of Sinai (Bove 96 ! Schimp. 315 ! Botta) ; Sinai 
6,500 ft. (Riippell). 
Fl.: May (ex Post). 
Distbib.: Endemic. 
Vern. name : Meur (ex Boise.), Murr (Post). 
49. Matricaria L. 
1. M. aurea Boiss. Fl. Or. iii, (1875) 324; Post Fl. Syr. etc. (1896) 
440. — Cotula aurea L. Sp. PI. (1762) 1257. 
Habitat: I. Arabia Petraea (Boiss.! Pinard). 
Fl.: Mar. 1846 (Boiss.). 
Fii.: Mar. 1846 (Boiss.). 
DisTiiiB.: Mediterranean region, Mesopotamia, Persia. 
Vein, name: Bdh^nij (Post). 
3. M. anriculata Museh. Fl. Eg. ii, (1912) 1011 . — Chamaemel u m 
auriculatum Boiss. Diagn. PI. Or. ser. 1, xi. 23 ; Fl. Or. iii, (1875) 327 ; 
Post Fl. Syr. etc. (1896) 437. 
Habitat: I. Arabia Petraea (Boiss. I); Et-Tih (ex Post). 
Distrtb. : Egypt, .Arabia Petraea, Palestine. 
3. M. sp. ex Carter in Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi, (1918) 203. 
Habitat : IV. Zor Hills (Cox 7). 
Vern, name : Qargas, Garats (Cox). 
For uses see Carter 1. c. 
50. Cot u la L. 
1. C.cinerea Del. 111. Fl. d^Eg. (1813) 131, t. 47, f. 4; Dene. Fl. Sin. 
in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, ii, (1834) 2‘)5. — Brocchia cinerea Vis. PI. Aeg. 
35; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii, (1875) 358; Po.st Fl. Syv. etc. (1896) 440; Museh. 
Verb. Bot. Ver. Prov; Brandenb. xlix, (1907) 124. 
H. abitat : I. Wady Nasb (Lord !) : Et Tih to Sinai (ex Post) ; Wady 
Ghurundel (Hart !) ; Desert of Tor (Bove 103 !) ; Arabia Petraea (Boiss. I) ; 
Jebel Hammam-Sidna-Musa, Jeb^ Nakus, Desert Ka^a (Musch.). 
Fl. : Apr. 1868 (liord), June 1832 (Bove). 
Fr. : Apr. 1868 (Lord), June 1832 (Bov^). 
Distrib. : N. Afi’ica, Nubia, Egypt, Arabia Petraea. 
Vern. name: rubian (ex Boiss.), Afrach, Sekrdn, Qurbagdn Qurbigdn (Post). 
51. Artemisia L. 
I. A. Abrotanum L. Sp. PL (1753) 845; Defl. Yemen (1889) 153. 
Habitat : II. Between Sanah and Raudha, 2,300 mr (Defl. 499). 
Distrib. : Europe, temperate Asia. 
