262 
RECOBDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
Habitat : I. S. and W. borders of Et Tib (ex Post). 
Distrib. : N. Africa, Egypt, Arabia Petraea, Palestine, Syria, Persia, 
Afghanistan. 
58. Tripteris Less. 
1. T. Vaillailtii Dene. El. Sin. in Ann; Sc. Nat. ser. 2^ ii, (1834) 260; 
Kotschy in Sitzb. Kais. Akad. Wiss. lii, (1866)6; Boiss. El. Or. iii, (1875) 
420; Oliv. El. Trop. Afr. iii, (1877) 424 ; Dell. Yemen (1889) 157 ; Post FI. 
Syr. etc. (1896) 445. — T. cheiranthifolia Sch.-Bip. in Herb. Schimp. 
Abyss, i, n. 345 and iii, n. 1480. 
Habitat : 1. Nakkeb (Schimp. 384 !) ; Mt. Hor and Petra (Hart !); Mt. 
Sinai (Bov^) . 
II. Manakhah, 2,300-2,500 m. (S. J415 !); Wasil, 1,400 m. 
(S. 1346!); near Manakhah, 2,300 m. (Deh. 276, 376) ; Asyr (ex Kotschy). 
El. : Feb. 1889 (S.), June 1835 (Schimp.). 
Er. : Feb. 1889 (S.), June 1835 (Schimp.). 
Distrib. : Abyssinia, Somaliland, Arabia. 
Vern. name : Jahdab, Marrar (8.). 
59. Giiiidelia L. 
1. G. Touriiefortii L. Sp. PI. (1753) 814; Boiss. FI Or. iii, (1875) 421; 
Post El. Syr. etc. (1896) 445; Musch. El. Eg. ii, (1912) 1020. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Musch.). 
Distrib. : Eastern Mediterranean, Persia. 
Vern. name : 'aickib, Ka’Hh, Ku’aih (Post). 
60. Echiiiops L. 
1. E. glaberrimus DC. ex Dene. El. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, ii, 
(1834) 260 ; Boiss. El. Or. iii, (1875) 427 ; Post El. Syr. etc. (1896) 446.— 
E, spinosus Bove exs. [non L .) . 
Habitat : I. Mt. Sinai (Lord !); Wady Feiran (Lord !); Desert of Sinai 
(Bov6 112 I); Arabia Petraea (McDonald I Schimp. 267 !); Et Tih 
(ex Post). 
Er. : May 1868 (Lord), June 1832 (Bov^). 
Distrib. : Egypt, Arabia Petraea. 
Vern. name ; Khashir (Post). 
Note : The only plant growing on the boulders of granite (Lord). 
3. E. gpinosus L. Mant. (1767) 119 ; Boiss. FI. Or. iii, (1875) 429.; 
Oliv. FI. Trop. Afr.' iii, (1877) 431; Defl. Yemen (1889) 157 ; Post FI. 
Syr. etc. (1896) UQ.—Echinops Forsk. FI. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) CXIX, 
n. ,480. 
