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BECOBDS OF TEE BOTANICAL SUBVEY OF INDIA. 
68. Volutarella Cass. 
1. V. albicaulis Defl. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xllii, (1896) 109. 
HABiTiLT : II. Jebel el Areys, near Serrya (Defl. 860 !). 
Fl.: Apr. 1893 (Defl.). 
Fr.: Apr. 1893 (Defl.). 
Distrib.: Endemic. 
69. Zoegea L. 
1. Z. purpurea Fres. Mus. Senck. i, (1833) 86; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii, 
(1875) 698 ; Post FI. Syr. etc. (1896) 461 ; Kneuck. in Allg. Bot. Zeitsch. 
IX, (1903) 148. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea : Near Abu Mawad (Schimp. 109 !) ; 
Arabia Petraea (McDonald! Boiss.): Wady Feiran (Lord !); Sinai Desert 
(Aucb.-Eloy 3181 !) ; Wady Aleyat (Kneuck.); Central Midian (Burton!). 
Fl.: May 1835 (Schimp.), May 1868 (Lord). 
Fr.: May 1835 (Schimp.), May 1868 (Lord). 
Distrib.: Egypt, Arabia Petraea, Persia, Afghanistan, Baluchistan. 
Uses : Eaten by cattle (Bui-tou). 
70. Centaurea L. 
1. C. aegyptiaca L. Mant. 118; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii, (1875) 687; Post 
Fl. Syr. etc. (1896) 469.— (7. eriophora Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) 
LXXIV, n. 465. 
Habitat : I. Wady Nasb (Drake I Lord !) ; Desert Tih (Boiss. !) ; 
Arabia Petraea to Egypt and southward (ex Post). 
IV. Desert of Masqat (Auch.-Eloy 4848 I) . 
Fl. : Apr. 1868 (Lord), May (ex Post). 
Fr. : Mar. 1846 (Boiss.), Apr. 1868 (Lord). 
Distrib. : Egypt, Arabia, Palestine, Syria. 
Vern. name: Yamrtir (Post). 
3. C. Ammoeyamus Boiss. Diagn. PI. Or. Ser. 1, x, 110 ; Fl. Or. 
iii, (1875) 640 ; Post Fl. Syr. etc. (1896) 464. 
Habitat: I. -Arabia Petraea (Boiss.!); N. borders of *Et Tih (ex 
Post) . 
Fl. : Apr. (Boiss.). 
Distrib. : Arabia Petraea, Palestine. 
3. C. araneosa Boiss. Diagn. PI. Or. ser. 1, x, 121 ; Fl. Or. iii^ 
(1875) 691 ; Post Fl. Syr. etc. (1896) 470. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Post) ; Wady Aleyat (Kneuck.). 
Distrib. : Arabia Petraea, Palestine, Syria. 
