t'LORA 'ARABIC A. 
Fl. : May 1835 (Schimp.). 
Fit. : May 1835 (Schimp.). 
Distrib. : Arabia Petraea, Palestine. 
Ve rn. name : Yemrar (Burton), Mour (Schimp.). 
Note : Eaten by sheep, asses, etc. (Burton). 
15. C. solstitialis L. Sp. PI. (1753) 917 ; Boiss. FI. Or. iii, (1875) 685 ; 
Post FI. Syr. etc. (1896) 469. 
Habitat : I. Wady Feiran and neighbourhood (Lord !) ; Wady Gennah 
and neighbourhood (Lord !). 
Fr. : May 1868 (Lord). 
Distrib. : Europe, Mediterranean region, Mesopotamia, Persia. 
16. C. virgata Lam. Diet, i, 670 ; Boiss. FI. Or. iii, (1875) 651. 
Habitat : Arabia (Forster in H. K. !). 
Distrib. : E. Mediterranean region, Persia, Afghanistan. 
71. Cartliamus L. 
1. €. lanatus L. Sp. PL (1753) 830 ; Boiss. FI. Or. iii, (1875) 706 ; Post 
FI. Syr. etc. (1896) 473 ,* Museb. FI. Eg. ii, (1912) 1040. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Musch.). 
Distrib. : Europe, Mediterranean region, Abyssinia. 
Vern. name : Qurfum (Post). 
a. C. tinctorlus L. Sp. PI. (1753) 830 ; Boiss. FI. Or. iii, (1875) 709 ; 
Post FI. Syr. etc. (1896) 474 ; M>isch. FI. Eg. ii, (1912) 1042. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Post). 
Disteib. : Cultivated in many countries. 
Vern. name : ^Usfur, Za*fardn (Post). 
Note : Cultivated everywhere for its flowerets, which are used as a dye iu cooking (Post). 
73. Carduiicellus Adans. 
1. C. eriocephalus Boiss. Diagn. PI. Or. ser. 1, x, 100; FI. Or. iii, 
(1875) ,711 ; Post FI. Syr. etc. (1896) 474 ; Kneuck. in Allg. Bot. Zeitsch. 
ix, (1903) 148. 
Habitat : I. Ghazah to Egypt (ex Post) ; Wady Werdan (Kneuck.). 
Distrib. : N. Africa, Arabia Petraea, Palestine. • 
3. C. keutrophylloides Baker in Kew Bull. (1895) 182. 
Habitat : III. Dhofar Mts., 2,600 ft. (Bent 192 !). 
Distrib. : Endemic. 
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