FLORA ARABICA. 
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Habitat : I. Arabia Petiaea (ex Musch.). 
Distrib.: Mediterranean region. 
84. LACTUCA L. 
1. L. arabica Jaub. & Sp. 111. PI. Or. t. 28*2 ; Defl. Yemen (18S9) 160. 
Habitat : II. Near Hajeilah, 800 m. (Dell. 255 !) ; in the mountains of 
Yaman (Botta). 
Distuib. : Endemic? 
3. L. auriculata DC. Prodr. vii, 140; Boiss. FI. Or. iii, (1875) 814. 
L. Stocksii Boiss. Diagn. PI. Or. ser. 2, 96. 
Habitat : IV, Region of Masqat (Auch.-Eloy 4879 !). 
Distrib.; Arabia, Baluchistan, W. Himalaya, Nepal. 
3. L, capeiisis Thunb. FI. Cap. ed. Schultes 614 ; Oliv. FI. Trop. Afr. 
iii, (1877) 452. — I/. Hochstetteri Sch.-Bip. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss, 
sect. I, n. 128 ; Oliv. 1. c. 453; Defl. Yemen (1889) 160. — Fyrrhopappx^i 
Hochstetteri Rich. FI. Abyss, i, (1847) 463. 
Habitat: II. Kahil near Manakhah, 2,500 m. (S. 1455!) ; Wady 
Hejan near Wasil, 1,500 m. (S. 1801 !) ; near Lahaj (Dell.). 
Fl.; Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Fr.: Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Distrib.; Trop. and S. Africa, Arabia. 
Notb: Schweinfurth’s plants show violaceous as well as lilac flowers. 
4. L. cretica Desf. Cor. Tourn. 44, t. 34; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii, (1875) 805 ; 
Post Fl. Syr. etc. (1896) 487. 
Habitat: III. Dhofar Mts. : Derbat, near coast (Bent 233 !). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean region. 
5. L. goraeeiisi.s Sc^.-Bip. in Flora (1842) 422 ; Oliv. FI. Trop. Afr. 
iii, (1877) 452 ; Blatt. Fl. Aden (1915) 231 . — Microvhynchus octophyllus 
Hochst. in Herb. Kotsch, Nub. n. 406. — L, octophylla Sch.-Bip. in 
Linnaea, xv, (1841) 725. — L. nuhica Sch.-Bip. 1. c.— M. llochstetteri Sch.- 
Bip. ex Hochst. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss, iii, n. 1448. — L. Pelitiana A. 
Rich. FL Abyss, i, (1847) 462 , — Sonchus llochstetteri Sch.-Bip. in 
Schweinf, Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. p. 160. 
Habitat: II. Aden (S.!). 
Di.strib.: Yaman, Eritrea, Abyssinia, Kordofan, Upper Guinea, 
Mozambique. 
