fLOHA AJtABlCA. 277 
H ABiTAT : 1. Mt. SiDai : Bestan (Schiirip. 138!); Wady es Shaikh 
(Aucb.-Eloy 3372!). 
Fl. : May 1835 (Schimp ). 
Fr. : May 1835 (Schimp.). 
Distbib. : Arabia Petraea, Armenia, Persia, Baluchistan, Siberia. 
13. S. yeiiieiisis Defl. Yemen (1889) 160. 
Habitat: II. Jebel Shibam, 2,400 — 2, (>00 m. (Dell. 301, 321, 357 !) \ 
near Attara round Hes and Taez (Botta). 
Distrib. : Endemic. 
85. PICRIOlUItt Desf. 
1. P. Desf. FI. Atlant. ii, 220 ; Dene. FI. Sin. in Ann. Sc. 
Nat. ser. 2, ii, (1834) 269; Del. Frag. FL Arab. Petr. (1833) n. 39; Post 
Fl. Syr. etc. (1896) 488; Musch. Verb. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenb. xlix, 
(1907) 126. — IReichardia tingitana Roth. Bot. Aih. (1787) 35. — Scorzo- 
nera orientalis L. [partim') ; Forsk.^ FI. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) LXXIJ, n, 404 
and p. 143. — 8. ciliata Forsk. 1. c. n. 405 and p. 143. 
Habitat: I. Arabia Petraea (McDonald!); Wady Nash (Drake 
59!); Sinai (Schimp. 330 I); neighbourhood of Tor (Bove) ; N., S. and 
Central Midian (Burton!). 
II. Jiddah (Zohrab 282 1 45 !) ; Wady Fatimah (Fischer 
37 I Schimp. 833!) ; neighbourhood of Aden (Hunter 1101). 
IV. Masqat (Auch.-Eloy 4869 !) . 
Fl. ; Feb. 1836 (Schimp.), Feb. 1837 (Fischer). 
Fr. : Feb. 1836 (Schimp.), Apr. 1835 (Schimp.). 
Distrib. : Canaries, Mediterranean region, Abyssinia, Arabia, W. 
- India. 
Vern. name: Hmoti'nht Murd)\ Shedid, Kuqd, Libhein, 'Udeid^ Durdd (Post). 
Note : Eaten by man and beast (Burton). 
VAR. miiliis Boiss. Fl. Or. iii, (1875) 828. 
Habit.\t : I. Arabia Petraea (Boiss.! Kotschy 87 !). 
Distrib. : From Egypt to Afghanistan. 
VAR. subin tegriim Boiss. FI. Or. iii, (1875) 828.— P. arahicum Hochst. 
et Steud. in Herb. Schimp. Arab. n. 833. 
H ABITAT : II. Yaman (Schimp. !) ; Bilad Hojeria, neighbourhood of 
Haifan, garden of the Sultan (Defl. 546!) ; Okeber, Jebel Milhan, 1,300 
m. (S. 819 1); near Hajeilah, 600—800 m. (Defl. 217, 237, 23b); near 
Raudha, 2,300 m. (Defl. 568). 
