278 
BECOEDS OF THE BOTANICAL SUBVEY OF INDIA. 
Fl. : Jan. 1889 (S.), Apr. 1890 (Defl.). 
Fr. : Jan. 1889 (S.), Apr. 1890 (Defl.). 
Distrib. : Endemic ? 
Vern, uauie : Mnrra (S.). 
3. P. vul^are Desf. Fl. Atlanfc. ii, 221 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii, (1875) 828 ; 
Post Fl. Sjr. etc. (1896) 489. — Reichardia picroides Roth. Bot, Abh. 
(1787) 35. — Sonchus chondrilloidts Sibth. & Smith Fl. Graec. viii, 67, 
t. 791 ; Done. ,F1. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2^ ii, (1834) 259. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Musch.) ; neighbourhood of Tor (Bove). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean region. 
86. SONCHUS L. 
1, 8, glaiicesceiis Jordan. Observat. Bot. v, (1847) 75, t. 5 ; Boiss. Fl. 
Or. iii, (1875) 796 ; Post Fl. Syr. etc. (1896) 489; Musch. Fl. Eg.' ii, 
(1912) 1062. 
Habitat: I. Arabia Pefcraea (ex Musch,). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean region, Persia. 
3, S, melanolepis Fres. in Mus. Senck. iii, (1839) 76; A. Rich. Fl. 
Abyss, i, (1847) 467; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii, (1877) 460. 
Habitat; II. Wasil, 1,400 m. (S. 1316 !). 
Fl. : Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Fr.: Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Distrib. : Abyssinia, Yaman. 
3. S. oleraceus L. Sp. PI. (1753) 794; Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) 
CXVIII, n. 473 ; Dene. Fl. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, ii, (1834) 259 ; 
Boiss. Fl. Or. iii, (1875). 795; Post Fl. Syr. etc. (1896) 489. 
Habitat : I. Cultiv. ground of Mt. Sinai (Bove). 
II. Uahfad (Forsk.). 
Distrib. : Cosmopolitan. 
Vern. name : myTvejr . 
87. LAUNAEA Cass. 
1. E. augustifolia Musch. Fl. Eg. ii, (1912) .—Zolliicoferia angus'- 
ti folia Coss. & Dur. in Bull, Soc. Bot. France, ii, 254. — Z, arahica Boiss. 
Diagn. PI. Or. ser. 1, vii, 12; Fl. Or. iii, (1875) 823; Post Fl. Syr. etc. 
(1896) 490. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (Schimp. 208!); Wady es Shaikh (Boiss.); 
Binai and Et-Tih (ex Post); between Wady Ghurundel and Wady 
Werdaii (Kneuck.). 
