280 
RECORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
Fl. : Feb. 1887 (Fiscber),.Feb. 1889 (S.), Apr. (ex Post), 
Fr. ; Feb. 1837 (Fischer), Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Distrib. : Algeria, Egypt, Nubia, Abyssinia, Somaliland, Arabia, 
Socotra. 
(J. L, mucroiiata Musch. Fl. Eg. ii, (1912) 1067 .—ZolUko/eria 
miLcronata Boiss, Diago. PI. Or. ser. 1, vii, 12 ; Fl. Or. iii, (1875) 822; 
Post Fl. Syr. etc. (1896) 490 . — Sonchns Candolleanu% Jaub. & Sp. 111. 
PI. Or. t. 279 . — Leontodon mucronatum Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) 
LXXII, n. 415 and p. 144 . — Launaea chondrilloidea Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. iii, (1881) 415. 
Habitat : I. Et Tib (ex Post) ; between Nuckl and Gbazab (Boiss.!). 
Distrib. : Algeria, Tunisia, Tripolitania, Arabia Petraea, Palestine, 
Mesopotamia, Persia, Sind, Punjab. 
7. L. iiudicaulis Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii, (1881) 416; Musch. 
Verb. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenb. xlix, (1907) 126; Blatt. Fl. Aden (1915) 
233 ; Carter in Rec, Bot. Surv. Ind. vi, (1918) 205. — Zollikoferia 
nudicanlu Boiss. Fl. Or. iii, (1875) 824; Defl. Yemen (1889) 160; Post 
FL Syr. etc. (1896J 490. — Microrhynchus nudicanlu Less. Syn. 139 
[partim) ; Schenk Sp. PI. it. Aeg. Arab. & Syr. (1840) n. 185 ; Kotschy 
in Sitzb. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Iii, (1866) 6. — Lactuca flavd Forsk, Fl. 
Aeg.-Arab. (1775) CXVIII, n. 476 and p. 143. — Sonchus divaricatus 
Desf. ; Jaub. & Sp. 111. PI. Or. t. 278. 
Habitat . I. Wady Sewook (Lord !) ; Mt. Sinai (ex Schenk ; ex 
Post); Jebel Catherine (Drake 24!); Arabia Petraea (Pinard); Wady 
Hamme (Scbimp. 430 I) ;■ Wady es Sle, Wady Tarfa, Plain ofj Raba, Jebel 
Catherine, 2,450 m.. Wady Ghurundel (Kneuck.) ; Nu*aman IsL in 
Red Sea (Burton !) ; Central and Southern Midian (Burton !). 
II. Jiddah (Zohrab 240 I) ; Wady Fatimah (Fischer 88 ! 
4l 1 Scbimp. 856 ! 992 ! ); Hijaz (ex Kotschy) ; near Sanah, 2,300-2,400 m. 
(Defl. 456) ; Surdud (Forsk.) ; Aden (Birdw. Hildebr. Ellenbeck). 
III. Dhofar Mtb. : Hafa (Bent 40 ! ). 
IV. Masqat (Auch.-Eloy 1885 ! ) ; Zor Hills (Cox 48). 
Fl. : Feb. 1836 (Scbimp.), Feb. 1837 (Fischer), Mar, 1835 (Scbimp.), 
Apr. 1868 (Lord). 
Fr. ; Feb. 1836 (Schin^).), Mar. 1835 (Schimp.). 
Distrib. : S. Spain, Canaries, N. Africa, Arabia. Sind, Punjab, Afghan- 
istan, N. W. India, Deccan. 
Vern. name : Hindibe (Forsk.) j Hua (Cox). 
Uses ; It is eaten -by Bedouins and also by townsmen. All grazing animals devour it 
freely (Cox). 
