RECORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
Habitat ; 11. Wady Madfar near Hajoilah. 600 m. (S. 928 !); Agara near 
Hajeilab, 600 m. (S. 917!). 
Fl. : Jan., Feb. 1889 (S.)- 
Distrib. : Eritrea, Somaliland, Brit. E. Africa, Yaman. 
Vem. name: Jthhery Thehir (S.). 
Note : Con. tube 9 mm., anthers and stigma exactly as in A. Schimperi. 
3. Rliazya Dene. 
1. R, stricta Done. PI. I’Arab. Hour, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, iv, (1835) 81 ; 
Kotschy in Sitzb. Kais. Akad. Wiss. lii, (1866) 8 ; Baker in Kew Bull. (189t) 
334. 
Habitat : I. N. Midian (Burton I). 
II. Hijaz (ex Kotschy) ; Jiddah and W. Bachara (Fischer 97 1 ); 
Jiddah (Zohrab 1 Schimp. 812! Bhrenb. 269 !). 
III. Hadramaut : Sandy or stony beds of the valley between Tokham 
and Ghafit, 200 ft (Lunt 73 ! ); Sel near Sehut (Hirsch 47 ). 
IV. Neighbourhood of Regat in Central Arabia (Pelly ! ). 
Fl. : Mar. 1865 (Pelly), Dec. 1835 (Schimp.), Dec. 1893 (Lunt). 
Fr. : Mar. 1865 (Pelly), Dec. 1835 (Schimp.). 
Distrib.: Arabia, Afghanistan, Sind. 
Veru. name r Hgrmel, adjir (Hirsch). 
Note : Named so after Rhazy an Arab physician who wrote on Botany. Voy. Tonrn. Inst. 
Isag. Spr. Hist, rei Herb. 
i. Vinca L. 
1, V. herbacea w. K. PI. Rar. Hung. 8, t. 9 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 45 ; 
Post Fl. Syr. (1896) 522. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (es Boiss ex Pest). 
Distrib. : Europe, E, Mediterranean region. 
m 
5. Nerium L. 
1. N, mascatcuse A. DO. Prodr. viii, 421 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 48. 
Habitat : IV. Masqat (Auch.-Eloy 4925). 
Distrib. : Arabia, Persia. 
3. N. Oleander L. Sp. PI. (1753) 209 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 47 ; Hook. f. 
Fl. Brit. Ind, iii, 655 ; Carter in Bee. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi, (1917) 198. 
Habitat : IV. Koweit, without number (Cox). 
Distrib. : Asia Minor to the Mediterranean region. In India found occasion- 
ally as a garden plant. 
Vern. name : Arab. “ daJlaTi ” or “ dafa Pers. ** Kheur zahara ”, the latter word 
meaning the “ asses’ bane ” which agrees with the name the Italians give to Oleander, viz. 
** Amnay a d*a3Hno*‘ Mnschler corroborates the Arabic name while both are quoted in Watt’s, 
B. £). P. 
