nECOnnS of the BOfANlCAl SXlRVEt OF tNbtA. 
LXVII. ASCLEPIDACEAE. ‘ 
I. Feriploca L. 
1. P. apljylla Ocne. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 109, t. 116; Boiss. FI. Or. iv, (1879) 
60 ; Post FI- Syr. (1896) 524 ; This.-Dyer FI. Trop. Afr. iv, 257. 
Habitat: I. Sinai (Auch.-Eloy 1502!); Desert of Sinai (Bove). 
? Central Arabia : Ravine passed on Mar. 2nd (Pelly !). 
Distrib. : Nubia, Egypt, Arabia, Persia, N.-W. India. 
Vern. name : Murch (Felly), Halah (Post). 
Noib : Eaten abundantly (Pelly 1. 
3. Steinlieiler Dene. 
1. S. radians Dene, in Ann. So. Nat. ser. 2, ix, 339 ’jAnders. FI. Aden. (1860) 
24; Defl. Yemen (1889) 163; Mem. Inst. Eg. (1896) 256; Blatt. Fi. Aden (1915) 
247. — Asclepias radians Porsk. FI. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) CYIII, n. 182 and p. 49. 
Habitat : I. N. Midian (Burton !). 
II. Hijaz : Mt. Cara (Schimp. 1028 !) ; Beit el Pakih (Porsk.) ; 
Hes (Defl.) ; Jiddah (Zohrab 92 1 ) ; Shuqra (S. 74 1 Defl.) ; Aden (Perry ! 
Hil^eb. 76 8b ! Balfour, Lunt 346 ! Anders. ! Thomson ! 01. & Cl. 1 Defl ! S. ! ) ; 
neighbourhood of Aden (Hunter 99 !). 
III. Hadramaut : High Plateau (Hirsoh 19). 
Fl. : Jan. 1880 (Balfour), Mar. 1881 (S.), Apr. 1891 (Lunt), May 1873 
(Hildebr.), June 1872 (Hildebr,), 
Fr. : June 1872 (Hildebr.). 
Distrib. : Arabia, Somaliland. 
Vern. name : Faka* (burton). 
Note s The unripe follicles are edible (Hildebr.). 
3. Glossoueina Dene. 
1. G. arabicnm Defl. in Mem Inst. Eg. (1896) 257. 
Habitat : II. J. Nakhai (Defl. 522). 
Fl. ; Mar. & Apr. 1890 (Defl.). 
Distrib. ; Endemic. 
3. G. Eoveamilll Dene, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, ix. 335, t. 12, I, D ; Poiss. 
Fl.-Or. iv, (1879) 61; This.-Dyer Fl. Trop. Afr. iv, 292 ; Blatt. Fl. Aden 
(1915) 243 . — Cynanchum Bovean\^m Dene. PI. PArab. Heur- in Ann. So. Nat. ser. 
2, iv, (1835) affine N. E. Br. in Kew Bull. (1895) 24i9.’—Petalo8temma 
Chenopodii R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. App. ^Oomphocarpus pauciflorus Hochst. et 
Stead, in Schimp. PI. Abyss, n. ^20. 
Habitat : II. Yaman : Near Ferihe (Sebimp. 920 I ) ; Jiddah (Ehrenb. ! 
Zobrab 134 ! 158 ! Fischer 198 ! ) ; Aden (Thomson ! Lunt 338 ! Boycott ! 
Bdgew. 1 Birdw. ! Defl. IS.!); Red Sea : Perim Is. (Farmer ! ). 
III. Hadramant (Hii*soh 21a) 
Fl. : Apr. Ib94 (Lnnt), Deo.— Jan. (Fischer), 
Fb. : Feb. 1836 (Schimp.). 
Distrib. : Egypt, Nubia, Eritrea, Abyssinia, Arabia. 
