FLORA ARADICA 
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3. 0. edule N. E. Br. in Kew Bull. (1895) 183. 
Habitat : III, Foot of Dhofar Mts. (Bent 175. ! ) ; Hadramaut (Hirscli 21 b). 
DiSTRiB. : Endemic. 
Note : Eaten as sTlad (Bent) 
4. Solenostemma Hayne. 
1 . S. Argcl Hayne, Arzneyk. Gewiichse ix, 38 ; Boiss, FI. Or, iv, (1879) 
50 ; Post Fl. Syr. (1896) 525 ; This.-Dyer FI. Trop. Afr. iv, 402, — Gynan- 
chum Argel Del. in Mem. Eg, iii, 319. — Argelia Delilii Dene, in Ann. Sc. Nat. 
sev. 2, ix, 331, t. 11, f. G. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea : Wady Gnira (Sebirap. 376 ! 437 !) ; Sina* 
Peninsula (Holland ! ) ; Wadies S. of Dead Sea and southward (ex Post). 
Fl. : July 1835 (Schimp.). 
Distrib. : Nubia, Kordofan, Egypt, Arabia Petraea. 
Vern. i.ame : *Arjel (Po'st). 
6. Oiystelma R. Br. 
1 . 0. esculewtuill R. Br. var. Alpini. N. E, Br. in This.-Dyer Fl. Trop. 
Afr. iv, 382.— 0. Alpini Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii, 543 ; Post Fl. Syr. etc. 
(1896) 525. -0. segypticum Dene. 1. c. 504. — Periploca Secamone Del. Fl. Aeg. 111. 
56 (non L.). 
Habitat : T. S. of Dead Sea and southward (ex Post' 
Distrib. : /Xbyssitiia, Egypt, Arabia Petraea, Syria. 
Vern. name : Libbeiu (Post). 
6, Calofropis R. Br. 
1, C. procera R. Br. in Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 78 ; Del. Frag. FI. Arab, Petr. 
(1833) D. 38 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 57 ; Defl. Yemen (1S89) 164 ; Mem. 
Inst. Eg. (1896) ^8 ; Baker in Kew Bull. (1894) 334 ; Post. Fl, Syr. (1896) 
526 ; This.-Dyer Fl. Trop. Afr. iv, 294 ; Musch. Verh. Bot. Ver. Prov. 
Br^ndenb. xlix, (1907) 113 ; Blatt. Fl. Aden (1915) 244. — Asrlepias gigantea 
Forsk. Fl. Aeg. -Arab. (1775) CVIII, n. 184.—A. procera Willd. Sp. PI. i, 1263. 
Habitat : I. Sinai to Tor (Lori !) ; Sinai (Holland !) ; from Dead Sea to 
Sinai and Egypt (ex Post) ; Wady os Sle (Knenck.) ; Arabia Petraea (De 
Luborde) ; Desert Ka’a (Qdusch.) ; Wady Hebran (Schimp. 412). 
II, Jiddah (Fischer 155 !) ; near Ydiz and Mefhak, 1,800 m. 
(Defl,) ; near Taez, 1,300 m. (Defl.) ; near Hodeidah and Merawa (Defl.) ; Aden 
(Lunt 326 ! Perry ! Defl. ! S. ! Birdw. ! ). 
III. Hadramaul : Between Sibeh and Tahiyeh, 1,300 ft.- (Lunt 
113 !) ; Hadramaut : Everywhere (Hirsch 99), 
Fl. : Feb. & Mar. 1837 (Fischer), Mar.-Apr. 1878 (Perry), Apr, 1894 (Lunt), 
June 1868 (Lord), Dec. 1893 (Lunt). 
Fr. : Mar. & Apr. 1878 (Ferry), Apr. 1894 (Lunt), Dec. 1693 (Lunt). 
Distbib. : Tropical Africa, Egypt, Arabia, Persia, Afghanistan, 
Vern. name: ^Oscher (Hir.ich) ^Ushr, 'ushar, Mantaneh (Post). 
Name of fruit : heid^el *ushar. 
