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RECORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
7. Asclepias L. 
1, A. Forskalii Roem. & Shultz S h VI, 85 ; Defl. in Mem. Inst. Eg. (1896) 
258. — A. nivea Forsk. Kl. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) CVIII, n. 183 and p. 51. 
Habitat : II. Lohaja (Forsk.), 
Distrib. : Endemic, 
Vern. name ; Qhaschoe (Forsk.). 
2, A. fruticosa L. Sp. PI. (1 53) 216 ; This.-Dyer FI. Trop, Afr. iv, 830.— 
Oomphocarpus fru/icosus R. Hr. in Mem. Wern. Soc. i, 38 ; Boiss. FI. Or. iv, 
(1879) 61 ; Defl. Vemen (1889) 163. 
Habitat : I. Wadies S.of Dead Sea (Tristram). 
II. Near Manakbah, 2,400 m, (Defl. 261) ; near Sanah, 2,300 m. 
(Defl. 552) ; near Taez (Defl.) ; near Hayfan and Serrya (Defl.). 
Distrib. ; S. Europe, Africa, Mascarene Islands, Arabia, 
Vera, name : *ArJel (Post). 
3. A. setosa Forsk. FI. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) CVIII, n. 181 and p. 51. — Gomphocar- 
pus setosus R. Br. in Mem. Wern. Soc. "i, 38jKotscliy Sitzb. Kais. Akad. Wiss. lii, 
(1866) 8; Defl. Yemen (1889) 164 ; Mem. Inst. Eg. (1896) 258 ; Baker in Kew 
Bull (1894) 335. 
Habitat : II. Round Hes and Taez (Botta) ; near Attara, 1,800 — 2,000 m. 
(Defl. 267) , near Taez, 1,300 m. (Defl. 679) ; Okeber, J. Milhan (S, 810 !) ; 
Hijaz (ex Kotseby) ; near Hadiyah and Zebid (Forsk.). 
Hi. Hadramaut : near Bir-Backban, 3,500 ft. (Lunt 197 !). 
Fl. : Jan. 1889 (8.), Feb. 1894 (Lunt). 
Fr. ; Feb. 1894 (Lunt). 
Distrib. : Eudemic. 
Vern. name!’. Sahia^ dhraeha (Forsk.), soubhahy sihhah, Kusche (S.). 
4. A. sinaica Museb. Fl. Eg. ii, (1912) 753. — Gomphocarpus sinatcus Boiss. 
Diagn. PI. Or. ser.l, xi, 80 ; Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 61. — G. fruticosus Dene. Fl. Sin, 
in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, ii, (1834) 258. 
Habitat : I. Sinai (Holland ! Drake 29 I Ebreub. j Aucb.-Eloy 1511); Sinai 
Peninsula : W. Gennab and neigbbouibood (Lord !); Desert of Sinai (Bove 93 ! 
Sebimp. 379 !); Dead Sea to Sinai (ex Post); Arabia Petraea (McDonald ! ); 
Arabia Petraea : W. Feiran (Boiss. !) ; W. es Sbeikb (Hart !) ; W. Tarfa, W. es 
Seb& ‘yie and W. Sobu'aib (Kneuck.). 
II. Taifa (Botta) ; Hijaz (Sebimp. 1029 !) ; Yaman (Defl. 620 !). 
Fl. : Mar. 1846 (Boiss.), May 1868 (Loid), June 1832 (Bove), June 
(Sebimp.). 
Fr- : Mar. 1846 (Boiss.), May 1868 (Lord), June 1835 (Sebimp.) 
Distrib. : Egypt, Arabia, Palestine. 
Vern. name : Aryel (IJove), *Argel Oheil, Ohalqat-ed'Dih (Post), HerJee (Sobimp.). 
8. Ranahia R. Br. 
1, K, laxiiflora R- Br. in Mem. Wern. Soc. i, 40; This. -Dyer, PI. 
Trop. Afr. iv, 296 ; Blatt. Fl. Aden (1915) 252. — Asclepias lanijiora Forsk. Fl. Aog.- 
