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HECOBDS of the botanical SUBVEY of INDIA. 
2. L. epliC(lrifi>riilis Dofl. Yemen (1889) 166. — Periploca ephedriformis 
(Schweinf. ex Defl. in . Mem. Inst. Eg, (1896) 256 . — Socotora aphylla Bali, fr 
Proo. Hoy. Soc. Edinb. xii, (1883) 77. • 
Habitat : IT. Near Wasil, 1,400 m. (S. 1231 ! ) J. Bara (S^ 810 ! ) J 
Attara, 200 m (Defl.) J el Aveya, 500 m., W. Moaden (Defl.). 
Fl. : Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Fr. : Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Distrib. : Arabia, Socotra. 
Vern. name ; inarch, defuss, wodhomm, ineslat nimr (S.b 
Note: Said to have tauciug properties (Edgell). 
3. L. pyrotecliuica Dene, in A-nn. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, ix, (1838) 269 ; Boies. FI. 
Or. iy, (1879) 62^; Ded. Yemen (1889) 166; Post Fl. Syr. (1896) ,-^Oynan* 
chum pyrotechnicum For sk. F\. Aeg.- Arab. (1775) CVIIT, n. 176 and p 53.— 
Periploca pyrotecKnicum Spr. Del. Herb. Aeg., Dene. Fl. Sin. in Ann, Sc. 
Nat. ser 2, ii. (1834) 258. — L. Spartium Wight Contrib. Bot. Ind. 48; This.- 
Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. iy, 432. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea : Marcha (Schimp. 722 !) ; Mt. Sinai (Bove) > 
Dead Sea to Sinai and Egypt (ex^Post). 
II. Yaman (Boye 256 !) ; Jiddab (Zobrab 227 !) ; between Zebid and 
JReit el Fakih (Defl. 716) ; W, Mor (Forsk.); near el Hauta, near Bir Ahmed, near 
el Dhala (Defl.) ; W, Say let near de Beyt el Amir (Defl. 244 !). 
Fr. : Mar, 1831 (Bove). 
Distrib. ; Simegal. Kanem, Nubia, Kordofan, Somaliland, Arabia, India. 
Vcru.name : JJarch (Forsk.), MarJeh (Post). 
Note : For medicrtl uses ^ee Forsk. 1. c. For iconomic uses see Fiori^ 312. 
17. Ceropegia L. 
1. C. boerhaaviifolia Defl. in Mem, Inst. E^. (1896) 264 Bull. Soc. Bot. 
France, xliii, (1896) 112, 
Habitat; II. J. el Areys near Serrya, 300-400 m. (Defl. 412). 
Fl.: Mar. 1890 (Defl.). 
Disitrib. : Endemic. 
Vera, name : S^nemah (Defl.). 
18, C. rupk-Ola Defl. Yemen (1889) 167 ; Mem. Inst. Eg. (1896) 264. 
Habitat: II. Near Attara, 1,800-2,000 m. (Defl. 405); J. el Hayami (Dofl.). 
Fl, : May (Defl.). 
Distrib.: Endemic. 
3. C. Sfipiuin Defl. Yemen (1889) 167; Mem. Inst. Eg, (1896) 264. 
Habitat : II. Near Manakbah, 2,000 m. (Defl. 382). 
Fl. : May (Defl.). 
Distrib. : Endemic. 
4. 0, s^uaniDlata Dcne^ in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. ix, (1838) 263, i. IX ; Defl. 
Mem. Inst. Eg. (ISl'O) 265, 
