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RSCORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
Note : ‘‘ H, ad^nenss Gilrke is nearly allied to H. strigoium (Forak.) Willd. and seems to 
approach S. albo-hispidum Baker in Kew Ball. 1895, p. 220 wluch occurs in Somaliland. Not 
long ^0 two species from iltidramaut have been described, viz. H. conge stum Baker and jBT. 
drepanophi/llum Baker, ^vbich S. adenense is chiefly distinguished by its lax and erect 
inflorescence.’* Krause 1. c. 
,#e had no opportunity of c< 'ug the type-specimen of this species, and the London herbaria 
do nc ontuu any speciinen ccxieaponding to the above description. 
S, H. arbaineiise Pres. Mus. Senck. i, 168; Dene. FI. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat 
ser. 2, ii, (1834) 255; Schenk Sp. PI. it. Aeg. Arab. & Syr. (1840) n. 145 ; Post 
FI. Syr. (1896) 534 ; This.-Dyer PI. Trop. Afr. iv, ii, 36; Masch. Verb. Bot. 
Ver. Ppov. Brandenb. xlix, (1907) 115. 
Habitat : 1. W. es Sle, W, Tarfa (Kneuck.) ; Et Tih (ex Post) ; Desert of 
Tor (Bove 87 ! Musch.) ; Arabia Petraea (McDonald |) ; Sinai (Auch.-Eloy 
2377 !) ; W. Hebran (Schimp. 225 !) ; W. Shoikh (Boiss.) ; W. Arbain, 5,000 ft. 
(Riippell) ; N. and Central Midian (Burton !). 
II. W. Patimah (Schimp. 847 !) ; Jiddah (Zohrab 105 ! Botta !). 
Fl. : Feb. 1836 (Schimp.), June 1832 (Bove). 
Fr. : Feb. 1836 (Schimp.), June 1832 (Bove). 
Distrib. : Nubia, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, Afghanistan. 
Vem. name: Mtsere {Bove)^ Rahdh, Quffeh (Post). 
Note : Cattle eat (Burton). 
3. H. bacciferam Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) CV, n. 106 and p. 88. 
HiBiTAT: II. Loliaja (Forsk.), 
Distrib. ; Endemic. 
Vern. name : Eahhfa (Forsk.). 
4. H. fiottfle Defl. Yemen (1889) 172. 
Habitat: II. Near Sanah and Raudha, 2,300 m. (Defl. 5008) ; near Taex, 
1,300 m. (Defl. 690) ; Yaman (Botta) 
Distrib. : Endemic. 
5. H. cinerascens Steud. ex DC. Prodr. ix, 534; This.-Dyer Fl. Trop. 
Afr. iv, ii, 39. 
Habitat ; Tropical Arabia (ex This.-Dyer). 
Distrib. : Abyssinia, Eritrea, Arabia. 
6. H. OOn^estirai Baker in Kew Bull. (1894) 336. 
Habitat : III. Sandy plains between Ghafit and Sibeh, 600 ft. (Lnnt 83 !). 
^ Fl. : Deo. 1893 (Lunt). 
Fr. : Deo. 1893 (Lnnt). 
Distrib. : Endemic. 
7. H. corassavicnm L. Sp. Pi. (1753) 130; Forsk. Fl Aeg.-Arab. (1775) 
CV, n. 109 and p. 38 ; This.-Dyer Fl Trop. Afr. iv, ii, 35. 
Habitat: II. Yaman (Forsk.). 
Distrib. : America, now foand in many places of the Old World. 
