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ItECOIiDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
This.-Djer FI. Trop. Afr. iv, ii, 41.— Beliophytum longiflorum A. DC. in 
DC. Prodr. ix, 555. 
Habitat : II. Mor (Elirenb. 163 ! 164 !) ; Shuqra (S. 82 Tihamah : Marrana 
( S. 172 !) ; Jiddah (Z ohi-ab 2 ^6 !) ; S. of J. «1 Arejs, 250 m. (Ded. 370 !; ; W. 
Jaluii near Juma (Lunz 13 !) ; Mt. Sidr (Fischer 2 ! Schitnp. 842 !) ; Laliaj (Defl 
159 !); Yatnau (Botta) ; near Hajeilah, 600 m. (Uefl. 60). 
III. Palm garden at Alrail, 2,000 ft. fLunt 125!); Dhofar Mts 
(Bent 121 !) . y , a. 
Fl. r Feb. 1836 (Schimp.), Feb. 1837 (Fischer), Mar. 1881 (S.), Mar. 1890 
(Defl.), Dec. 1888 (S.), Dec. 1889 (Defl.), Dec. 1893 (Lunt). 
Fr. : Feb. 1836 (Schimp.), Mar. 1881 (S.), Mar. 1890 (Defl.), Dec. 1888 (S.), 
Dec. 1889 (Defl.), Dec. lS’93 (Lunt). 
Distrib. : Tropical Africa, Arabia. 
Vern. name : choneira (Lunz). 
Note : Used as a purgative by Arabs (Lunz). 
Var. iophoearpa Jaub. & Sp. 1. c. t. 361. 
Habitat : II. Tarfa (Botta). 
Distrib. ; Endemic. 
15. H. luteum Poir. in Lam. Encyclop. Suppl. iii, 22 ; Kotschy in Sitzb. 
Kais. Akad. Wiss. lii, (1866) 9 ; Post Fl. Syr. (1896) 534. — II. lineatum Del. 
111. Fl. d’ Eg. 37, t. 17 {non Vahl). — Lithospermum diqynum Forsk. Fl. Ae^ - 
Arab, (1775) LXII, n. 108 and p. 40. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (Me Donald !) ; near Tor (Bore) ; from Dead 
Sea to Sinai and Egypt (ex Post). 
II. Hijaz (ex Kotschy). 
Distrib. : Egypt, Arabia, Palestine, Syria. 
Vem. name ; hismahffureish, halamah, rehatnah, ruff hi, natath (Post). 
16. H. OphiogJossuin Stocks ex Aitch. Cat. PI. Punjab p. 94 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. 
iv, (1879) 145; Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 149; Blatt. Fl. Aden (1915) 256.— JET. 
stylosum Franch. Sort. Somal. in Miss.Revoil p. 45, tab. 4 {non Philippi'), 
Habitat : II. Aden (S. 31 ! Beevor 25 ! Perry 1 Lunt ! Birdw. !). 
Fl. : Mar. 1878 (Perry), Mar. 1881 (S.). 
Fr. : Mar. 1878 (Perry), Mar. 1881 (S.). 
Distrib. : Somaliland, Arabia, Persia, Baluchistan, Sind. 
17. H. ovalifoliura Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. (1775)’ CV, n. 110 and p. 38; 
This.-Dyer Trop. Afr. iv, ii, 34'; Musch. Fl. Eg. ii, (1912) 784,— H". apicula- 
turn E. Mey. in Drege Pflanzeng. Doc. 93. — H. Kunzti Lehm Ic. & Desc. Stirp. 
19, t. 29 ; Boiss. Fl, Or. iv, (1879) 130. — H. cinereum R. Br. in Salt Abyss. 
App. 63. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Musch.). 
II. El Hami (S. 1631); Hadiyah (Forsk.); Agara, Hajeilah (S. 
1020 1). 
III. Dhofar Mts. (Bent 86 !). 
Fl.: Feb. 1889 (S.), Apr. 1881 '(S.). 
Fr. : Apr. 1881 (S.). 
Distrib, : Mediterranean region, Tropical and N. Africa, Araoia. 
