810 
JRECOnm OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
S. L. spillJ>Carpos Aschers. Yerli. Bot. Ver. ProY. Brandenb. xvi, (1874) 88. — 
Echinospcrmum Vahliamnn Lehm. Asp. n. 103; Dene. FI. Sin. m Ana. Sc. Nat, 
6©r. 2, ii, (1834) 255. — E. sjoinocarpos Boiss. FI. Or. iY, (1879) 249. — Anchusa 
spinocarpos Forsk. FI. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) LXXII, n. 115 and p. 41. — -Myosotis 
spinocarpos Vabl. Syinb. Bot. ii, (1791) 32. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (Boiss. !) ; foot of Mt. Sinai (Schimp. 178 !) ; 
desert of Sinai (Bove) ; Convent of St. Catherine, Plain of Raba and W. es 
Sheikh (Kneuck.). 
Fl.: Mar. 1846 (Boiss.), Apr. 1835 (Schimp.). 
Distrib.: E. Mediterranean region, Persia, Afghanistan, Baluchistan. 
Tern, namo : KUiterai (ex Boiss.), 
8. Echiochilon Desf. 
1. E. fruticosiim Desf. Fl. Atl. i, 67, tab. 47, DC. Prodr. x, 27 ; Del. Frag. 
Fl. Arab. Petr. (1833) n. 31 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 211 ; Post Fl. Syr. (1896) 
640; Blatt. Fl. Aden (1915) 261. — Lithospermum divaricatum Sieb. Herb. Palaest. 
Spreng. Syst. i, 543. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (Boiss. ; DeLaborde) ; Et Tih, Sinai (ex Post). 
II. Aden (Birdw.!). 
Distrib. : N. Africa, Egypt, Nubia, Arabia, Palestine, Syria.- 
Vern. name : Mu^heirAy Kahhdleh (Post). 
3. E. longiflornm Benth. in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1277 ; Gurke in Engl, and 
Prantl Pflanzenf. iv, 3, 130; Blatt. Fl, Aden (1915) 261. 
Habitat : II. Aden (Perry 9 ! Beevor ! Birdw.!). 
Pl. : Feb. 1900 (Birdw.), Mar. 1878 (Perry), 
Fr. : Mar. 1878 (Perry). 
Distrib. : Endemic. 
Note : This species was discovered by Perry in March 1878. It seems to be very rare. Perry 
says in a letter to Sir J. D. Hooker, dated Aden, 20th April 1878: “ During a month’s rambling 
over the North and West sides of Aden, I have only seen one solitary specimen of this plant.” 
Herb. Kow. 
9. Asperugo L. 
1. A. procnniliens L. Sp. P!. (1753) 138; Dene. PI. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 
2, ii, (1834) 256; Schenk Sp. PI. it. Aeg. Arab, and Syr. (1840) n. 161 ; Boiss. 
Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 275; PostPl. Syr. (1896) 540. 
Habitat ; I. Arabia Petraea (McDonald !) ; Sinai (Auch.-Eloy 2345 ! BovO- 
Fl. : Apr.- May (ex Post). 
Distrib. : Europe, N. Africa, temperate Asia. 
Vern. namo : Silesle (Bov6). 
10. Symphytom L. 
1. S. orientale L. Sp. Pl. (1753) 136; Boiss. FI. Or. ir, (1879) 171 -Post 
Syr. (im) 541 ; Musch. Fl. Eg. (19121 793. 
