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BECORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF IN Dr A. 
9. Piclioiidra Forst. 
1 B. f6peilS Forat. Gen. (1776) 40, t. 20* Hallier f. ia Btigl. Bot. Jahrb ^ 
xviii, 82 ; Tliis.-Dyer FI. Trop. Afr. ii, 65. 
Habitat : II. Wasil, 1,400 m. (S. 1257) ; Yaman (S. 2151). 
Distrib. : Cosmopolitan. 
19. MiMebrandtia Yatke 
I. M. africaiia Ya*^ke in Monalsbor. Acad. Berlin (1876) 865; Bot, ZYiL 
(1876) 361; This. -Oyer PI. Trop. Afr. iv, ii, 69. 
Habitat ; II. S. W. of J. Nakai, 800 m. (Uefl. 374, 499). 
Fl. : Mar. 1890 (Dcfl.). 
Distrib. : S >maliland, Yaman. 
It. Cressa L. 
I. C Cretiea L. Sp. PI. (1753) 223; Forsk. Fl. Aecr.-Arab. (1775) CVHB 
n. 205; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 114; Pest Fl. Syr. (1893) 564; This l)y<-r FI. 
Trop. Afr. iv, ii, 72; Musch. Yerh. B 4. Yer. Prov. Brandenb. xlix, ( I907j 114. 
Habitat : I. A abia Petraea (McDonab I ) ; Ain Musa (Steuder 941 ! ) ; Et 
Tib (ex Post) ; S. of Philistine coast (ex Post) ; El Tor (Musch.). 
II. Jiddah (Zohrab 85, 213 I ) ; Gumfuda (Forsk ). 
III, Dhofar Mts. : Hafa (Bent 64 ! ). 
Distrib : Cosmopolitan. 
Vern name : ghorara (Forsk.), nad<iueh, ahu-hosahah, mullSgh, sehoch {Mii/fch.). 
Note : Anthyllion and Anthyllum of the Roncans (Plin. xxi, 103; xxvi, 51, Dioscar, III, 
CXLIII). 
IZ. Cuscuta L. 
1. C. arabica Fres. Mus. Senck. i, (1833) 165 ; Boifis. Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 120 ; 
Post Fl. Syr. (1896) 565 ; This.- Dyer Fl. Trop. Afr. iv, ii, 204. 
Habitat ; I. Arabia Petraea (Ruppell , Bove) ; Raphidim (Schimp. 140 !) ; 
Sinai (Holland ! ) ; Sinai Peninsula : W. Feiran and neighbourhood (Lord 1 ) 
Dead Sea to Siaai and Egypt (ex Post). 
il. Jiddah (Zohrab 224 ! ). 
Fl. : May 1835 (Schimji.), May 1868 (Lord). 
Distrib. : Eritrea, Abyssinia, Egypt, Arabia, Palestine, Syria. 
Vern. name: Dan el erneb (Schimp.), Khaniq-el-kirsenneh (Postj. 
S. C. brevistyla A. Br. ex Rich. Fl. Abyss, ii, (1851 ) 79; Boiss. FJ. Or. iv, 
(1879) 773 ; Post Fl. Syr. (1896) 565. 
Habitat : I. Sinai (ex Post) ; Mt. Sinai (Botta). 
Distrib. ; Abyssinia, Arabia - Petraea, Palestine, Syria, Persia, Afghanistan, 
Tibet. 
3. C. Epilimmi Weihe Prodr. Monast, (1824) 75; Boi.ss. Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 
118 ; Post Fl. Syr. (1896) 565; Musch. Fl. Eg. ii, (1912) 773. 
Habitat ; i. Arabia Petraea (ex Musch.). 
Distrib. ; Eorope, Cstoariee, Egypt, Arabia Petraea, Palestine, Syria. 
