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HECOIiDS OF THE BOTANICAL SUItVEY OP INDIA. 
Habitat; I. W. Nasb (Drake 44!); Sinai; W. Kyd (Holland!); Arabia 
Petraca (ex Boiss.). 
ly. Masqat (Auch.-Eloy 5031 !). 
Distrib. : Central and S. Europe, N. Africa, Egypt, Arabia, Palestine, Sjria> 
Persia. 
Vern. name: E'nih (Drake), *tnab-ed-dih (Post). 
S8. S, Aailthoearpum Scbrad. & Wendl. Sert. Hanov. i, 8, t. 2. var. Jacquini 
Dun. in DC. Prodr. xiii, i, 303. 
Habitat : IV.'Near Masqat (Borom. 481). 
Pr. : Jan. 1803 (Bornm.). 
DrSTRiB. ; Of species ; Tropics of the old World. 
S. Capsicum L. 
1. €. aiillimmL. Sp. Pi. (1753) 188; Defl. Yemen (1889) 225; Baker in 
Kew Bull. (1894) 337 ; Blatt. FI. Aden (1915) 2C9. 
Habitat : 11. Yanian (Defl.) ; Aden (Defl. !). 
III. Cultivated at Katau, 1,150 ft. (Lunt 165 !), 
Fl. ; Jan. 1894 (Lunt). 
Fr. : Jan. 1894 (Lunt). 
Distrib. : Widely dispersed in the tropics, probably original from S. America. 
Vern. name : Bushas (Lunt), Fuleijileh (Post). 
Note; Deers is of opinion that C, annuum has been brought to Aden not very long ago. 
As a matter of fact, no botanist before Defiers haw reported this plant as growing in Aden. 
S. C. friltescens L. Sp. PI. (1753) 189; Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) CVI, 
n. 135. 
Habitat • II. Beit el-Fakih (Forsk»). 
Distrib. : Cultivated throughout the tropics. 
Vern. name: darfelfel (Porsk.), Guinea bird, or African pepper, 
8. Witliania Pauq. 
1. W. SQMIlifera Dun. in DO. Pradr. xiii, i, 453 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 
287 ; Defl. Yemen (1889) 177 ; Baker in Kew Bull. (1394) 337 ; Post Fl. Syr. 
(1896) 568; This. -Dyer Fl. Trop. Afr. iv, ii, 249; Musch. Verb.. Bot. Yer. Prov, 
Brandenb. xlix, (19J7) 119 . — Phymlia aomnifera Forsk. Fl. Aeg.»Arab. (1775) 
LXIIl, n. 1.^0; CVI, n. 133. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Post) ; El Tor (Musch.) ; N. Midian (Burton !). 
II. W. Fatimah (Fischer 25 !) ; near Jiajeilah, 600-800 m. (Defl. 
81,1'’5) ; Mor, Surdud, Hadiyah, Beit el Fakih (Forsk.), 
III. Alrail, 2,000 ft. (Lunt 118 !) ; W. Yidnut (Hirsch 48). • 
Fl.; Feb. 1837 (Fischer), Dec. 1893 (Lunt). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean region, tropical and S. Africa, Arabia, Palestine, 
Persia, India. 
Vern. name ; Barde, Oh'tbt Uarale esscTiefa, saekaran (Forsk.), Sharmah ?, Batm> 
Ohaiyeskah? (Palmer), Sekrdn, Merjdtiy Semm-el-Far, KhasraqUt, Fuqqueish (Post) y Wub 
(Post wrongly (P). 
Note: animals do noteat (Barton), cf. Plinius xxi, 105; Theophrast ix, ii, 5. 
