FLORA ARABICA, 
34S 
Habitat; I. Sinai (Post 512 !); near el Araba (ex Schenk); borders of Et 
Tih and southwards (ex Post) ; N. Midian (Burton !) ; Arabia Petraea (Boiss.)** 
Distrib. : Tripoli, Egypt, Arabia Petraea, Palestine. 
Vern name: Nimwdr, Shuqeirah, Sufeirah (Post), Haelava (Forsk.). 
8. Ij. Kneuckeri Bomm. in Allgem. Bot. Zeitschr. (1909) 130. 
Habitat : I. W. Timan, W. Mossagawet (Knenck.). 
Fl. : Apr. 1904 (Kneuck.). 
Fr. : Apr. 1904 (Kneuok.). 
Distrib. .* Egypt, Sinai. 
9. L. maeileilta Dene. Fl. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, ii, (1834) 252; 
Kotschy in Sitzb. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Hi, (186^) 11; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 
369 ; Post Fl. Syr. (1896) 584 ; Blatt. Fl. Aden (1915) 271. 
Habitat ; I. Sinai (Anch.-EIoy 1901 !) ; desert of Sinai (Bove 74 ! 75 !) ; W. 
Hebran (Schimp. 147 !) ; W. el Ain (Hart !) ; Central and S. Midiau (Burton !). 
II. Hijaz (ex Kotschy). 
Fr. : June 1S32 (Bove), June 1835 (Schimp.). 
Distrib. : Endemic. 
Vem. name; Degaiga, Roufaya, (Bov^, Haldweh (Pogt). 
Note : Animals eat (Burton). 
10. L. niicrailtiia Spreng. Syst. ii, 794; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 375; Post 
Fl. Syr. (1896) 585. 
Habitat: I. Arabia Petraea: Arbain (Schimp. 119!). 
Fl. : Apr. 1835 (Schimp.). 
Fr. ; Apr. 1835 (Schimp.). 
Distrib.: Mediterranean region to Persia. 
11 . L. safjrittata Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 6060; This. -Dyer Fl. Trop. Afr. if, 
ii, 291. — -L. gracilis R. Br. in Salt Abyss. App. 64. — L. propinqua R. Br. 1. c. 
Habitat: II. Aden (S. I Deft. 1 Birdw. ! Beevor!). 
III. Dhofar Mts. : Merbat (Bent 2 1). 
Distrib.: Canaries, N. Africa, Nubia, Eritrea., Abyssinia, Somaliland, Arabia. 
Note: It is evident that i. is very variable in habit, shape aud size of the leaves, 
and the length of the peduncles. Hemsley and Skan found that many of the specimens cit6<l by 
them in the Flora of Tropical Africa ” (vol. vi, part ii, page 291) had been named L. macilenta 
Pene. instead of Z. Hook. f. L, macilenta is different in habit, has much shorter 
peduncles, minute flowers add much smaller capsules. 
L, SCalamni Schweinf. MS. in Herb. Kew. 
Habitat: II. Wasil, on terraces 1,400 m. (S. 1149). 
Fl.: Feb. 18S9 (S.). 
Fr.: Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Distrib.: Endemic. 
13. ii. siMplex DC. FI. Fr iii, 588; Kneuck. in Allg. Bot. Zeitschr. ix, 
(1903) 149. — L. arvensis Desf. flaviflora Boiss. Fl. Or. tv, (1879) 375; Post 
Fl. Syr. (1896) 685. 
