PLOBA ABABICA. 
355 
10, R. patuIa'Jacq. VAR. villosa Defl. in Ball. Soc. Bot. France xliii, (1896) 
220. 
Habitat: II. Near Serrya (Defl. 417, 924, 952). 
Distrib. : Endemic. 
Vern. name: ref ref (Defl.). 
2. Fliaylopsi.^ Willd. 
1. P. imbricata nov. corcb . — RuelUa imbricata Forek. FI. Aeg.-Arab. (1776) 
CXV^, n. 381and p. 113; Vabl Symb. BotAi, (1791) 73. — P. parvi flora Willd. Sp. 
PI. iii, 342; This. -Dyer FI. Trop. Afr. v, (19U0) 83. 
Habitat : II. Boka (Forsk.). 
.Distrib. : Tropical Africa, Arabia, India. 
3, RlepSsarjs Juws. 
1. B. edulis Pers. Syn. ii, 180; Defl. Yemen (1889) 181 ; Post Fl. Syr. (1896) 
607 ; Blatt. Fl. Aden (1915) 284 - — Acanthus edulis Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. (1776) 
CXV, n. 391 andp. 114 ; Vahl Symb. Bot. i, (1790) 48.— A. imhrimtus Edgew. 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xvi, \^\*1 .—Acanthodium spicatum Del. Fl. Eg. 97, t. 33 f. 
2 ; Frag. Fl. Arab. Petr. (1833) n. 20 ; Dene. PL I’Arab. Hear, in Ann. Sc. Nat. 
ser. 2, iv, (1B35) 80. 
Habitat : I. From Dead Sea to Sinai and Egypt (ex Post) ; Sinai (Bove) ; 
Arabia Petraea: Nakkeb (Sch’mp. -367!); Arabia Petraea (McDonald! De 
Laborde) ; W. Gennah (Lord !) ; W. El Ain (Hart 1) ; Sinai : W. Igne (Drake 
105 !) ; N. and S. Midian (Barton !). 
TI. Mt. Sidr (Fischer 113 1) ; Jiddah (Zohrab 40 ! Fischer 148 1) ; 
everywhere in the Tehama and near Sanah and Taez (Defl.); Lohaja, Mor 
(Forsk.) ; J. Maammara, J. Djenoat (Botta) ; Aden (Perry ! 01. & Ci. ! Lent 311 ! 
Hook 84 1 Madden 1 Thomson 1 S.l Defl. ! Anders.. ! Edgew. 1 Birdw. !) ; Yam an 
(Lunz !) ; Central Arabia (Pelly March 2nd 651). 
IV. Masqat ^Auch.-Bloy 5221 1). 
Fl. : Jan. 1863 (01. CL), Feb. (Fischer), Mar. 1837 (Fischer), Apr.-May 
(Fischer), Apr. 1894 (Lnnt), Dec. 1847 (Hook.). 
Fr. : Jan. 1863 (01. &/ 0L), Mar. 1878 (Perry), Apr. 1861 (Thomson), Dec. 
1847 (Hook.). 
Distrib. : Egypt, tropical Africa, Arabia, Persia, Baluchistan. 
Vern. name : chdferah (S.), sTiauTc-ed-dihh (Post), (Forsk.). 
Note : Camels fond of it (Burton). 
Var. con^esta Rolfe in Kew Bull. (1894) 338. 
Habitat : II. Neax Shibam 1,000 ft. (Lnnt 1761). 
Fl. : Jan. 1894 (Lunt). 
Fr. :'3an. 1894 (Lunt). 
Distrib. : Endemic. 
3. B. maderaspatensis Heyne ©x Roth Nov. Sp. 320. — B. hoerhaaviaefoUa 
Pers. Syn. ii, 180 ; Thia.-Dyer'Tl. Trop. Afr. v, (1900) 96 ; Balfour PI. Socotra 
2U . — Acanthns maderasjpateneis Forsk. FI. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) CXV, n. 390. 
