FLOUA AFABICA 
865 
Fl.: Apr. 1872 (Hildebr.). 
Fr. ; Apr. 1872 (Hildebr.). 
Distrir. : Mediterranean region, ^!b^iibia, Arabia. 
6. Premiia L. 
I. P. resiliosa Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi, 637 ; Tbis.-Dyer Fl. Trop. Afr. v, 
(1900) 289 ; Fiori Bos. e Piante legn. Eritrea (1909) ‘d2\l,~~-iIolochiloma 
resinosum Hoohst. in Flora (1841) 371. 
Habitat : II. Agara, Hajeilah (S. 1058 !). 
Fl. : Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Fr. : Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Distrib. : Nubia, Eritrea, Arabia. 
Vern . namn : Schuggah (S.). 
Note : For economic uses see Fiori. 
7. Aviceniiia L. 
1 . A. officinalis L. Sp. PI. (1753) 110 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 537 ; Deff. 
Yemen (1889) 185; Post Fl. Syr. (1896) 611 . — Sceura marina Forsk. Fl. Aeg.- 
Arab. (1775) CV, n. 85 and p, 37; — A. alba Blum Bijd. 821 ; Done. PI. PArab. 
Heur. in Ann. Sc.^Nat. ser. 2, iv, (1835) 79. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea : near Esmain (Schimp. 736 I) ; Ras Maban 
{Ehrenb. !) ; Arabia Petraea to Egyptian desert (ex Post) ; Red Sea : Hanish 
Isl. (Slade 2 !). 
I. II. Common on the islands of the Red Sea (Forsk.). 
II. Shores of Yaman (Botta) ; Jiddah (Zohrab 310 !) ; Yaman, salt- 
marshes (Bove 229 !) ; near Mantar (Defl, 30). 
Fl. : Aug. 1833 (Schimp.). 
Fr. : Aug. 1833 (Schimp.). 
Distrib. : Throughout India in salt-marshes and tidal creeks;. Ceylon,. 
Malaya, shores of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. 
Vern. name: Schora (Bove and Schimp.), Shaurah (Post), Germ schura (Forsk^* 
Note : For economic uses see Forsk. 
LXAIX. LABIATEAE. 
Ocimum L. 
1 . 0. Basilicum L.; Forsk. Fl. Aeg.- Arab. (1775) CXIV, n. 362; Benth. 
in DC. Prodr. xii, (1848) 32; Defl. Temen (1889) 226; This. -Dyer Fl. Trop. 
Air. V, (1900) 336. — 0. graveolms A. Br. in Flora i, (1841) 265. — 0, 
petitianum Rich. Fl. Abyss, ii, (1851) 176. 
Habitat : II. Lohaja, cultivated in the plains (Forsk.) ; Yaman, cultivated 
(Defl.) ; Buyable at Aden (Hirsch 129). 
Distrib. ; Tropical Africa and Asia, often cultivated. 
Vern. name: Haehakf Bihdn (Forsk.), Schogor, Hibag, Hdhaq (Hirsch). 
0. cauuiu ? Sims in Boir. Mag. t. 2452 ; This.- Dyer Fl. Trop. Afr. v, 
(1900) 337. 
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