FLOBA ABABICA. 
873 
Distrib. : Europe, Eritrea, AbysBinia, Arabia, W. Asia, Himalayas, Green 
laxtd. 
Vern. name: Saatar (Forsk.). 
Var. august ifolins Boiss. l.c. 556; Post l.c. — T. Bovei Benth. Lab. 342. 
Habitat : I. Between Suez and Ghazah (Bove 68 !) ; near Ghazah and south- 
ward (ox Post). 
Fl.: June 1832 (Botc). 
Fr. : June 1832 (Bove). 
Distrib. ; E. Mediterranean region. 
9. Microiiieria Benth. 
1. M. abyss^inica Benth. in DC. Prodr. kii, (1848) 224; This. Dyer Fl. Trop. 
Afr. V, (I960) 453. — Melissa ahyssinira Hoohst. ex Thi.s.-Dyer l.c. 
Habitat: II. Yaman (Bolta!). 
D 18TRIB. ; Tropical Africa, Arabia. 
2. M, biflora Benth. Lab. 378; Defl. Yemen (1889) 187. — M. punctata 
Benth. l.c. ; Kotschj in Sitzb. Kais. Akad. Wise. Hi, (1866) 8. — M. Schimperi 
Vatke in Linnaea xxxvii, 326. — Satureia ovata et punctata R. Br. in Salt Abyss. 
App. 64. 
Habitat : II. Near Wasil, 800-1,200 m. (Defl. 256) ; W.isll, 1,400 m. (S. 
1121 !) ; Mt. Kahel, near Manakhah, 2,500 m. (Defl. 279) ; W. Mazeb near 
Mauakhah. 2,200 ra. (Defl. 381) ; J. Reyami (Defl. 557 !) ; Okeber, J. Milhan, 
1,400 m. (S. 801 !) ; Hijaz (ex Kotschy) ; iu the mountains (Botta). 
Fl. : Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Fr. : Jan. and Feb. 1889 (S.), Apr. 1890 (Defl.). 
Distrib. : Tropical and S. Africa, Arabia, India. 
Vern. name : schumniesa, J ubusse (S.), 
3. M. Forskablei Benth. Lab. 379. — Thymus imbricatus Forsk. Fl. Aeg.- 
Arab. (1775) CXIV, n. 360 and p. 108. 
Habitat : II. Upper mountainous region, Kurma (Forsk.). 
Distrib. : Endemic. 
4. M. microphylla Benth. Lab. 377; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 572; 
Balfour Socotra 240. 
Habitat : Arabia (ex Balfour). 
Distrib. : Mediteri'anean region, Arabia, N. India. 
5. M. myrtifolia Boiss. et Hoheu. Diagn. PI. Or. ser. 1, v. 19. — M. 
Juliana Benth. Lab. 373. yar. myrtifolia Boiss. Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 570; Post 
Fl. Syr. (1896) 620. 
Habitat : I. Ramleh (Hart !). 
Distrib. ; Mediterranean region. 
