374. 
llECOIiDS OF TIIF BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, 
6. m. nervosa Banth. Lab. 376; Boiss. FI. Or. iv, (1879) 569; Poet Fb 
Syr. (1890) 620. 
Habitat : I. Ramleh (Hart !). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean region. 
7. M. sinaiea Benth. Lab. 380; Dene. FI. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat, ser. 2, ii, 
(1834) 249 ; Boiss. FI. Or. iv, (1879) 572; Poet FI. Syr. (1896) 621 ; Museb. 
Verb. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenb. xlix, (1907) 117. 
Habitat; 1. Mt. Sinai (Sebimp. 265! Bove 61! Lord!); between Oasis 
Feiran and foot of J. Serbal (Knenck.) ; W. es Sle (Museb.) ; el i^bor, el 
Arabab and south wai’d to Sinai (ex Post), 
Fr. : May 1868 (Lord), June 1832 (Bove), Aug. 1835 (Sebimp.). 
Distrib. : Arabia Petraea, Nubia. 
Vern. name : Silesle (Bove), suleiseleh (Post). 
8. Micromeria sp. afE. M. graecae Benth. 
Habitat : III. Hadramaut (Hirsch 157 !). 
Hr. Melissa L. 
1. M. officinalis L. Sp. PI. (1753) 592; Boiss. FI. Or. iv, (1879) 584; 
Post FI. Syr. (1896) 624 ; Museb. FI. Eg. (1912) 823. 
Habitat: I. Arabia Petraea (ex Museb.). 
Distrib. : Europe, Mediterranean region, Persia. 
11. Meriandra Benth. 
1. M. ben^alensis Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii, (1848) 262; Defl. Yemen 
(1889) 187; Fiori Bos. e Piante legn. Eritrea (1909) 331; Tbis.-Dyer FI, 
Trop. Afr. v, (1900) 456. — Salvia ahyssinica R, Br. in Salt Abyss. App. — S> 
Schimperiana Hoebst. ex Benth. l.c. 
Habitat: II. J. Nuqum, near Sanah, 2,500 m. (Defl. 481); W. Dhabr 
near Raudba, 2,300 m. (Defl. 628). 
Distrib. : Abyssinia, Arabia, cultivated in India. 
Nqtb : For economic uses see Fiori 331. 
13. Salvia L. 
1. S. aegyptiaca L. Sp. Pi. (1753) 23 ; Bbiss. FI. Or. iv, (1879) 631 ; Defl. 
Yemen (1889) 188; Post FI. Syr. (1896) 633; Museb. Verb. Bot. Ver. Prov. 
Brandenb. xlix, (1907) 118. — Melissa perennis Forsk. FI Aeg.-Arab. (1775) 
LXVIII, n. 296 and p. 108. 
Habitat : I. W. Zewerab to Beersheba (Hart !) ; W. Etbam and Akaba, 
1,000 ft. (Milne I) ; Arabia Petraea (Boiss.) ; Sinai (ex Post) ; El Tor (Museb.). 
II. Jiddab (Sebimp. 820! Fiseber 147! Zobrab 114!); 
Manakbab, 2,000 m. (S. 1537 !) ; J. Nuqum, near Sanab, 2,300-2,400 m. (Defl, 
457). 
