380 
RECORDS OF THE BOTAHICAL SVRVEY OF INDIA. 
21, Ballota L. 
1. B. damascena Boisoi. Diagn. Pi. Or. ser. 1, xii, 87; FI. Or. iv, (1879) 
772 ; Post FI. Sjr. (1896) 654; Musch. FI. Eg. ii, (1912) 832. 
Habitat : I Arabia Petraea (ex Musch.). 
Histbib. ; Egypt, Arabia Petraea, Palestine, Syria. 
Vern. name; Asaghan (Post). 
2. B. undulata (Fres.) Beuth. Lab. 595; Boiss. PI. Or. iv, (1879) 773; 
Post FI. Syr. (1896) GoA.—Marruhium undulatum Fres. Mus. Senck. i, (1834) 
92 ; Dene. FI. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, ii, (1834) 250. 
Habitat: I. Arabia Petraea (McDonald!),; Sinai (Eh renb.); Desert of 
Sinai (Bove 58 !) ; Foot of Mt. Sinai (Schimp. 423 !) ; Mt. Sinai (Lord !) ; W. 
Gennah (Lord !) ; W, Rim, 3,000 ft. (Ruppell) ; southward to Ei-Tih and 
Sinai (ex Post). 
FI. : May 1868 (Lord), June 1832 (Bove), July 1835 (Schimp.). 
Fr. : May 1868 (Lord), June 1832 (Bove). 
Distrib. : E. Mediterranean region, Mesopotamia. 
Vern. name ; RaJchza (Bove). 
22, Otostegia Benth. 
1, 0. arabica Jaub. & Sp 111. Pi. Or. t. 380 ; Defl. Yemen (1889) 189‘. 
Habitat : II. J. Nuqum, near Sanah, 2,400-2,600 m. (Defl. 462, 489) ; 
between Sanah and Metne near Beyt Adran, 2,400 m. (Defl. 565) ; J. Yabdur 
(Defl. 590 1) ; Tayfa (Botta I). 
Fr. : Apr. 1890 (Defl.). 
Distrib. : Endemic. 
2, 0. Bentbamiana Jaub. & Sp. 111. PI. Or. t. 379 ; Defl. Yemen (1889) 189. 
Habitat: II. W. Hawayat, near Hajeilah, 700 m. (Defl. 171); J. 
Maammara (Botta). 
Distrib. : Orient region.. 
3. 0. fruticosa Schweinf. ex Penzig in Atti Oongr. Bot. Geneva (1893) 
356. — 0. scariosa Benth. in DO. Prodr. xii, (1848) 522 ; This. -Dyer PI. Trop. 
Afr. V, (1900) 495. — -0. moluccoides Jaub. & Sp. 111. PI. Or. t. 378 ; Boiss. FI. 
Or. iv, (1879) 777; Post FI. Syr. (1896) 655. — Glinopodium fruticosum Forak. 
FI. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) CXIV, n. 357 and p. 107. 
Habitat : I. Sinai (ox Post) ; W. Hamme (Ekrenb.) ; W. es Sle fKneuck.) ; 
Midian (ex This. -Dyer). 
II. Middle and low / mountainous region, Hadijah (Forsk.) ; 
Yaman : J. Maammara (Botta!). 
Distrib. : Abyssinia, Arabia, 
4. 0. snicropliylla Asohers.-Schweinf. 111. FI. d*E^, (1889) 122; Musch, 
Verb. Bot. Yer. Prov. Brandenb. xlix, (1907) 118.*— 0. Schimperi Boiss. FI. 
Or. iv, (1879) 776 ; Post FI. Syr. (1896) 655. — Ballota Schimperi Benth. in 
