388 
HECOEDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
Post FI. Syr. (1896) 669; Carter in Pec. Bet. Surv. Tnd. vi, (1917) 201. — P. 
decumbens Forsk. 1. c. LXII, n. 96 and p. 30.— -P. argentea Desf. FI. Atl. ii, 
136; Del. Frag. FI. Arab. Petr. (1833) n. 15 ; Dene. FI. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 
faer. 2, ii, (1834) 245. 
Habitat : T. Arabia Petraea (Boiss., DeLaborde) ; Arabia Petraea : Hauara 
(Schimp. 203 !) ■; Desert of Sinai (Bove). 
IV. Sprinkled all over the plain [from Koweit to Ragah (Pellj !). 
Fr. ; Mai . 1835 (Schimp.). 
Distrib. ; Mediterranean region to N. W. India. 
Vern. name: Jeneimeh, Kihash^ LugmeUen'N cVjeh (Post). 
15. P. phaeostoma Boiss. et Heldr. Diagn. PI. Or. ser. 2, iv, 71; Boiss. 
FI. Or. iv, (1879) 892 ; Post FI. Syr. (1896) 671. 
Habitat : I. W. Zewerah and southward to Sinai (ex Post) ; Arabia 
Petraea : W. Mokatteb (Boiss.). 
Distrib. : Egypt, Arabia Petraea. 
16. P, Psyiiiuiil L. Sp. PI. (1753) 115; Dene FI. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 
Her. 2, H, (1834) 245; Schenk Sp. PI. it. Aeg. Arab. & Syr. (1840) n. 96; 
Boiss. FI, Or, iv, (1879) 891; Post FI. Syr. (1896) 671; Kneuck. in Allg. 
Bot Zeitsch. iz, (1903) 150. 
Habitat; I. Arabia Petraea (McDonald!); N. and Central Midian 
(Burton!) ; W. es Sle, W. Tarfa, W. Rutig, Plain of Raha (Kneuck.). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean region, Abyssinia to India. 
Note : Animals ©at (Burton). 
17. P, s^iuarrosa Murr. Comm. Goett. (1781) 38, t, 3 ; Boiss. FI. Or. 'iv, 
(1879) 892 j Poet FI. Syr. (1896) 672.— P. aegypHaca Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 28. 
Habitat ; I. Desert of Sinai (Bove 47 I). 
Fl. : June 1832 (Bove). 
Fr. : June 1832 (Bove). 
Distrib. : E. Mediterranean region. 
Vern, name : Mischata (Bove)* 
18. P. Stricta Schousb. Marocc. 35; Del. Frag. Fl. Arab. Petr. (1833) n. 
16 ; Schenk Sp. PI. it. Aeg. Arab. & Syr. (1840) n. 95; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv, 
(1879) 891 ; Post Fl. Syr. (1896) 671.— P. rw^osa Bochst. in Schimp. Ph 
Abyss. 
HiiBiTAT : I. Arabia Petraea (DeLaborde). 
DiSTrtb. : N. and Tropical Africa, Arabia Petraea, Palestine, Syria, Persia. 
hXXXL NYCIAGlBiACEAE. 
1. Mirabilis L. 
t M. Jalapa L. Sp. PI. (1753) 177; Defl. Yemen (1889) 191 ; This.-Dyer 
Fl. Trap. Afr. vi, i, (1913) 2. 
