FLORA ARAB 10 A. 
889 
Habitat: II. Near ScHbam, Kaukaban, 2,600 m. (Defl. 619) ; Foot of Mt. 
Sabor near Djennat (Botta). 
Bistbib. : Native of Peru. 
3. Boer liaa via L. 
1. B. ascendens Willd. Sp, PL i, 19 ; This.-Dyer FI. Trop. Afr.vi, i, (1913) 
4. 
Habitat : II. Mor (Ehrenb. !). 
III, Dhofar Mts. : Hafa (Bent 5 !). 
Fk. : Mar. (Ehrenb.). 
Distrib. : Tropical Africa, Arabia. 
3. B. eie^ailS Choisy in DC. Proclr. xiii, ii, 453 ; Boiss, PI; Or. iv, (1879) 
1045 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1896) App II, 166 ; This.-Uyer FI. Trop. 
Afr, vi, i, (1913) 3 ; Blatt. FI. Aden (1915) 295, — B.'repens yar. elegans Asohers. 
& Schweinf. in Schweinf. Beit. FI. Aeth. 169.— -B. rubicunda Steud. Nom. ed. 2, 
i, 213. 
Habitat : II. Mt. Sidr and Kesser (Fischer 159 !) ; Mt. Sidr (Schimp. 741 !) ; 
Shuqra (S. 98 !) ; Mt. Dja,ra and Cara (Ehrenb. !) ; Adeu (Beevor 58 ! S. 6i ! 
Thomson ! Hook. 92 ! Defl., Edgew., Balfour, Birdw.). 
IV. Masqat (Bent 14 ! Auch.-Eloy 5251 !). 
Fl. : Feb. (Fischer, Ehrenfb.), Feb. 1837 (Thomson). 
Fe. : Feb, (Fischer), Feb. 1836 (Schimp.), Feb. 1837 (Thomson), Mswp. 1881 
(S.), Nov. 1888 (S.). 
Distrib. : Tropical Africa, Arabia to Baluchistan and Sind. 
Noth : For economic uses see This.-Dyer. 
Yab. stenophylla Boiss. Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 1046. 
Habitat : IV. Masqat (Anch.-Eloy 5250). 
Distrib. : Arabia, Baluchistan, 
3. B, ^llltinosa Vahl Enum. i, 287 ; Defl. Yemen (1889) 192. 
Habitat : II. Near Bajil, 180-200 m. (Defl. 44) ; Yaman (Botta). 
Distrib. : Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 
4e B. pedunculosa Rich. Fl. Abyss, ii, (1851) 210 ; Defl. Yemen (1889) 
192 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1896) App. II, 168. 
Habitat : II. J. Nuqum, near Sanah, 2,500 m. (Defl. 472), 
Distrib. : Abyssinia, Arabia. 
5. B. plumbaginea Cav. Ic. t. 112 ; Boiss. Fl. Or, iv, (1879) 1044 ; Post 
Fl. Syr. (1896) 673 ; This.-Dyer FL Trop. Afr'. vi, i, (1'913) 6, 
Habitat : I. Er Rym (Holland !) ; W. Nash (Drake 51 !). 
II. W. Fadhli (Defl. 1045 !) ; Wasil, W. Hedjan, 1,200 m. (S. 
1249 1) j Tayfa (Schimp. 741 !) ; W. Fatimah near Harames (Schimp. 909 !), 
III. Merbat (Beiit"24 !) ; W. Sigem near Mukalla (Hirsoh 67). 
