FLOMA ABABWA, 
891 
Fl. : Jan 1893 (Borura.), Apr. 1894 (Limt), Doc. 1888 (S.), Dec.-Jan, 
(Fischt r), 
Fr. : Jan. 1893 (Bornm.), Apr. 1894 (Ijunt\ Dec. 1835 (Scliimp.), Dec. 
1888 (S.). 
Distrib. ; Cosmopolitao in the tropics. 
Tern, name ; rugma (S.). 
Var. COlljun^ens Aschers. & Sohweinf. 
Habitat : II. .iiddah (Ehrenb. !). 
Var. diffusa Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. iv, (18^5) 709 ; Dene. PI. DArab. Heur. 
in Atm. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, iv, (1835) 83; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 1045 ; Sch’ 9 veinf. 
in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1890) App. IT, 166. — B. diandra Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. 
(1775) CII. n. 2 and p. 3. 
Habitat : II. J. Bura, Hille, 500 m. (S.) ; Wulej, J. Milhan, GOO m. (S. 
651), Mor, Surdud, Beit el Fakih, Uahfad (Forsk.) ; Yaman (ex Dene.). 
IV. Masqat (Auch.-Eloy 5252). 
Distrib. : Tropical Africa, Arabia, India. 
Vern. name : Rugma (S.), Fudeijef, Rokdma, Ckaddir (Forsk.). 
Var. iindulata Aschers.-Schweinf. in 111. Fl. d^Eg 136, n. 051 ; Scliweiiif. in 
Bull. Heib. Boiss. (1896) App. II, 166; Mu.sch. Verb. Bot. Vor. Prov, 
Brandenb. xlix, (1907) 83. 
Habitat: I. J. Hammara-Sidna-Musa (Muscli.). 
Distrib. : Egypt, Arabia. 
Var. viscosa Choisy in DC. Prodr. xiii, ii, (1849) 453 ; Dell. Yemou (1889) 
102. — B. diffusa Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) Oil, n. 3 and p. 3. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (Schimp. !), 
II. Dry plains, Dahhi (Forsk.); W. Djara (Ehrenb.!); near 
Mantar (Defl. 24); Jiddah (Zchrab 191 !); Yaman (Botta). 
IV. Masqat (Bornm. 194 !). 
Fl. : Feb. (Ehrenb.). 
Fr. : Jan. 1893 (Bornm.). 
7, B. Tcrticillata Poir. Encycl. V, 56; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 1044; 
Post Fl. Syr. (1896) 673; Defl. Yemen (1889) 191; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. 
Boiss. (1896) App. II, 166; This. -Dyer Fl. Trop. Afr. vi, i, (1913) 6; Blatt, 
Fl. Aden (1015) 204. — B. 5cancZen« Ehrenb. exs. PL Sinai; Kotschy It. Nub. 
n. 144 et It. Syr. n. 126 ; Anders. Journ. Linn. Soc. v, Suppl. p. 33 (non L. 
Sp. PL ed. 3, 14 et Choisy in DC. Prodr. xiii, p. 454).— -B. stollata Wight Ic. t. 
875.— -J5. dichotoma Vahl Enum. PL i, 290.— B. repanda Willd. Sp. Pi.i, 22, — ■ 
B. grandijiora Rich. Hohen. in Schimp. PI, Abyss, n. 2309. 
Habitat : I. Sinai (Anch.-Eloy 2490, Holland) ; W. Gennah and neigh- 
bonrhood (Lord) ; El Araba and southward (ex Post). 
II. Jiddah (Zohrab 46, Schimp. 742, Fischer 171 ); Mor (Ehrenb.) ; 
near El Hami (S. 177, 198); W. Mor (Forsk.) ; Hajeilah 500-700 m. (Defl, 75 
