394 
BECORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
Distrib. ; Canary Islands, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Tripolitania, 
Cyrenaica, W. Marmarica, Arabia Petraea, Palestine, Syria, Persia, Balucbig- 
tan. 
Vein, name : Gherat (Bov4). 
5. Sclerocephalus Boiss. 
1. S. arabiCUS Boiss. Diagn. PI. Or. ser. 1, iii, 12; FI. Or. i, (1867) 748.— 
Paronychia sclerocephala Dene. FI. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, iii, (1835) 26i 
Habitat: I. Arabia Petraea (McDonald!); W. Gennah (Lord 1) ; Sinai 
desert (Bove). 
IV. Masqat (Auch.-Eloy 45131). 
Fr. ; Apr.'May 1808 (Lord). 
Distrib. : Canaries, Egypt, Arabia, Persia. 
6. Pteranthus Forsk. 
1. P. dicliotomus Forsk. FI. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) LXII, n. 1('0. — P. echinatus 
Desf. FI. Atl. i, 144 ; Dene. FI. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, ii, (1834) 244 ; 
Boiss. FI. Or. i, (1867) 752; Post Fi. Syr, (1896) 164. — P. Forskahlei Mirb. in 
Hist. Nat. PI. ed. 2, x, 130. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (McDonald !) ; W. Atal (Sebimp. 433 !) ; 
Sinai and southward and eastward (ex Post) ; sandy neighbourhood of El Tor 
(Bove). 
' II. Mt. Sidr (Fischer 99 1), 
Fl. : Feb. (Fischer). 
Fr. : Mar. 1835 (Schimp.). 
Distrib. : N. Africa, E. Mediterranean region. 
Vern. name : El alteres (Schimp.). 
7. Coinetes L. 
1. C, abyssinica B. Br. in Wall. Pi. As. Rar. i, 18, t. 18; Boiss. Fl. Or. i, 
(1867) 753 ; Defl. Yemen (1889) 192; Post Fl. Syr. Q896) 164; Schweinf. 
in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1896) App. II, 176; Musch. Verb. Bot. Ver. Prov. 
Brandenb. xlix, (1907) 85; This.-Dyer Fl. Trop. Afr. vi, i, (1913) 14; Blatt. 
Fl. Aden (1915) 297. — Saltia ahysnnica R. Br. in Salt Abyss. App. 64. 
Habitat : I. J. Hammam-Sidna*Musa, J. Nakus (Musch.) ; S. Sinai and 
southward (ex Post). 
II. Near Ferihe (Schimp. 8221); Jiddah (Zohrab 140 !) ; W. 
Fatimah (Fischer 31 !) ; Shuqra (S. 110) ; near Sanah, 2,30(^ m. (Defl. 542) , 
Aden (Hook. 70 ; Perry ! Thomson 1 S. 46 ! 76 1 Balfour 1 Defl., Ellenb. 
Busse, Marchesettl). 
HI. Dhofar Mts. : Merbat (Bent 4 !) ; W. Bagren near Mukalla 
(Hirsch 25). 
Fl. : Feb. (Fischer), Nov. 1888 (S.). 
Fr.: Feb. 1836 (Schimp.), Mar. 1881 (S.), Nov. 1888 (S ), Dec. 1847 
(Hook.). 
