FLORA ARABICA. 
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8. A. caudatns L. Sp. Pi. (1753) 990 ; Boiss. PL Or. iv, (1879) 988 ^ Pont 
Pi. Sjr. (1896) ^75; Schweinf. in Ball. Herb. Boiss. (1896) App. II, 163 
Musch. FI. Eg. i, (1912) 306. 
Habitat : 1. Arabia Petraea (ex Musoh.). 
II. Bajil, 150 m. (S. 640). 
Fl. ; Jan. 1889 (S.). 
Distkib. : Widely onltivated in the tropics. 
Vera, name : *Urf-ed’Dik (Post). 
3. A. chlorostachys WiUd. Amarant. 34, n. 26, t. 10, f. 19; Boiss. Fl. Or. 
!▼, (1879) 988; Baker in Kew Ball. (1894) 340; Post PI. Syr. (1896) 675. 
Habitat : III. CaltiTated at Ghatan (Lnnt). 
Distrib. : In all warm countries. 
Vern. name : Dadh (Lnnt). 
Nora : Used as a vegetable (Lnnt). 
4. A. gi&ng^tiCUg L. Sp. PI. (1762) 1403; Defl. Yemen (1889) 193.— A. 
tristis L. 
Habitat : II. W. Kebir (Ellenb.) ; Lahaj, onltivated (Defl.). 
Distbib. : Widely cultivated in the tropics. 
Vern. name; woder (Elienb.). 
5. A. graecizans L. Sp. Pi. (1753) 990; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 
(1896) App. II, 163 ; This.-Dyer PI. Trop. Afr. vi, i, (1913) 34. 
Habitat: IL Shaqra (S. 77). 
Distbib. : Tropical Africa, Arabia. 
«. A. hybridas L. Sp. PI. (1762) 1406 ; Porsk. PI. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) 
OXXI, n. 548. 
Habitat ; II. Taman (ex Willd.) ; Zebid (Porsk.). 
Distbib. : In all warm oonntries. 
Vern. name : Sckat^aret erraaf (Forsk.). 
7. A. manfostanos D. Gent, i, 32. 
Habitat : III. Onltivated at Katan, 1,150 ft. (Lnnt 163!). 
Pl. : Jan. 1894 (Lant). 
Fb. : Jan. 1894 (Lnnt). 
Distbib. : Arabia, India. 
Vem. name : Dadk (Lnnt). 
8. A. oleraeens L. Sp. PI. (1762) 1403; Porsk. FL Aeg.-Aiab. (1775) 
CXXI, n. 547. 
Habitat : 11. Cultivated in plains, Kadmie (Porsk.). 
Distbib. : In all warm oonntries. 
Yem. name : Sehedaeb kindi (Forsk.). 
9. A, panicalatBSli. Sp. PL (1762) 1406; Boiss. PL Or. iv, (1879) 980. 
Habitat: II. OidtiYated ground in the nssghbonrhoed of Lahaj (Defl. 
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