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Habitat : I. W. Ghiiriindel (Kneack.) ; Arabia Petraea (McDor^g^ld !) ;: W. 
Gennah and neighbourhood (Lord!); Sinai (Holland!); N. and S. Midian 
(Burton !) . 
II. Jiddah (Pischer 8 1 207 1 Schimp. 825 ! Zohrab 821); Taez, dry 
plains (Porsk.) ; Okeber, coffee region and J. Milhan, 900 m. (S; 814) ; 
Manakhah, 2,200 m. (S. 1909) ; near Manakhah, 2,300 m. (Dell. 356) ; JTaman 
(Botta). 
III. Dhofar Mts. : Hafa (Bent 51 ! 70 !). 
IV. Masqat (Auch.-Eloy 52651). 
Fl. : Jan. (Pischer), Jan. 1836 (Schimp.), May 1868 (Lord). 
Pa. : Jan. (Pischer), Jan. 1836 (Schimp.), May 1868 (Lord)^ 
Distrib. : Cosmopolitan. 
Vern. name : Fiss-el-Keldb, Muntineh, Sekran, Suntar, Zurbeih, Mittein, Shajaret-el' 
Muteineh (Post). 
Note : Cattle eat (Burton). 
5. C. opulifolium Schrader in DC. PI. Pr. v, 372 ; Boiss. PI. Or. iv, 
(1879) 901 ; Post Fl. Syr. (1896) 678 ; Schweinf. in Ball. Herb. Boiss. (1896) 
App. II, 156 ; This.-Dyer Fl. Trop. Afr. vi, i, (1913) 78.- — ? Q. viride Porsk. 
PI. Aeg.-Arab..,(1775) CVIII, n. 198 and p. 205. 
Habitat : II. Manakhah, 2,200-2,500 m. (S. 1603) ; J. Bura, coffee region 
above Hille, 1,000 m. (S. 578) ; dry plains (Porsk.). 
Distrib. : Europe, Tropical Africa, Orient, Arabiar 
Vern. name : Bechssen (S.), Bokeb ed djemmel (Forsk.). 
6. C. Schraderianum Roem. & Schultz. Syst. Veg. vi, 260 ; This.-Dyer 
Fl. Trop. Afr. vi, i, (1913) 80. — -G. foetidum Schrad. Mag. Ges. Berl. (1808) 
79 ; Boiss. PI. Or. iv, (1879) 903 ; Defl. Yemen (1889) 195 ; Schweinf. in Bull, 
Herb. Boiss. (1896) App. II, 156. — 0. Botrys Porsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) 
CVIII, n. 195. 
Habitat: II. Near Manakhah, 2,300 m. (Defl. 371); upper mountainous 
region, Chadra (Forsk.) ; Wasil, 1,200 m. (S. 1303) ; Schibam near Manakhaii, 
2,000 m. (S. 1910) ; Okeber and J. Milhan, 900 m. (S. 797), 
Fl. : Jan.-Mar. 1889 (S.). 
Pr. : Jan.-Mar. 1889 (S.). 
D rsTRiB. : TropicaLand S. Africa, Arabia, America, 
Vern. name: wolla (S.), Schokr el'homar (Forsk.). 
7. C. viilvaria L. Sp. PI. (1762) 321 ; Boiss, Pi. Or. iv, (1879) 901 ; Post 
PI. Syr. (1896) 678; Musoh. Fl. Eg. (19J2) 271. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Musoh.), 
Distrib. : Cosmopolitan. 
2. Spinacia L. 
1. S. oleracea L. Sp. PI. (1753) 1027; Defl. Yemen (1889) 225.-«-5. 
inermis Moench. Math. 318 ; Schenk Sp. PL it. Aeg. Arab. & Syr. (1840) 
n. 89, 
