FLORA ARABIC A. 
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10. fj. Cactus Elironb. ex Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv, ii, 82 ; Schweiiif. in 
Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1599) App. II, 321.— J5. antiquorum var, major articulata 
Forsk. FI. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) 93. 
Habitat: II. W. Kamme (Ehrenb.) ; Wasil, 1400 m. (S. 1939 !) ; Tehama; 
el Americh (S.480!) ; coffee region above Hille and J. Bura, 1,000 m. (S. Ib78). 
Fl.: Jan.-Feb. 1889 (S.). 
F'k. : Jan.-Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Distrib. : Endemic (cf. Brown in This.-Dyer Fl. Trop. Afr. vi, i, (1913) 
601). 
Veru. name: Oholak, Kaelah (Forak.), (S.), in Tehama (3.). 
1 1 . E. caiiarieiisis Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) CXII, n. 307; Defl. 
Yemen (1889) 201. — ? E. polyacantha Bois?. Cent. Euphorb. 25. 
Habitat ; II. Middle mountainous region, Djobla, Taez (Porsk.) ; valleys 
round Y«liz aud Mefhak, 1,600-1,800 m., foot of Mt. Sabor, near Taez, 1,300 m. 
(Defl.). 
Distrib. ; Endemic. 
Vern. name : Kassas (Fovsk.) 
13. E. cliamaepcplus Boiss. & Gaill. Diagn. PI. Or. ser. 2, iv, 88. var. 
Sinaiea Boiss. Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 1113 ; Post Fl. Syr. (1896) 723. — E, 
sinaica Hochst. ex Boiss. 1. c. 
Habitat : I. St. Catherine (Schinap. 234 !) ; Sinai (ex Post) ; Plain of 
Kaha (Knouck.). 
Fl. : Apr. 1835 (Schirap.). 
Fr. : Apr. 1835 (Schimp.). 
Distrib. : Egypt, Arabia Petraea, Palestine. 
13, E. chaniaesyce D. Amoen. Acad. 115; Kotschy in Sitzb. Kais. Akad. 
Wiss. Hi, (1866) 13; Boiss. PI. Or. iv, (1879) 1088; Post Fl. Syr. (1896) 718; 
Museh. Fl. Eg. (1912) 601. 
Habitat; I. Arabia Petraea (ex Museh.). 
II. Hijaz (ox Kotschy). 
Distrib,; Mediterranean region to Persia, 
14. E. cornilta Pers. Syn. ii, 17 ; Dene. Fl. Sin. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, 
ii, (1834) 241; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 1093; Post PI. Syr, (1896) T19.~~E. 
retusa Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) LX VII, n. 257 and p. 93. 
Habitat ; I. Plain of Baha, W. es Shaikh, Oasis Feiran, foot of Sorbal 
(Kneuck.) ; Sinai (Anch.-Bloy 2032! Holland!); Sinai ; near Sen nod (Drake 
80 !) ; Desert of Sinai (Bove 199 !) ; Et-Tih and Sinai (ex Post) ; Arabia 
Petraea (McDonald! Boiss.! Schimp. 337); W. Gennah and neighbourhood 
(Lord !) ; W-. Nash (Lord !) ; N. Midian (Burton ! ). 
Fl. ; Mar. 1346, (Boiss.). Mar. 1868 (Loid), June 1832 (Bovej. 
Fr. : Mar. 1846 (Boiss.), Mar. 1868 (Lord), June 1832 (Bove), 
DiSTkiB. ; N. Africa. Arabia Petraea. 
Vein, name ; Melhein, Lihhein, N<fii*mdniffeht As’ad, Libhaneh (Post), Melbaejn, Nooma* 
nie (Forsk.), Om-el-bMe Libeina {T)rake){ Atir (Barton). 
