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Habitat : I. W. Akaba (ex Post) ; deserts in the neighbourhood of El Tor 
(Bove). 
IT. Damp and diy plains near hills, Lohaja and Mor (Forsk.) ; 
21 ear Hodeidah (Deft. 27) ; Aden (Lunt 353 ! ) ; Little Aden (Defl.). 
Fl. : Apr. 1894 (Lunt). 
Fr. ; Apr. 1894 (Lunt). 
Distrib. : Tropical Africa, N. Africa, Arabia, Syria, India. 
Vern. name: Lebbaejde, Lehbejn^ Melaehene (Forek.), Lihhein (Fogt). 
Var. glabrata Mnell.- Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV, ii, 34; Schweinf. in Bull. 
Herb. Boiss. (1899) App. II, 314. 
Habitat : II. Tehama : Bajil (S. 559) ; Jiddah (Schimp. 754 1 Fischer 
173 !) ; near Gum fuda (Ehrenb. !) ; Aggara near Hajeilah, 400 m. (S. 1064). 
IV. Masqat (Auoh.-Bloy 5304 !). 
Fl.: Jan. and Feb. 1889 (S.), Feb. (Ehrenb.^. 
Fr. : Jan, and Feb. 1889 (S.), Feb. (Ehrenb.), Dec. 1836 (Schimp.). 
Distrib. : Tropical Africa, Arabia. 
30. E. liadramautica Baker in Kew Bull. (1894) 341. 
Habitat: III. Hadramaut : Bir-Backban, 3,500 ft. (Lunt). 
Distrib. i Endemic. 
31. E. helioscopia L. Sp. PI. (1862) 658 ; Boise. Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 1107; 
Defl. Yemen (1889) 198; Post Fl. Syr. (1896) 721; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. 
Boiss. (1899) App. II, 330. 
Habitat : I. ’Arabia Petraea (ex Post, Schimp.). 
II. Manakhah, 2,400 m. IS. 466! 1619); Mefhak and Sanah (Defl. 
572). 
Fl. ; Mar. 1889 (S.). 
Fb.: Mar. 1889 (S.). 
Distrib. : Europe, N. and S. Africa, E. Mediterranean region, America. 
Vern. name : Staade (S.), rumude. 
33, E, bypericifolia L. Sp. PI. (1753) 454; This.-Dyer Fl. Trop. Afr. vi, i, 
(1913) 498; Blatt. Fl. Aden (1915) 321.— E. indica Lam. Bnc^^cl. ii, 423; Boiss. 
Fl. Or. iv, (1879) 1086; Lefl. Yemen (1889) 198 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. 
Boiss. (1899) App. II, 313; Musch. Verb. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandeub. xlix, 
(1907) 107.— E. decumhens Forsk. FL Aeg.- Arab. (1775) CXII, n. 313. 
Habitat: II. Surdud (Forsk.) ; W. Fatimah near Unaert (Schimp. 757 !) ; 
W. Fatimah (Fischer 183 I); Wulej, J. Milhan, 500 m. (S. 628 !) ; Wasil, 1,400 
m. (S. 1079); J. Bura above Hille, 900 m. (S. 471); Aggara near Hajeilah, 
400 m. (S. 903) ; near Lahadj, cultivated (Defl.) ; near Hajeilah, 600 m. (Defl. 
161); Aden (Hook., Anders., Marohesetti ?) ; Yaman (Botta). 
III. Dhofar Mis. (Bent 531). 
IV. Mftsqat (Aach.-Eh>y 5301 I Bent 21). 
Fl. ; Jan. 1889 (S.), Feb. (Fischer)^ Fob. 1836 (Schimp.). 
Fr. ; Jan. 1889 (S.), Feb. (Fischer), Feb. 1836 (Schimp.) 
Distrib, ; Throughout all warm regibas. 
Vern. name ; Melaehene (Forsk.). 
