FLORA ARABIGA, 
451 
yClX CJMEI'ACISAE, 
I. Ephedra Toum. ex L. 
I. E. alata Decne. Ejium. pi. rec. par Bove. Ann. Sc. N^at. Iser. 
II (1835) 239, var. Decaisnci Stapf in Denkschr, d. Mathem.-Naturw. 
Classe d. Kais. Akad. d. WissenscL.. Wien (1889) 37. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (McDonald !) ; Oasis Farrun, Wady 
Sbellal, between Kas Abu Zenime and WAdy Obarandel, and between 
Wady Charandel and Wady Werdan (ex Kneuck.) ; Tib Desert (Boiss.) ; 
Sinai Valleys (Bove, Auch.). 
E. follata (Boiss.) Stapf in Denkscbr. d. Matbcm.-Natuxw, 
Classe d. Kais. Akad. der Wissensch. Wien (1889) 49, t. 2 and 10, f, 
1-11, var. cillata Stapf 1. c. — E. ciliata Aitcbison FI. Kurum Valley 
(1882) 187. — E. foliata Aitcb. Bot. Affgban. Bound. Connniss. 112. — 
E, Alte Brandis For. FL 501, t. 69. — E. 'peduncularis Boiss. 1. c. 717. — 
E. asparagoides Griff, Not. II, 340. 
Habitat : II. Aden (S. 106 !, Thomson, Defl. !, Perry !). 
Fl. : Apr. 1878 (Perry), May 1886 (Defl.), Dec. 1888 (S.). 
Fr. : Feb. 1857 (Thomson), Apr. 1878 (Perry), May 1886 (Defl.), 
Dec. 1888 (S.). 
Distrib. : Punjab, Sind, Persian Baluchistan, Turkestan and west- 
wards to S 3 iTia. 
S, E. Alte C. A. Mey. Monogr. d. Gattung Ephed. (1846) 75, t. 3, 
fig. 4 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. V (1884) 715. — E. aphylla et distachya Forsk. Fl. 
Aeg.-Arab. (1775) LXXVII. — F, altissima Del. Descr. de TEg. 110 (non 
Desf.). 
Habitat : I. Raphidim (Schimp. 280 !) ; Bestam (Schimp. 316 1) i 
Sinai (Auch. 2873 !) ; Mt. Catherine (Drake 2 1); top of Mt. Sinai 
(Bove 214 !). 
Fl. : June 1832 (Bov4), July 1835 (Schimp.). 
Distrib. : Egypt, Syria, Cyrenaica, Somaliland. 
V©m. name s Aelde-gammel (Bov6), Alte (Schimp.), 
4.'E. fragllls Desf. Fl. Atlant. II, 372. 
Habitat : I. Wady Arabah (Hart). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean, Arabia. 
€. COMFEISAE. 
I. Cupressus Tourn. ex L. 
I. €. sempervireiis L. Sp. PL 1002. 
Hjlbitat : I. Jebel Musa, ca. 2,100 m., probably cult, (ex Kneuck ) ; 
Arabia Petraea (McDonald !) very likely planted. 
Distrib. : N.-W. India, planted only. The horizontally branches 
variety is wild in N. Persia, Syria and Asia Minor. 
