FLOBA ABABIGA. 
455 
%. S. guineensis Willd. Sp. PL II, 159. 
Habitat : II. Yaman (ex Fiori) ; Jebel MelLan near Wolledje, 
600 m. (S. 696a !) ; Jebel Bura, above Hille, 800 m. (S. 378). 
. Fl. : Feb.-Jan. 1889 (S.). 
Fr, : Feb.-Jan. 1889 (S.). 
Distrib. : Tropical Africa. 
Vern. name : Dermegf hharag (S.). 
€V. lEIPACEAE. 
J, Iris Tourn. ex L. 
I. I. iioreutina L. Sp. PL II, 55 ; Bot. Mag. t, 671. — /. Forsk. 
FL Aeg.-Arab. (1775) p. CIII. — I. sp. Defl. Voy. Yemen 209. 
Habitat : II. Top of Siiibam, below the old castle ; S. W. slope 
of the hill between el-Hausan and Hayjera, 2,850-2,200 m. (S. 1663). 
Fl. : Beginning of Mar. (S.). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean. 
3. I. Sisyrinchium L. Sp. PL 40. — I. aegyptia Del. in Labord. Voy. 
Arab. Petr. 82. 
Habitat : IV. From the neighb. of- Koweit and here and there in 
hollows in the neighb. of Eegat (Pelly !). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean, Orient, Afghanistan, Baluchistan. 
3. I. Helenae Barbey Herboris. an Levant (1880) 159, no. 841 ; 
Boiss. FL Or. V (1884) 132 ; Baker Handb. Irid. 19. 
Habitat : I. Desert between Egypt and Palestine near El-Arish 
(Barbey). 
Fl, : Mar. (Barbey). 
4. L palaestina Boiss. FL Or. V (1884) 122. — XipJiium pahestinum 
Baker in Seem. Journ. (1871) 108. 
Habitat : 1. Tel Abou Hereireh to Gaza (Hart). 
Fl. : Last week of Dec. (Hart). 
Distrib. : Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia. 
Gladiolus L. 
1. G. segetum Ker-Gawl. in Bot. Mag. (1804) t. 719 ; Boiss. FL 
Or. V (1884) 139 ; Baker Handb. Irid. 200 ; Musch. FL Egypt. I (1912) 
238. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Muschler). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean to Persia and Turkestan. 
3. G. segetum Ker-Gawl. var. GuepinI (Koch) Boiss. FL Or. V 
(1884) 139 ; Musch. FL Egypt I (1912) 238.-— 6^. Gmpini Koch Flora 
XXIII (1840) 466. 
