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RECORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Muscbler). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean. 
CVI. AMARILLIDAOEAE. 
1. Pancratium Dill, ex L. 
I. P, maritimum L. Sp. Pi. (1753) 291 ; Boiss. FI. Or. V (1884) 
152 : Baker Handb. Amaryll. 118 ; Muscb. FI. Egypt I (1912) 235. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Muscbler). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean. 
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P. tortuosum Herb, in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. I, IV (1840) 28 ; 
Baker Handb. Amaryll. 120. — P. tortifolium Boiss. Diagn. ser. I, XIII, 
18. 
Habitat: II, Jedda (Zobrab 101!, Fiscber 941, Scbimp. 876 1); 
Aden (Thomson !). 
III. Dbofar Mts. (Bent 153). 
Fl. : Feb. (Fiscber), Apr. 1861 (Thomson), Dec. 1835 (Scbimp.). 
Distrib. : Arabia, Egypt, Nubia. 
3. P. trianthum Herb, in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. I, IV (1840) 28.^ — 
P. tenuifolium Hocbst. in A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. II (1851) 312. 
Habitat : II. Haifa, Wady Moaden (Defl.). 
Distrib. : Tropical Africa, Arabia. 
4. P. Sickenbergerii Ascbers. & Scbweinf. in Gartenzeitg. II (1883) 
345 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. V (1884) 153 ; Baker Handb. Amaryll. 118. 
Habitat: I. Wady-es Sheikh, Wady Barak and Wady Lebwel 
(Hart 1) ; from Akaba to Ain Abon Weirideb (Hart) ; between Suez 
and Mt. Sinai (Boiss. 1) ; Bir el Facbme (Sickenb.) ; Bir Abu Elfein 
(Barbey). 
Fl. : Nov. and Dec. (Hart). 
Distrib. : Egypt, Sinai. 
Vern. name : Aissalan (ex Boiss.). 
5. P. maximum Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) Descr. 72 ; Scbweinf. 
in BuU. Herb. Boiss. (1894) App. II, 82. 
Habitat : II. Jebel Melhan, near Wolledje, 600 m. (S. 699 !) ; 
Jebel Bura, above Hille, 900 m. (S. 352 I) ; Aden (S. 109 !) ; near Taes 
(Nicbbur). 
Fl. : Dec. 1888 (S.). 
Distrib. : S. Arabia, Nubia. 
Observ. : Flowered at Aden on the 6tb day after heavy rain (S.). 
Vern. name : Bastal er robach (=»bulb of the baboon) (S.). 
