FLORA ARABICA. 
471 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (ex Muschler). 
Distrib. : Egypt, also common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic 
region. 
CXVI. ARACEAE. 
1. Arisaema Mart. 
1. A. enneaphyllum Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. FI. Abyss. II (1851) 
352 ; Defl. Voy. Yemen (1889) 215. 
Habitat : II. Yaman at the tops of Jebel Shibam near Menacha, 
2,800 m. (Defl. 347) ; on the way from Shibam to the castle Kaukaban, 
2,600-2,800 m. (Defl. 621) ; Wady Suleymen, 2,400 m. (Defl. 574) ; 
top of Jebel-el-Sumara, on the way from Yerim to Ibb, 2,800 m. (Defl.). 
Distrib. : N. African Steppen Province, Abyssinia, Yaman. 
3. A. Bottae Schott Prodr. (1860) 42 : Engl, in DC. Mon. Phan. II 
(1879) 551. 
Habitat : II. Yaman, Ahl el caf (Botta !) ; Haifan (Defl.) ; Mt. 
Sabor (Botta !). 
Distrib. : Abyssinia, Eritrea, Yaman. 
3. A. flavum Schott Prodr. (1860) 40 ; Engl, in DC. Mon. Phan. 
II (1879) 548. — Arum flavum Forsk. FI. Aeg.-Arab. p. CXX, n. 525 
(1775) 157. 
Habitat : II. Neighb. of Aden (Hunter 268 !) ; near Taaes (Forsk. 
in Herb. Univers. Kiel.). 
Distrib. : Abyssinia, Eritrea, Yaman, Afghanistan, Kurram Valley, 
subtropical western Himalaya, Garhwal. 
Colocasia Schott. 
1. C. esculenta Schott Meletem. (1832) 18. — Arum esculentum L. 
Sp. PL (1753) 965, ed. 2 (1763) 1369. 
Habitat : II. Yaman Manod near Hodjela, 900 m. (S. 946 !) ; foot 
of Jebel Bura near Hille, 600 m. (S. 334). 
Distrib. : Cultivated in all hot countries 
Vem. name : Kurkum (Hills) ; ssandj (Ussil.). 
CXm NA1ADA€EAE. 
1 . Cymodoeea Kon. 
1. C. isoetifolia Aschers. Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin (1887) 3 
Habitat : II. Hodeidah (S. 147 !) ; Aden (Defl. 317 1). 
Distrib. ; Bed Sea, Indian and Pacific Ocean between the tropics. 
