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RECORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
II. A. ciliata Desf. in Schrad. N. Journ. Ill (1809) 255. 
Habitat : I. Wadies Ghurundel and Arabah ; Ghor es Safieb 
(Hart) ; foot of Jebel Musa (Kneuck. 249 !) ; Jebel Musa, 1,500 m. 
(Kneuck.) ; Wady Hebran (S. 165 !) ; Mt. Horeb (Auch. 2989 !) ; Mt. 
Sinai (Scbimp. 161 !) ; Wady Sewook (Lord !) ; Wady Mokateb (Boiss. !) ; 
Arabia Petraea (McDonald !) ; neigbb. of Sinai (Bove 20 !). 
II. Aden, Khamfer (Defl.). 
Fr. : Mar. 1846 (Boiss.), Apr. 1868 (Lord), Apr. 1835 (Scbimp.), 
Apr. 1902 (Kneuck.), May 1835 (Scbimp.), June 1832 (Bove). 
Distrib. : N. Africa, S. Africa, Arabia. 
Vem. name : Massji (Bov6). 
12. A. obtiisa Del. FI. Aeg. 176, t. 13, fig. 2. 
Habitat : I. Wadies Nasb, Sudr, and Gburundel (Elain) ; Debbet 
er Ramleh (Hart) ; Wady Gburundel (Post 49 !) ; Wady Hebran (Scbimp. 
163 !) ; Arabia Petraea (Figari !) ; Ramleb (Hart !). 
11. Yaman (ex Boiss.). 
IV. Central Arabia (Pelly !). 
Fr. : IVIar. 1882 (Post), Apr. 1835 (Scbimp.). 
Distrib. ; N. Africa, S. Africa, Arabia. 
Observ. : Grows in tufts and forms tbe principal part of tbe grass 
of the desert (Pelly). 
13. A. paradisia Edgew. in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XVI (1847) II, 
1219. — A. calojjtila (Jaub. et Spacb) ; Scbweinf. in Boiss. ,F1. Or. V 
(1884) 497. 
Habitat : I. Jebel Musa, 1,500 m (Kneuck.) ; Arabia Petraea 
(McDonald !) ; Sinai Peninsula (Holland !). 
II. Ghissan (Ebrenb. 241 !) ; Aden (Anders !, Balfour !, 
Perry !, Thomson !, Hook* 108 !, Lunt 307 ! 336 !, S. 28 ! 48 !). 
III. Plains of Dbofar (Bent 49 !) ; El Kami (S. 202 !). 
IV. At the Persian Gulf (Aucb. 5445). 
Fr. : Mar. 1881 (S.), Apr. 1861 (Thomson), Apr. 1881 (S.), Nov. 
1888 (S.), Dec. 1847 (Hook.). 
Distrib. : Persia, Afghanistan, Egypt, Arabia. 
14. A. piingens Desf. FI. Atlant. I, 109, t. 35. 
Habitat : I. Sinai. 
Distrib. : N. Africa, Arabia, Turkestan, Siberia, Nubia, 
15. A. coeriilcscens Desf. FI. Atlant. I, 109. 
Habitat : I. Wady el Tihyeb (Hart) ; Arabia Petraea (Scbimp. 
368). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean, Nubia, Abyssinia, -Senegal, Cape of Good 
Hope, India, New Holland. 
