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RECORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
3- P. maxima Blatt. & McCann, var. stciiopliylla Boiss. FI. Or. V 
(1884) 563. 
Habitat ; I. Sinai (ex Muschler). 
Distrib. : Cosmopolitan. 
51. Ammochloa Boiss. 
1. A. palacstiiia Boiss. Hiagn. PI. Or. Ser. I, XIII (1853) 51. 
Habitat : I. Sinai (Herb. Kew !). 
Distrib. : N. Africa, Sinai, Syria. 
53. Lamarckia Moench. 
1. L. aiirea (L.) Moench. Meth. PI. Marb. (1794) 201. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (Herb. Kew !). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean countries from the Canaries to the Punjab 
and Abyssinia. 
53. Koeleria Pers. 
I. R. phleoides Pers. Syn. I, 97. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (Haussk.). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean. 
3. H. sinaiea Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, XIII, 53. 
Habitat : I. Sinai (Auch. 3061 !). 
Distrib. : Arabia. 
54. Melica L. 
I. M. cupani Guss. Suppl. FI. Sic. Prodr. 17, var. pannosa Boiss. 
Habitat : I. Top of Mt. Catherine (Schimp. 104 1 ). 
Fr. : May 1835 (Schimp.). 
Distrib. of type : Mediterranean region, Orient, Himalayas. 
55. Sphenopus Trin. 
1. S. divaricatus (Gouan) Keichb. FI. Germ. Excurs. I (1830) 45. 
Habitat : I. Arabia Petraea (Herb. Kew !). 
Distrib. : Mediterranean. 
56. Halopyrum Stapf. 
1. H. mucroiiatum Stapf in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 2448 (1896). — Desmazeria 
unioloides Defl. Voy. Yemen 220. 
Habitat : II. Eastern shore of the isthmus of Barriere Gate, on 
small dunes and sandhills forming large bushes with stolons often reach- 
ing 90 cm. and more (S. !) ; Hodeidah (D^fl. 31 !J ; Yaman, in salt 
marshes (Bove 257 !). 
