610 
RECORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
Distrib. : Egypt to India and southwards to E. tropical Africa. 
6. B. decidua Hochst. in Flora XXXVIII (1855) 324. 
Habitat : II. Menacha, 2,300 m. (S. 2008). 
Distrib. : Abyssinia, Arabia. 
K, E. ciliarls Link Hort. Berol. I, 192. 
Habitat : 11. Aden (Anders. ! Hildebrandt !, Birdwood !) ; Jebcl 
Melhan, 600 m. (S. 634) ; Shukra (S. 144A) ; Wolledje (fS. 634 !) ; Jedda 
(Fischer !) ; Gumfuda (Ehrenb. !). 
Fl. : Jan. 1889 (S.), Feb. (Fischer), Feb. 1825 (Ehrenb.). 
Fr. : Jan. 1889 (S.), Feb. 1825 (Ehrenb.). 
Distrib. : Common throughout tropical Africa and America, and 
in N. India. 
8. E. ciliaris Link var. hrachystachya Boiss. 
Habitat : II. Jedda (Zohrab 15 !, Schimp. 798 !) ; Gumfuda 
(Ehrenb. !). 
III. El Hami (S. 176 !). 
Fl. : Eeb. 1825 (Ehrenb.), Apr. 1881 (S.). 
Fr, : Jan. 1836 (Schimp.), Apr. 1881 (S.). 
9. E. plumosa Link Hort. Berol. I, 192. 
Habitat : 11. Yaman (ex Boiss.). 
IV. Near Maskat (Last !). 
Distrib. : Tropical Africa and Asia. 
10. E. Braunii Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1894) App. JI, 38. 
Habitat : II. South western slope of Shibam near Menacha, 2,500 m. 
(S. 1948). 
Fl. : Mar. 
Distrib. : Yaman, Eritrea. 
Vern. name : Thaf-thafu (Schimp.). 
11. E. aulacosperma Fres. Mus. Senckenb I. 144, 145, var. perennis 
Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1894) App. II, 39. 
Habitat : II. Ussil, 1,100 m. (S. 1323) ; northern slope of Shibam 
near Menacha, 2,500-2,600 m. (S. 1452, 1654, 1946). 
Fl. : Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Fr. : Feb. 1889 (S.). 
12. E» rigidifolia Hochst. mssr. in sched. Schimp. Abyss. 1854, 
ri. 374, 189. 
Habitat : II. Below Ussil, 950 m. (S. 1307). 
Fr. : Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Distrib. : Aethiopia, Arabia. 
