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1, Cymodocea ciliata (Forsk.) Ehrbg. ex Aschers. in Sitzungsber. 
Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. (1867), p. 3 • Linnaea XXXV, 162 ; Schweinf 0 
Beitr. FI. Aetbiop. p. 242 ; Boiss. FI. Or. V, 23 ; Benth. FI. Austral. 
VII, 178 ; Ascbers. in Sitzungsber. Bot. Ver. Brandb. (1882) p. 28 ; 
Hook. FI. Brit. Ind. VI, 570 ; Bennet. in This.-Dyer. FI. Trop. Afr. 
VIII, 229. 
Thalassia cfliata Kon. Ann. Bot. II, 97 ; Kunth Enum. PL III, 120. 
Posidonia serrulata Thw. Enum. 333 (non Ascbers. !) 
Zostera ciliata Forsk. FI. Aeg.-Arab. p. 157. 
Pbucagrostis ciliata Ebrbg. et Hempr. Symb. pbys. bot. t. YI ined. 
ex Aschers. l.c. 
Arabic Name : Suram. 
Description : — A robust plant ; stem 3 — 12 inches long, woody ; 
branches quasi-woody, erect, arising from short internodes, the scars 
of the leaves forming closed rings. Leaves 3 — 6 inches by J — § inch, 
linear-falcate, 23 — 2 5 -nerved, emargiuate-retuse at the apex, tip 
ciliate-serrulate ; sheath 1 inch long, up to § inch broad, obconical* 
only 2 — 3-times longer than broad, with small auricles. 
Male flowers and fruits not known. 
Locality : — South-western shore of Khor Bir Achmed and at Khor 
Maksar at a depth of from 5 — 10 feet (Defl.) ; without locality (Thom- 
son, Sept. 1872). 
Distribution : — Coasts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. 
3. Cymodocea serrulata. (R. Br.) Aschers. et Magn. in Sitzungsber. 
Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. (1870) p. 84; Boiss. FI. Or. V, p. 22; Hook Fh 
Brit. Ind. VI, 570 ; Bennet in This.-Dyer FI. Trop. Afr. VIII, 229. 
Posidonia serrulata Spreng. Syst. I, 181. 
Caulinia serrulata R. Br. Prodr, FI. Nov. Holl. (18 10), 339. 
Kernera serrulata Schult. Syst. Veg. VII (1829) 1702 ? 
Thalassia indica Wight et Arn. in Wight Herb. n. 2414 ex Aschers., 
in Boiss. FI. Or. V (1884) 22. 
Thalassia reptans Solander mss. in Herb. Mus. Brit. 
Description : — Stems long, creeping, the scars of the leaves forming 
open rings. Leaves 4-6 inches by inch, linear, nearly straight, 
11 — 19-nerved, tip entire or denticulate ; sheath obconical,^2-3 times as 
long as broad, distinctly auricled. 
Male flowers and fruits not known as yet. 
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