Polycarpaea repens Asch. & Schweinf. ex Asch.  

 ♦ Polycarpaea repens (Forssk.) Aschers. & Schweinf. in Oestr. Bot. Zeitschr. 39: 26 (1889).

Corrigiola repens ; Polycarpaea fragilis Del

Perennial herb, prostrate, tomentose, branches spreading, root stock woody. Leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate, 3-10 mm long, margins rolled outwards, apex mucronate. Flowers in terminal small densely clustered cymes, bracteate. Sepals 5, ovate-elliptic, 1- 1.5 mm long, scarious margined, midrib green, broad. Petals 5, ovate. Fruit capsule, ovoid, 3-toothed.

Specimen examined: Farasan Island, I.S. Collenette s.n. (E); Abu-Arish, 24-2-72 (10665-RIY), S. Chaudhary.