208 ME. K. M. REDHEAD OK THE FLORA OF STNAX. 



List of Orders and Nitmher of Species in each. 



13 Crucifera;. 2 Asclepiadete. 



11 Composita?. 1 Moringeae. 



10 Graminese. 1 Rhamnaceae. 



6 Leguminosse. 1 Salvadoracese. 



6 Chenopodiacea?. 1 Loranthacese. 



5 Zygophyllacese. 1 Plantagineae. 



5 Scrophularinese. 1 Plumbaginese. 



6 Resedaceae. 1 Amaranthacese'. 

 4 Boragines^. 1 Urticacca3. 



3 Tamariscmese, 1 Polygoneae. 



3 Labiatac. 1 Aiuentacese. 



2 Capparideae. 1 Typhacea?. 



2 Solanaceae. 1 Juncaceae. 



Notes on tlie Tlora of tlie Desert of Sinai. By Eichard Mili^e 



Bedhead 



[Read AprU 6, 1865.] 



I HAVE written the following^ notes on the flora of the Desert, 

 more especially the Sinaitic part of it, from memoranda made, 

 and specimens collected, during a tour in the East in the months 

 of February, March, and April 1864, in the hope that, slight as 

 is the information contained in them, it may be of use to those 

 who (as I did), before leaving England, search almost in vain for 

 information on this subject. 



I reached Alexandria on the 11th of February, too early to see 

 its flora to advantage ; but what I saw did not give promise of 

 much variety. The only trees outside the enclosed gardens of 

 the merchants are Phcenia^ dactylifera^ of which there are ex- 

 tensive groves within the fortifications, and which grow luxu- 

 riantly in the saline soil, Tamarix orientalis, and Acacia lebheM, 

 both planted in avenues along the roads by Mehemet Ali, — the 

 former dusty and stunted in growth, the latter with large yellow 

 pods hanging from its almost leafless branches. 



The waste ground, now being gradually built upon as the mo- 

 dern city expands over the deserted site of its ancient predecessor, 

 is thinly covered with vegetation, the most noticeable plants 

 being a small yellow-flowered Emca {E. saliva), a white-flowered 

 Erucaria {E. aleppica), and the bright-orange Calendula officinalis 

 all very dwarf: great quantities of a Mesembryanthemum (appa- 

 rently M. crystallinuni) were springing from seed. Ou the 

 banks of the Mahmoudieh canal I remarked a kind of Cuperns 



