226 MB. E. M. BBDHBAD ON THE FLORA Of srNAl. 



{Parietarria qffieinalia), — on the city walls, in addition to the above^ 

 Capparis sjnnosa, a half-shrubby PJiacfnalon, Pistacia TentiscuSf 

 and Valantia muralis^ — on the waste ground of Mount Zion seveTal 

 Eehiums, a smaller species of Paronychia (P. capitatd)^ as well a* 

 P. myenteay various OnornnaSy Ly copses^ Cynoglossi^ and other 

 "BoraginesB, Torilis trichosperma and Psoralea hituminosa^ 

 the Mount of Olives, in addition to these. Anemone coronaria^ 

 and Banunculus asiaticuSy JK, myriophylluSy Adonis Jlava, AU 

 tluBa acaulis (a piguiy hollyhock most abundant in stony places), 

 Erodium ciconium^ several Malvcs and Malopes^ Gnaphaliumi 

 crispatulum, Vicia hithynica and V. syriaea^ Anthyllis tetraphylla^ 

 Fumaria parmfiora^ Ononis hispanica^ Celtis anstralis, and Gra- 

 t<egus aronia. On the olive-trees, both on Mount Moriah and th^ 

 opposite hill^ was growing a Viscv/m (I believe, V, cruciatum\ 

 and I think I saw it also growing on Celtis australis. 



As regards Perns, Adiantum capillics-Veneris grows abundantly 

 at the Pools of Solomon, and in an old well on the Mount of 

 Olives very luxuriantly, also at Aceldama ; Ceterach o^cmartmt 

 on rocks and walls near Bethlehem ; and Cheilanthes fragrans in 

 profusion at Beit Jala, and in the valley of Hinnom, nearEnrogel. 

 Notholcdna lanuginosa was found by the Eev. H, Gepp on rocks 



between Jaffa and Jerusalem. 



There is a fine botanical harvest to be reaped on the souths 

 cast of Jerusalem. As I passed through Bethany, the pomegra- 

 nates were very beautiful, their young bright-red shoots contrast- 

 ing with the green of the almond-trees, now bearing their woolly 

 green pods, extensively used as food in this unwholesome state. 

 At Mar Saba the pomegranates were in bloom. Leaving Bethany 

 I saw Nasturtium officinale^ as at Bethlehem, Jenin, Nazareth, 

 &c* Por a couple of miles or so beyond Bethany wheat is cul* 

 tivated, and the hill-sides are now green with corn shooting into 

 ear ; but after that, all is in the ^vildest, most desolate state of 

 nature, with scarcely a bush or plant of any size. Midway to 

 Jericho I remarked Verhaseum plicatum^ Convolvulus dorycniuffn^ 

 Mesemhryantliemum crystallinum, and M. nodiflorum growing on 

 the dry stony ground, which seemed a fitting refuge for the grey 

 snakes {Cerastes) and lizards which there abounded ; amongst 

 the latter was, I think, the Chameleon (Chamceleon vulgaris). 



Sudden indeed is the change from the barrenness ofWady 

 Kelt to the jungle on the banks of the brook Cherith, and the 

 dense mass of vegetation nourished by its waters and by those of 

 the delicious tepid spring 'Ain-ea-Sultan (which is the foxmtain 



