228 ME. B. M. KEDIIEAJ) 



V near Nablus 



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Cheilanthes fragrans^ 



Astragalus of tbe *' hamosiis'' group, 



Campanula pentagona^ 



Mymenocarpus circinatuSy 



Lagoecia cuminoides, 



Polygala anatolica^ and the curious 



CaUipeJtis citcullaria, 



The place of the pink lAmm Sibthorpianum is now, in central 

 Palestine, taken by Scabiosa prolifera (a dwarf, most abundantly 

 flowering, yellow species), Cistus creticiis^ and G. saJvifoUus, Un 

 the Plain of Esdraelon grew chiefly enormous Cgnarce, Cardui, 

 and other large Composites not yet in flower. 



Near Nazareth the most noticeable plants were the elegant 

 white-flowered TJmbellifer Artedia squamata, and the tall and 

 handsome Althaea jicifolia. 



On Mount Tabor the only flowering plant, save the Cyclamens, 

 was Stgracc officinalis^ which at the time of my visit (April 13) was 

 most lovely with its innumerable white flowers, in appearance 

 and fragrance not unlike orange-blossoms. Here and on the hills 

 of Galilee I was pleased to see really fine trees of Querciis j^t- 

 lopSj Pistacia ferehinthus^ as well as large shrubs of Crat(sgus 

 aronia, Cercis siliquastrum, and Paliurus aculeatus (which now 

 takes the place of the Zizy pirns). 



At Tiberias, in the deep Jordan valley, we again meet with a 

 semi-tropical flora in the Zizyphus^ Zygopliyllum, and Indigofera ; 

 whilst the shores of the Sea of Tiberias are fringed with Oleanders, 

 now coming into full beauty. In its waters I found the pretty 

 shells Neritina Jordani and llelanopsis costata. 



Overtaken, near Safed, by the latter rains, we were thoroughly 

 drenched, and ourselves and (what I think I thought almost as 

 much of) our dried plants were immersed in the waters of the 

 Barada, which completely overflowed the track at Suk, to the 

 great damage of those more recently collected, including 



Laurus nobilis^ 

 Vitis mnifera^ 



Adiantum caput-Veneris, 



Ncrinm oleander^ \ from Banias, 



Trihiiltis terrestriSy 



Pennisetumy sp., and 



LastrceafiVuv mas\y 



The Rev. H. Gcpp found Gymnogramma leptopliylla on Mount Gerizun* 

 t Making in all six species of Ferns seen in Palestine, 



