4 3 OSBECR'S VOYAGE, 



In the vallies is fometimes a il<y blue or other 

 clay, the fame as in their wheat-fields. 



The plants on the fea-fhore were very few ; 

 Spariium monofpermum and Juncus acntus were 

 but jufl fprung up from the ground. A little 

 farther from the water grew Scbosfius mucrona- 

 tus involucri fo His /capo longiorlbus. Still fur- 

 ther off began the woods of the Pinus pinea, 

 which hindered the fand from fpreading any 

 further. In thefe woods I found the refthar- 

 row {Ononis); there grew likewife queen's 

 flock july-flowers (Cheiranthus incanus), broad- 

 leaved moufe-ear duckweed (Cerajiium vif- 

 cofum), Lotus cytifoides, and Crepis bar- 

 lata. The latter was in bloffom ; the 

 flock-july-flower jufl: began to flower at my 

 departure ; but the reflharrow had no appear- 

 ance of flowering at that feafon. 



Some infers are found in this fand; in par- 

 ticular, Scarab mis facer, /avis, thorace inermu 



Gardens or plantations take up a great 

 part of the fields ; and they contain lemon, 

 cr-jnge, almond, and olive trees, which turn 

 to .a coofiderable profit to the owners. 



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