FLORA 



THE ASSYRIAN MONUMENTS 

 OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, AND OTHERS. 



THE DATE TREE {P/iccnix dactyliferd). 

 This is one of the most prominent trees on the Assyrian 

 sculptures. It is figured very characteristically on Nos. 

 15, 16, 17, etc., and is mostly represented as shown in 

 fig. I. Other forms also exist, as shown in figs. 2 and 5. 

 Most of them are conventional forms, but some are 

 more realistic. 



Fig. I. Ordinary date tree of the 

 Monuments. 



Fig. 2. — Date tree on some of 

 the Sculptures. 



