2o8 FAUNA AND FLORA OF PALESTINE. 



7. Anemone coronaria. L. Sp. 760. 



In every part of the country in profusion, almost invariably the red 

 variety, yellow, blue, and purple occurring very early. The most 

 gorgeously painted, the most conspicuous in spring, the most universally 

 spread of all the lloral treasures of the Holy Land ; if any one plant can 

 claim pre-eminence among the wondrous richness of bloom which clothes 

 the Land of Israel in spring, it is the anemone, and therefore it is on this 

 we fix, as the most probable ' lily of the field ' of our Lord's discourse. 



Area, the Mediterranean region. 



8. Anemone hianda. Schott. and Ky. Qist. Bot. Woch., 1S54, 

 p. 129. 



Lebanon and Hermon. Area, Eastern Mediterranean. 



9. Adonis palccstina. Boiss. Diagn. Ser. i., viii., p. i. 

 In every part of the country — most abundant. P. 



10. Adonis auinmnalis. L. Sp. 771. 



Under Lebanon. Area, Central and Southern Europe. 



11. Adonis microcarpa. De Cand. Syst. i., p. 223. 

 Gilead. Area, Spain, Italy, North Africa. 



12. Adonis (Tslivalis. L. Sp. 771. Pheasant's Eye. 



Abundant on the plains. Moab. Area, Central and Southern 



Europe, North Africa, Western Himalayas. 



13. Adonis dentata. Del. Fl. Eg., tab. v., p. i. 

 On the sandy plains. Area, North Africa. 



14. Adonis flammea. Jacq. Austr., tab. 335. 

 In Lebanon. Area, Central Europe. 



15. Myosnrus minimns. L. Sp. 407. INIousetail. 



Anti-Lebanon, Moab. Area, Europe, North Africa, North 



America. 



