2 12 FAUNA AND FLORA OF PALESTINE. 



51. Hcllcbonii /(vtidiis. L. Sp. 784. 

 Doubtfully indigenous. Area, Europe. 



53. Garidclla unQ^uicularis. Lam. 111., pi. 379, f. 2. 

 Throughout Palestine. 



53. NigcUa arvcnsis. L. Sp. 753. \'ar. Divaricata. 



Generally distributed. Area, Central and Southern Europe, 



North Africa. 



54. Nigclla dcscrti. Boiss. Ann. Sci. Nat., 1841, p. 339. 

 Near Gaza, Gilead, 



55. Nigclla sativa. L. Sp. 753. Hebr., nV|'5. A.V., 'Fitches' 

 (Is. xxviii.. 25, 27). 



Cultivated. Area, South Europe. 



56. NigcUa oyicntalis. L. Sp. 753. 

 Mount Tabor, Moab. 



57. Nigclla daiiiasccna. L. Sp. 753. 



In fields. Area, Mediterranean region. 



58. Nigella aristata. Sibth. Fl. Gr., pi. 510. 



59. Nigclla stcllaris. Boiss. Diagn. Ser. i., viii., p. 8. 

 In the north. 



60. Nigclla cilia ris. De Cand. Syst. i., p. 327. 

 Through the coast and central districts. 



61. Delphinium axil lijloyiiui. De Cand. Prodr. i., p. 341. Larkspur. 

 Cultivated generally. Wild about Hermon. 



62. Delphinium oliganthum. Auch. in Boiss., PI. Or. An. Sci. Nat., 

 1841, p. 365. 



The Eastern desert. 



