,,, FAUX A AXn FLORA OF FALESTIXE. 



5. Capparis sodada. R. Br. in Oudn. and Clappert, p. 17. 



On sand in the plains of Shittini, nortli-east end of the Dead Sea. 



6. Capparis spiiiosa. L. Sp. 720. The Caper. Hebr. ^ITN, Arab. 

 4-_aj,j)l, Azuf. 



Grows on walls, and on the perpendicular faces of rocks in Jerusalem 

 and elsewhere, probably introduced. Very common in parts of the Jordan 

 valley. 



Van .--Egyptia, common by the Dead Sea. The caper is the hyssop 

 of Scripture, as is shown by the identity of the Hebrew and Arabic names. 

 Area, Mediterranean regions. 



7. Capparis galcata. Fresn. Mus. Senck. Beitr. Abyss., p. n i. 

 With hesitation I assign to this species a caper found on the cliffs of 



the Akabah, south of the Dead Sea. 



S. Cratcsva gynandra. 



Hot sulphurous springs by the east side of the Dead Sea. 



ORDER VHI., RESEDACEyE. 



1. Ochradenm baccalus. Del. Fl. Eg., p. 15, pi. 31, f. i. 

 Round the Dead Sea. Area, Deserts of North-west India. 



2. Reseda alba. L. Sp. 645 = A', snffriiticidosa. L. 

 General. Area, Mediterranean region. 



3. Reseda propinqua. R. Br. Obs. Oudn., p. 22. 



Southern desert. Area, North-east Africa. 



Ditto, var. ErcinopJiila. Boiss. Diagn. Sen i., viii., p. 88. 



Southern deserts. 



4. Reseda arabica. Boiss. Diagn. Sen, i., p. 6. 

 Southern desert. Area, North Africa. 



5. Reseda alopccunis. Boiss. Diagn. Sen i., viii., p. 55. 

 Cultivated. Maritime and other plains. P. 



