248 FAUNA AND FLORA OF PALESTINE. 



36. Spcrgidaria rubra. (Wahl. Ups. 151.) 



The Bukaa and Hasbany valley. Area, Europe, Siberia, North 



Africa, India, North America. 



37. Spergitlaria media. (Wahl. Fl. Goth., p. 45.) 

 Coast near Gaza. Area, as above. 



38. Spergularia marginata. (De Cand. Fl. Fr. iv., p. 793.) 

 Salt plain south of Dead Sea. Area, as above. 



ORDER XIV., PARONYCHIE^. 



1. Robbairca prosii-afa. (Forsk. Dec, p. 207.) Arab., ^i^, Robbyr. 



Hill-country of Judaea and Southern Desert. Area, Oases of the 

 Sahara. 



2. Polycarpon tetraphyllHiii. (L. Sp. 89.) 



Ghor, by Jericho. Area, Central and South Europe, Africa. 



3. Polycarpon arabicum. Boiss. Diagn. Ser. i., x., p. 13. 

 Southern Desert. 



4. Polycarpcsafragilis. Del. Fl. Eg., p. 241, pi. 24, f. i. 

 Desert beyond Gaza. Area, deserts of Algeria. 



5. Herniaria cinerca. De Cand. Fl. Fr. v., p. 375. 

 Very common. Area, Mediterranean region. 



6. Herniaria hirsuta. L. Sp. 3 1 7. 



On the coast and hills. Area, Central and South Europe. 



7. Herniaria incana. Lam. Diet, iii., p. 124. 

 Galilee. Area, South Europe. 



8. Herniaria hemisiemon. J. Gay. Duch. Rev. Bot., 1S46, p. t^-ji. 

 Shores of the Dead Sea. 



9. Paronychia sinaica. Fres. Mus. Senck. i., p. 180. Van, Fla- 

 vescens. Boiss. 



Southern Desert, near Beersheba. 



