PLANT^E VASCULARES. 



CLASS, DICOTYLEDONE^. 



SUB-CLASS, CALYCIFLOR^, POLYPETAL/E. 



ORDER XXXV., BURSERACE^. 



I. Balsaniodoidron opobahaniitin. (Forsk. Descr., p. 79.) Balm of 

 Gilead. Heb. ''"ik. Arab, ^l^-^l, Almsham. 



In ancient times, and probably down to the date of the Crusades, the 

 Balm of Gilead was cultivated about Jericho. But it is now lost, and was 

 introduced from Arabia or Nubia, in both of which countries it is still 

 found indigenous. 



ORDER XXXVI., TEREBINTHACE/E. 



1. Rhus coti)nts. L. Sp. 383. 



Anti-Lebanon. Area, Central and Southern Europe. 



2. Rlius coriaria. L. Sp. 379. 



Generally distributed. Area, Mediterranean region. 



3. Rhus oxyacaiithoides. Dum. Cour. Bot. ed. 3, iii., p. 56S. = R. 

 syriaca, Boiss. 



The Southern desert, and the base of Lebanon, behind Sidon. 

 Area, North Africa, Sicily, the Nubian coast. 



