266 FAUNA AND FLORA OF PALESTINE. 



8. Ljiphms rctkulatus. Desv. Ann. Bot. iii., p. loo, and var. 

 Philislcus. Boiss. 



Plain of Philistia. Area, South France, Spain, Sicily. 



9. Lupiints tennis. Forsk. /Eg. Arab., p. 131. 

 In the plains. Cultivated in Italy. 



10. Lolononis dicJiotoiua. (Del. Fl. /Eg. 111., No. 717.) 

 Southern desert, shores of Dead Sea. 



11. Argyrolobium crotalario'idcs. Jaub. ct Sp. 111. Or. !., p. 114, 

 pl- 59- 



Northern hills and Calc Syria. 



12. Argyrolobium 7miJlonun. (Decaisn. Fl. Sin., p. 41.) 



In deserts and barren grounds from north to south. Area, North 

 Sahara. 



iZ- Adcnocarpns divaricatus. (L'Her. Stirp., 184.) \7s.x.Gr(LCus — 

 A. coiniiintatiis. Guss. 



Southern Lebanon, Galilee. Area, Spain, South France, South 

 Italy, Sicily. 



14. Caly colonic villosa. (Vahl. Symb. ii., p. So.) 



Coast, southern wilderness, Jordan valley, Gilead. Area, Mediter- 



ranean region. 



15. Spartiuni jnnccuni. L. Sp. 995. 



Central districts, upland plains, and sub-alpine region. Area, Medi- 

 terranean region and Canaries. 



16. Rctanta rcvtani. (Forsk. yEg. Arab., p. 2 14.) Heb. Cr)'"l, A. \'. 

 ' Juniper,' i Kings xix. 4, 5, etc., Arab. ^.^, Ralcni. 



On all the hills in desert rocky parts, especially about the Dead Sea. 

 Most plentiful in Gilead and Moab. Area, North-east Africa. 



This is one of the exquisitely beautiful plants of the country. The 

 gauzy delicate pink-and-white hues of a whole hill-side covered with shrub 



