292 FAUNA AND FLORA OF PALESTINE. 



342. Oi-obus graiidijlorns. Boiss. Fl. Or. ii., p. 622. 

 Lebanon woods, 6,000 feet. 



343. PisHiii sativuin. L. Sp. 1026. 

 On the coast. Cultivated in Europe. 



344. Pi'siim arvcnsc. L. Sp. 1027. 



On the coast and central districts, hills of Moab. Area, North 



Europe. 



345. Pisum clalius. IM. B. Taur. Cauc. ii., p. 151. 



Carmel, Galilee, Lebanon, Anti-Lebanon. Area, South Europe. 



346. Pisum fulvuui. Sibth. Fl. Gr. vii., p. 79, pi. 688. 

 Jerusalem, Mount Tabor, Sidon, etc. 



347. Vigna nilotica. (Del. Fl. Eg. 323, pi. 38, f i.) 

 Marshes near the coast, plain of Sharon. Area, Nubia. 



348. Dolichos lablab. L. Sp. 1019. 

 El Huleh. Area, Egypt. 



349. Cassia obovala. Collad. Mon., p. 92. 



Wadys east and south opening on the Dead Sea. Area, Senegal, 

 Nubia, Abyssinia, Arabia, Scindc. 



350. Ccratonia siliqiia. L. Sp. 15 [3. Locust Tree or Carob Tree. 

 Arab. <_-^ji., Kliaroob. 



Everywhere except on the higher and colder hills. Area, Mediter- 

 ranean region. 



This is the tree alluded to in Luke xv. 16, where its fruit is mentioned 

 under the name ' husks' (^ffiurio). 



351. Ccrcis siliquastr'um. L. Sp. 534. Judas Tree. 



Carmel, Tabor, Gerizim, and all the lower wooded hills. Area, 



Southern Europe. 



352. Prosopis spicigcra. L. Mant. 68. 

 Jordan valley. Area, Scinde, Tropical India. 



353. Prosopis stcphaiiiaua. (Willd. Sp. iv. 1034.) Arab. <i~»._^li. )l, 

 el Chareinbd. Coast and Jordan valley. 



