294 FAUNA AND FLO A' A OF PALESTINE. 



Galilsean hills, Lebanon, Anti-Lebanon. Area, mountains of South 



Spain, Sardinia, North Africa, and Dalmatia. 



8. Prunits nrsina. Ky. V. Zool. Bot. Ges. \'indob., 1S64. 

 Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, 5,000 feet. P. 



9. Ariueniaca vulgaris. Lam. Diet, i., p. 2. {^Pi-uinis ariueiiiaca. 

 L. Sp. 679.) Apricot. Hebr. H^Sj?, probably. 



Not truly indigenous, but cultivated and naturalized from very early 

 times. Originally from Armenia. 



10. Pyriis syriaca. Boiss. Diagn. Sen i., x., p. i. Arab. ^,.=li-Jo, 

 Endsckas. 



In the littoral and northern hill districts, and Gilead. 



11. Pynis boi'cana. Decaisn. Jard. Fr. Mus., pi. 10. 

 Lower parts of Anti-Lebanon. P. 



12. Soi'bjts anciipan'a. L, Sp. 683. Mountain Ash, Rowan. 

 Northern hills. Area, Europe, Siberia, Dahuria, Madeira. 



13. Sorbus trilobata. (Labill. Dec. iv., p. 15.) 

 Lebanon, 3,000 — 5,000 feet. 



14. Soi'bus aria. Crantz. Austr., f. 2, p. 46. Var. Grccca. White 

 Beam Tree. 



Lebanon and AntI- Lebanon. Area, Europe, North Africa, Siberia. 



15. JMespiliis gcrmanica. L. Sp. 684. Medlar. 

 About Nablus and Samaria. Probably introduced. 



16. Cratagiis azarolus. L. Sp. 6S3. 

 Universal. Area, South Europe. 



17. Cratagus vionotgyna. (Willd. En. 524.) Hawthorn. 



Coast and mountain districts, Gilead. Area, Europe, North-west 

 India. 



18. Crataegus oricntalis. M. B. Taur. Cauc. i., p. 387. 

 Mountain thickets, Gilead and Moab. 



