336 FAUNA AND FLORA OF PALESTINE. 



169. Cirsiniit gaillardoti. Boiss. Diagn. Ser. ii., iii., p. 42. 

 On Lebanon, rocky places ; local. P. 



170. Cirsiuvi siculum. Sprang. Neu. Ent., p. 36. 



Northern maritime district and Lebanon. Area, Corsica, Italy, 

 Sicily, Danubian region. 



171. Cirsutvi libaiioticnii! . De Cand. Prodr. vi., p. 647. 

 Alpine and sub-alpine Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon. 



172. Cirsium acarna. (L. Sp. 820.) 



Northern districts, waste and cultivated lands. Area, Mediterranean 

 region, Portugal. 



173. Cirsium diacantha. {Labill. Syr. Dec. ii., p. 7, pi. 3.) 

 Sub-alpine districts of Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon. 



174. Cirsium arvensc. (L. Sp. 1149.) 



Mount Carmel. Area, Europe, Siberia, North-west India. 



175. Notobasis syriaca. (L. Sp. 1133.) Probably the 'Thistle' 

 (Heb. nirt) of Scripture. A most powerful and noxious thistle. 



General, except in the mountains. Area, Mediterranean region, 

 Portugal, Canaries, Madeira. 



176. Cliamcrpcncc alpina. Jaub. et Spach. 111. Or. v., pi. 425. 



177. Ditto, Var. Camptolcpis = C. polycephala. De Cand. 



General in all Northern and Central Palestine. 

 Ditto, var. Mutica. Coast, rocks. 



178. Tyrimnus leucographus. (L. Sp. 1149.) 



Waste ground from the coast to the east of Hermon. Area, 



Southern Europe. 



179. Silybiim mariamim. (L. Sp. 1153-) Milk Thistle. 

 Universal. Mount Tabor, Gerizim, etc. Area, Central and 



Southern Europe, North Africa, Canaries, Madeira. 



180. Cytiara syriaca. Boiss. Diagn. Ser. i., x., p. 94. 

 Fields on the coast. 



