3s6 FAUNA AND FLORA OF PALESTINE. 



ORDER LXXVII., SALVADORACE/E. 



I. Salvadora pcrsica. Garcin. Ex. L. Gm., ed. vi., p. i6S. Arab. 

 JU^li., Khardal. 



Ghor, Safieh, south-east of Dead Sea ; Engedi, west of Dead Sea ; 

 Seisaban, north-east of Dead Sea. 



ORDER LXXVIII., APOCYNE^. 



1. Vinca hcrbacca. W. K. PI. rar. Hung., p. 8, pi. 9. 



Plains of Sharon and Esdraelon, Moab, etc. Area, Danubian region. 



2. Vinca libanotica. Zucc. Act. Acad. Monac. iii., p. 246, pi. 8. 

 Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon to 6,500 feet. 



3. Ncriiuu oleander. L. Sp. 305. Oleander. 



Jordan valley, and the banks of all the streams flowing into it, both 

 east and west ; maritime plains ; very abundant. Area, Mediterranean 

 region, 



ORDER LXXLX., ASCLEPIADE/E. 



1. Periploca grcsca. L. Sp. 309. 



Galilee, Leontes valley. Area, Central Italy, Dalmatia. 



2. Periploca Icevigata. Ait. Kew, i., p. 301. 



Northern coast. Area, South-east Spain, Sicily, North Africa, 



Canaries. 



3. Vincetoxicum canescens. (Willd. Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. iii., p. 418.) 

 The Hauran. 



4. Solenosioma argel. (Delil. Fl. Eg., p. 216, pi. 20.) Arab. Jj^^l, 

 Argel. Wadys south of Dead Sea. 



5. Calotropis procera. (Willd. Sp. i., p. 1263.) Arab. y^sO, Osher. 

 Engedi, Zuweirah, Safieh, Callirrhoe, Arnon, plains of Shittim, all 



round Dead Sea. Area, Senegal, Sahara, Nubia, Abyssinia, North 



India. 



