404 FAUNA AND FLORA OF PALESTINE. 



5. Daphne gnidioidcs. Jaub. et. Sp. 111. Or. iv., pi. 304. Herb. Kew. 

 Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, alpine and sub-alpine. Area, Himalayas. 



6. Lygia aitchcri. (De Cand. Prodr. xiv., p. 553.) 

 Lower Lebanon, Galilee. 



7. Thyiiichca hirsitta. (L. Sp. 559. = Sub Passer ina) 



Littoral and southern districts, abundant. Area, Mediterranean region. 



8. Thyvielaa tartonraira. (L. Sp. 356.) Herb. Kew. 

 Area, Portugal, Mediterranean region. 



ORDER CIV., ELEAGNACE/E. 



I. Eleagmis aiigiistifolins. L. Sp. 176. Oleaster. Heb., j^^ ]'$?, 

 Oil-tree. (Is. xli. 19.) Arab, a~-J-o', Sindshid. 



Abundant in every part of Palestine above the Jordan valley, especially 

 about Hebron, Samaria, and Tabor. It has a fine, hard wood, and yields 

 an inferior oil. 



It is probably not a native of South Europe, where it is cultivated ; but 

 in Asia its range extends as far as China. 



ORDER CV., LAURINE/E. 



I. Laiirus nobilis. L. Sp. 529. The Bay-tree. Heb., n^J;5<. 

 (Ps. xxxvii. 35.) 



Carmel, Tabor, Gilead. Area, Mediterranean region. 



ORDER CVI., SANTALACEyE. 



1. Osyris alba. L. Sp. 1450. 



Gilead, Moab, Galilee. Area, South Europe, North Africa. 



2. Thesium divaricahun. Jan. M. and K. Deutschl. Fl. ii., p. 286. 

 Sub-alpine Lebanon. Area, South Europe, North Africa. 



3. Thesmin libanolieiiin. De Cand. Prodr. xiv., p. 648, 

 Alpine Lebanon, on the snow-line. P. 



4. Thcsinvi heterophylluin. Boiss. Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. iv., ii.,p. 354. 

 Var. billardicri — T. billardieri. Boiss. Anti- Lebanon. 



