4IO FAUNA AND FLORA OF PALESTINE. 



ORDER CXII., BUXACE^. 



I. Btixns longifolia. Boiss. Diagn. Sen i., xiL, p. 107. Oriental 

 Box Tree. Heb. n^^TNn. Is. xli., 19. 

 On Lebanon (sub-alpine). 



ORDER CXIII., EMPETRACE^. 



Absent. 



ORDER CXIV., URTICACE^. 



1. Urtica urens. L. Sp. 1396. Small Nettle. 



Waste places. Area, Europe, North Africa, Abyssinia, East Asia. 



2. Urtica dioica. L. Sp. 1396. Common Nettle. 



Waste places, Lebanon and A nti- Lebanon. Area, Europe, North 

 and South Africa, North Asia, North America, Andes, Australia. 



3. Urtica pilulif era. L. Sp. 1395. Roman Nettle. 



Lower districts among ruins ; reaches a height of six feet in the Jordan 

 valley. Area, Central and Southern Europe, North Africa. 



4. Urtica niembranacea. Poir. Diet, iv., p. 638. 



On the coast. Area, Portugal, Mediterranean region. 



5. Parietaria officinalis. L. Sp. 1492. Wall Pellitory. 



Waste places and walls, Sidon, etc. Area, Europe, West Siberia, 

 North Africa. 



6. Parietaria judaica. L. Sp. 1492. = P. diffusa. Koch. 

 Walls, rocks, and ruins ; common everywhere except Jordan valley. 



7. Parietaria lusitanica. L. Sp. 1492. 



Walls and rocks ; general. Area, Portugal, Mediterranean and 

 Danubian regions. 



8. Parietaria alsinefolia. Del. Fl. Eg., p. 137, pi. 5, f 2. 

 Dry walls and rocks, Hebron, Jerusalem, Korak, Moab. 



