4" FAUNA AND FLORA OF PALESTINE. ' 



ORDER CXVI., PLATANACE^. 



I. Plat anus orientalis. L. Sp. 417. Oriental Plane. Heb. 

 |1J3"!y. Trans. A.V. C/icsinnf, Gen. xxx. 37. 



By the banks of mountain streams and in woods, Lebanon, etc. ; but 

 cultivated everywhere near water. Area, Italy, Sicily. 



ORDER CXVII. CUPULIFER^. 



1. Querms sessiliflora. Sm. Brit, iii., 1026. Oak. Heb. JlSs. 

 Area, Europe. 



2. Var. cedrorniii. De Cand. Higher parts of Lebanon, the 

 Hauran, Gilead. 



3. Var. pinnatijida. Lebanon, 5,000 feet. Area, Central and 

 Southern Europe. 



4. Qucrcus infcctoria. Oliv. Voy. i., p. 252, pi. 14 and 15. = Q. 

 hisitanica. Lam. 



Northern and Eastern Palestine. Area, Portugal, Spain, Oran. 



5. Ditto, var. boissicri. De Cand. Lebanon. 



6. Ditto, var. latifolia. = Q. syriaca. Ky. Lebanon and Anti- 

 Lebanon. 



7. Qiiercus ilex. L. Sp. 141 2. Holm Oak. 



Near the coast ; rare. ? Indigenous. Area, Mediterranean region. 



8. Quercus coccifera. L. Sp. 1413. Prickly-leaved Evergreen Oak. 

 Heb. ]l7i!J. Area, Mediterranean region. 



9. Var. Calliprinos. Webb. It. 15. Lebanon, Mount Tabor, Gilead. 



10. Var. Pseudococcifera. Desf. Fl. Atl. ii., p. 349. Carmel, 

 Galilee, Gilead, Bashan. Area, Sardinia, Southern Italy, Sicily. 



This variety is the most common, and sometimes attains a magnificent 

 o-rowth, as the oak of Libbeya in Galilee. 



11. Var. palcestina. Ky. Southern Palestine, Western hills of 

 Judaea, Hebron. 



