414 FAUNA AND FLORA OF PALESTINE. 



3. Sali'x alba. L. Sp. 1449. White Willow. 



By streams, coast, interior Lebanon. Area, Europe, North Africa, 



Siberia. 



4. Salix caprcra. L. Sp. 1448. Sallow. 

 Lebanon. Area, Europe, Siberia. 



5. Salix pedicillata. Desf. Atl. ii., p. 362. 

 Lebanon. Area, Mediterranean region. 



N.B. — Several other willows occur, which cannot be identified, from 

 the imperfect specimens. 



6. Popiilits alba. L. Sp. 1463. White Poplar. 



General in the north. Area. Europe, North Africa, West Siberia. 



7. Populiis cuphratica. Oliv. Voy. iii., p. 449, pi. 456. Heb. D\SDa. 

 A.V. Mulberry. 2 Sam. v. 23, etc., but more probably this poplar. 



Banks of the Jordan and all other rivers. Area, North Africa, 

 South Siberia, Scinde, Himalayas. 



8. Popiilns 7iigra. L. Sp. 1464. Black Poplar. 



By water in the north. Area, Central and Southern Europe, North 

 Africa, West Siberia. 



9. Populus pyratnidalis. Rozier in Lam. Diet, v., p. 235. 

 Most abundant in the valleys of Anti-Lebanon and the Bukaa, 

 Area, cultivated everywhere in Central and Southern Europe. 



