434 FAUNA AND FLORA OF PALESTINE. 



109. Asphodclinc brcvicmilis. (Bert. Misc. i., p. 20.) 

 Lebanon, hill districts. 



1 10. Asphodcline taurica. (Pall. Ind. Taur. Cauc. i., p. 279.) 

 Alpine and sub-alpine Lebanon and Anti- Lebanon. 



111. Asphodcline damasccna. Boiss. Diagn. Ser. i., xiii., p. 22. 

 Wady Barada, Anti-Lebanon, Gilead, Moab. P. 



112. Erouiints spcctabilis. ]\L B. Taur. Cauc. iii., p. 269. = E. 

 libanotiais. Boiss. 



Lebanon and Anti- Lebanon. 



113. Aloe vera. L. 'Si^. \'^% = Aloe vnli^aris. Lam. 



Said to be found on rocks by the sea coast ; Jordan valley, near Beisan. 

 Originally American. 



ORDER CXXXV., ASPARAGACE^. 



1. Asparagus palisstinus. Baker. Linn. Soc. Jour, xiv., p. 602. 

 All along the Jordan, from Lake Huleh to Jericho. P. 



2. Asparagus lownci. Baker. Linn. Soc. Jour, xiv., p. 601. 

 Jericho. P. 



3. Asparagus acutifolius. L. Sp. 449. 



Lower Lebanon. Area, Mediterranean region, Canaries. 



4. Asparagus aphyllus. L. Sp. 450. 



Hills near Nazareth. Area, Portugal, Spain, Sardinia, Sicily, 



North Africa, Canaries. 



5. Asparagus stipularis. Forsk. Fl. Eg. Arab., p. 72 =^4. /wrr/r/^^j-. L. 

 Littoral districts, Southern Desert. Area, Portugal, South Spain, 



Sicily, North Africa, Canaries. 



6. Asparagus tenuifolius. Lam. Diet, i., 294. Herb. Kew. 

 Area, South France, Italy, Danubian region. 



