MONOCOTYLEDONE.-E. 



435 



7. Rtiscjts aciilcatus. L. Sp. 1474. Butcher's Broom. 

 Central and Galileean hills, lower Lebanon. Area, Central and 

 Southern Europe, North Africa. 



ORDER CXXXVI., SMILACE/E. 



I. S77iilax aspera. L. Sp. 1458. 



Littoral districts, lower hills, Samaria, etc., Gilead. Area, Mediter- 

 ranean region, South-west France, Canaries, Madeira, Abyssinia, North 

 India. 



Ditto, var. mauritanica. Desf. Near Sidon and Beyrout. 



ORDER CXXXVII., DIOSCOREACE/E. 



Tanms coniuiunis. L. Sp. 1458. Black Bryony. 

 Common in woods, glens, and brushwood. Area, Central and 



Southern Europe, North Africa. 



Ditto, var. cretica. L. Lebanon and Phoenician coast. 



ORDER CXXXVIIL, COMMELYNACE^. 

 Absent. 



ORDER CXXXIX., JUNCACEtE. 



1. Juncus effusus. L. Sp. 464. Common Rush. 



Wet places ; general ; and in Jordan valley. Area, Europe, Siberia, 

 Japan, India, North America, Australia. 



2. Juncus glauais. Ehr. Beit, vi., p. 83. Hard Rush. 



Wet places, coast, to sub-alpine Lebanon. Area, Europe, West 

 Siberia, North Africa, Madeira. 



3. Junms amtus. L. Sp. 463. Var. L. Great Sea Rush. 

 Common in wet places. Area, Central and Southern Europe, North 



Africa, Canaries, Madeira, Azores. 



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