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suftruticosum, Juniperus Oxyccdrus. Usually, but not always, the following species 

 also occur: Pistacia Lentiscus, Rosmarinus officinalis, Cneorum tricoccon, Spartium 

 junceum, Rhamnus Alaternus, Cercis Siliquastrum, Erica multiflora. 



In the warmest parts of Southern France, on the coasts of Provence, added to 

 these widely distributed plants are the following 1 : Myrtus communis, Cneorum 

 tricoccon, Calycotome spinosa, Anthyllis cytisoides and A. Barba-Jovis, Hyoseris 

 radiata, Convolvulus althaeoides, Teucrium fruticans, Orchis longebracteata, Ana- 

 gyris foetida, Erica arborea, Thapsia villosa, Ferula nodiflora, Cistus ladaniferus, 

 C. crispus, C. populifolius, Vitex Agnus-castus, Thelygonum Cynocrambe. 



Near the climatic boundaries the woodland again exhibits a different composi- 

 tion : Genista Scorpius, Psoralea bi- 

 tuminosa, Sedum altissimum, Rubia 

 peregrina, Carlina corymbosa, La- 

 vandula latifolia, Thymus vulgaris, 

 Euphorbia Characias, Jasminum 

 fruticans, Aegilops ovata, Brachy- 

 podium ramosum, Asparagus acuti- 

 folius, Dorycnium suftruticosum, 

 Rhamnus Alaternus, Spartium jun- 

 ceum, Ononis minutissima, Scabiosa 

 maritima, Catananche coerulea. 



Deciduous woody plants that 

 are green in summer are repre- 

 sented in the sclerophyllous wood- 

 land, for the most part, only by 

 isolated individuals belonging to Fiq ^ Scler01?hyllous flora of the Mediterranean. 

 a few species. Of these in the Quercns coccifera. Two-thirds natural size, 



western part of the Mediter- 

 ranean country, Pistacia Terebinthus alone is very common ; Vitex Agnus- 

 castus, Cercis Siliquastrum, are common only in certain localities. Poplar, 

 ash, and other deciduous trees of northern affinity, which are common 

 in the littoral country, occur, not in sclerophyllous woods, but near water 

 on constantly humid soil ; forests of deciduous trees, chiefly of chestnuts, 

 are not found near the coast, but first appear above the olives, in the 

 mountainous tracts with a different climate. 



3. SCLEROPHYLLOUS WOODLAND IN CAPE COLONY. 



All districts agreeing with the Mediterranean coasts as regards the 

 distribution in time of the rainy and dry seasons repeat in their vegetation 

 essential oecological features of the Mediterranean vegetation. Hence, for 

 instance, the descriptions which Bolus and Scott- Elliot have published of 



1 Flahault, III, p. lxix. 



