Preliminary Note on the Flora of Bethlehem 1 5 



Taking the flora as a whole, i.e. including the Cyperaceae and 

 Gramineae a study of the fruits shows that 49* 2 per cent, of 

 the species have capsular fruits, 42 ' per cent, have achenes, 

 while only 8* 7 per cent, of the species have succulent fruits. 



The bulk of the species are Hemicryptophytes (52*5 per 

 cent.). I.e. with the resting winter bud below the surface of the 

 soil; Chamaeph3^es i.e. plants with the winter buds a few inches 

 above the soil comprise 10*3 per cent, of the species; bushes 

 (Nanophytes) form 9* 4 per cent, of the flora. Water plants 

 (Hydrophytes) are frequent and comprise 1 1 • 2 per cent; bulb- 

 ous plants and annuals are not so common, the former make up 

 9- 4 per cent, and the latter 6' per cent, of the total number 

 of species. As mentioned previously only one plant was met with 

 approaching the dimensions of a tree. 



Systematic Constituents of the Flora. 



Dicotyledons 

 Monocotyledons 



38 89 126 



Proportion of Monocotyledons to Dicotyledons 1:3-2 

 Proportion of Genera to Species 1 : 1*4 



Predominating Orders. 

 Number of Species. Percentage of Whole. 



15-8 

 7- 1 

 7- 1 

 6-3 

 5-5 

 3-9 



