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champ ou fit creé Adam et est merqué d’un Terebinthe, qui a trois 
arbres sortant d’un trone.’’ This field was evidently not the same 
where the present Abraham’s oak stands, but farther north where 
the Jewish tradition has for a long time located the house of 
Abraham in Mamre. (See Ritter, Erdkunde, XVI. iii. 225. 
Naturg. 232), th: 
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XLII.—ARCEUTHOBIUM OXYCEDRI AND ITS 
DISTRIBUTION. 
W. B. Turritt. 
The generic name Arceuthobium, M. Bieb., F1.Taur., 3, p- 629, 
1819, is one of the Nomina Conservanda of the Vienna Rules, 
being antedated by Razoumowskia, Hotim. Hort. Mosq., 1808. 
This latter name is used by many authors, especially American, 
stead of Arceuthobium. “About 18 species are known, all except 
four being confined to North America. The genus is allied to 
ec but is well distinguished by the anthers being distinct 
eg eee eee i = to them for the whole or greater 
An interesting account of the genus entitled “ Uberblick iiber 
die Arten der Gattung Arceuthobium (Razoumowskia) mit 
: long bibliography is appended. 
e four sag not eae im America three can be briefly 
efe: _ arceuthobium minutissimum. ° 
limited to Kashmir and Nepal, where is occurs on: ten at 
It. smallest Phanerogams known, being only 
2 - in le A. chinense, Lecomte in Not. Syst., vol. iii. 
province of Yunnan. 
s., vol. vi. p. 
crydium Beccarii ‘‘ near the camp 
