156 LIST OF DESERT-PLANTS COLLECTED NEAR ALEXANDRIA. 



MONOCOTYLEDONES. 



AROIDEiE. 



Ar is arum Veslingii, Schott. 

 Biarum Alexandrinum. 



IrIDE/E. 



Iris Sisyrinchium, L. 



Sisyrinchium minus, Clus. 



LiLIACEiE. 



Ornithogalum tenuifolium, Guss. 



Obs. Commoner at Mandara than Ramleh, where it is 

 nearly extinct. 



Allium roseum, L. 



Muscari comosum, Mill. 

 Obs. Among barley. 



Bellevalia flexuosum. 



Asparagus horridus. 



CoLCHICACBiE. 



Colchicum eegyptiacum. 



