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variegated carpet over the Struma Plain in spring. Other 
mmon wee 
too, the collection of bulky woody specimens was often curtailed 
by considerations of weight and available space inside one’s 
pack. Carefully collected specimens of Mace onian trees would 
be welcomed at Kew. The genera Prunus and Pyrus should 
of trees were observed in addition to 
Frioran SuccEssIon. 
The Macedonian climate, while typically Mediterranean 
in the long, hot, dry summer, differs from the climates 
of most other countries bordering this i i 
colder and wetter spells in winter. The spring 
sh in March, and mer, into summer in May 
i nd in October the autumn 
vegetation and cause a short period of 
before the cold winds and snow of winte 
i 
=) 
Gagea stenopetala, Rom 
he young rosettes of Silybwm 
: icuous. 
March.—Capsella Bursa-pastoris, see aria Thalianum, 
Leontice gg, 7 
Lame 
Leguminosae are more numer peci 
individuals than the representatives of any other family. Vie 
spp., Lathyrus spp., Pisum spp., Medicago spp., Trifolium spp-» 
