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among the rocks, and the bay and Judas-tree in the ravines. The 

 orange and the lemon are cultivated. Melons, cucumbers, sesame, 

 maize, cotton, capsicum, lentils, kidney-beans and balmias (Hibiscus 

 esculenius) are the common cultivated vegetables. 



" The wild herbs of the low country are many and varied. The 

 sandy sea-shore abounds in species of Medicago, among which the 

 hoary foliage and yellow flowers of Medicago littornlis, and the Lotus 

 creticus, are conspicious. Also the horned poppy (Glaucium luteuwj, 

 the Hypecoum, and the purple flowers of Malcomia. The weeds of 

 cultivated lands and waste grounds are those of the south of Europe, 

 and among them the spurting cucumber (Momordica elaterimnj, 

 the Acanthus, and the Tribulus, especially attract our attention. The 

 green sward at one season is gay with anemonies, at another with 

 many species of ranunculus. Numerous curious kinds of Orchis and 

 Ophrys, musk-hyacinths, asphodels and star of Bethlehem adorn the 

 plains, and everywhere are prickly but gaily flowering herbs of the 

 genera Echiuni, Lycopsis, Lithospermum, and Anchma among the 

 Borage tribe, and Echinops, and Carthamus among the thistles. 



" Plants curious rather for aspect than for beauty, as Lapsana stel- 

 lata, Hedypnois rhayadioloides, Salvia horininuni, Ziziphora capi- 

 tata, Hymcnocarpus circinatus, Trigonella, Biserrnla, Andracline, 

 and Arisfolochia, arrest the attention of the botanist at every turn. 



" By the sea-shore, in many places, kinds of Staiice abound. The 

 most beautiful is the Statice sinuatum, which covers the interstices of 

 bare and waste rocks, with its handsome lilac flowers and wavy foliage, 

 the more pleasant to look upon, since in early summer, except some 

 bushy and ugly though strongly scented Labiatce, there is little else 

 of verdure to attract the eye in such places. 



" II. Region of mountain-slopes and sea-ward uplands. This is 

 the chief realm of the oak and pine-forests, for which Karamania is 

 famous. It is botanically a region of transition, wherein the flora of 

 the sun-burnt lo\^■lands is mingled with more temperate forms, and 

 with the characteristic plants of the table land of Asia Minor. It 

 abounds in species of broom, and other shrubby Leguminosce, among 

 which, Anagyrisfcetida is especially conspicuous, and sure to attract the 

 attention of the traveller when loaded with its singular inflated pods. 

 The dwarf holly-oak (Quercus coccifera) is abundant everywhere. 

 The Salep orchis abounds. The walnut is the most plentiful and con- 

 spicuous tree around the villages. Vineyards and tobacco fields yield 

 rich produce in this zone. Many common British herbs attract atten- 

 tion here — the primrose, the pimpernel, the dog-violet, the pansy, 



