172 BOTANICAL LIST. 



CeratocepJialus falcatus (Pers.) : shrub, 4 to 5 inches high, with delicate white 



blossoms. 



Coniferce Abies f : bushy-headed plants, 5 to 6 inches high. 

 Cordia myxa : meis-tree, from which a birdlime is made. 

 Cotula pubescens (Desf.) : leaves pinnate, like Adonis, but more minute; yellow 



flowers. 

 Cyclamen Europ. (Linn.) : some very large and violet, drooping flower. 



Druba affinis Alpina (Linn.) (Lebanon) : 2 inches high. 



Elseagmis angust! folia (Linn.) : 5 or 6 feet high, willow-like, and grows near 



Lake of Tiberias and the Jordan. 

 Epilobium molle? (Linn.): soft, velvet-like leaves, small pink flowers. 



Fern : variety small leaves, and usually found about rocks, becomes reddish 

 brown, specimen from Aceldama, near Jerusalem : it is worked 

 into wreaths and fastened to paper and cards. 



Fumaria officinal is : var. parva flora, minute leaves: it is a febrifuge, and 

 found very frequently in the mountains of Lebanon. 



Galium Grsecum or affinis (Linn.) : flowers scarcely perceptible. 

 Grass : thick heads, vari-parted. 



t{ like very small oats. 



&quot; bushy short, hairy, and down-like heads. 

 Hordeum murinum (Linn.). 



Ilyacintfius botryoides ? (Linn.) : little blue-bell flowers. 

 Hypericum : leaves generally from one to two inches long ; small flowers. 

 Hypocoum erectum (Linn.) : Mosque of Omar. 

 Hypocrepis multisilignosa (Linn.). 



Ins : flowers very blue at end of each petal. 

 Junipcrus excelsa : tall tree, specimen from Beirut. 



