DISTRIBUTION OF THE HEATHER. 



is, perhaps, the most incorrect of all, though Hassec- 

 quist mentions finding heath near Jericho in Syria." 



In the Fagn-Kinsman Dictionary of the Bible, G. 

 T t. Post says : "One species of Heath, Erica verticil- 

 lata Forsk, grows on sandstone and chalky rocks, at 

 an altitude of from 300 to 3,500 feet, on the w. face 

 of Lebanon and the chains to the northward. This 

 cannot be the plant intended. There are no heaths 

 in the desert." 



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