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own species but larger, and yellow everlastings, and here and 

 there a few Daphne bushes *. 



I am indebted to Dr. O. Stapf, tlie authority on Persian Botany, 

 for the identification of the following species. The list has no 

 pretence to completeness ; it is merely intended to give an idea 

 of the general aspect of the flora in the latter half of summer : — 



IFarsetia suffruticosa, DC. 

 Scahiosa oUvieri, Coult. 

 GepJialaria sp. 



Xerantliemum squarrosum, Boiss. 

 Selichrysum armenium, DC. 



aucheri, Boiss. (?). 



Centaur ea virgata. Lam., A^ar. sqiiarrosa. 



Lactuca orientalis, Boiss. 



Campanula sp. 



Podantlmm sp. 



Acafitholimon sp. 



Odontites aucheri, Boiss. 



Zizipliora clinopodioides, M. B., var. 



rigida, Boiss. 



Thymus Tcotschyanus. Boiss. & Hoh. 

 Teucriiom polium, L. 



In moister situations on the sides of a small stream from a 

 spring were : — 



Glycyrrhiza glabra^ L. 



Eryngium hillardieri, Laroch, var. meiocefhalum, Boiss. 



Ilchinops sp. 



Pulicaria dysenterica, Gaert., var. onicrocephala, Boiss. 



Centaurea solstitialis, L. 



virgata, Lam., var. squarrosa. 



Mentha tomentosa, Urv. 

 Marrubium crassidens, Boiss. 

 Euphorhia cheiradenia, Boiss. & Hoh. 

 Daphne acuminata, Boiss. & Hoh. 



Seir Zoology. — Foxes are said to be common in the valleys 

 near Seir. The only individual which I saw was of a much paler 

 colour than our English species. 



^^ Of the bulbs from Seir which have reached this country alive, Puschkmia, 

 scilloides is the only one up to the present time which has flowered. 



