GYMN0SPER1VLE. 



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twigs possessing all the characters of Ephedra, on the shores of Lough Neagh. Species 

 have been described by Unger from Sotzka, by Heer from Switzerland, and by Ettings- 



hausen from Haling. 



Some thirty existing species of Ephedra, are known. They are erect or scandent, 

 leafless, copiously-branching shrubs, abounding on the sandy seashores of Eastern 

 Europe, North Africa, temperate and subtropical Asia, and extra-tropical America from 

 Chili to California. 



CEDAR OF LEBANON. 



(Veitck's ' Manual.') 



