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mannifera, Ehr., occurs also, as on the summit of Jebel Usdum and 

 Wady Zelegah. 



*Tamarix articulata, Vahl. Between Ramleh and Jerusalem ; ? intro- 

 duced. A handsome tree about Gaza, thirty-five feet high, belongs, I 

 believe, to this species. An addition to the flora of Palestine. 



Remimuria palcBstina, Boiss. Common in Sinai. This form has 

 been recorded only from the Dead Sea, but probably, as suggested by 

 Lowne, it is identical with R. hirtella, Jaub., R. vermiculata, Linn., the 

 name by which the Sinai plant has been collected. Flowers were obtained 

 in November. 



HYPERICINE^. 



Hypericum tetrapterimi, Fr. forma. Between Gaza and Tell Abu 

 Hareireh. A small prostrate form, but not in flower. 



MALVACE^. 



Malva rotundifolia, Linn. Wadies Nasb and Sarawat ; Jebel Mlisa ; 

 Petra ; very abundant about Tell el Milh and Bir es Sebd. Eaten by the 

 Bedawin, 



M. sylvestris, Linn. Jericho. 



Abutilon muticum, Del. Gh6r el Feifeh and Gh6r es Safieh. 



A. fruiicosum, G. et P. {Sida denficulata, Fres.). Wady el 'Ain in 

 Sinai, and W^dy Ghurundel in Edom. 



TILIACE^. 

 Corchorus trilocularis, Linn. Gh6r es Safieh and Feifeh, frequent. 



GERANIACE^. 



Geranium tuberosum, Linn. I gathered the tuberous roots of, I 

 believe, this species, like small flattened potatoes, on the summit of 

 Mount Hor. 



G. molle, Linn. Bethlehem. 



Erodium cicutarium, Linn. From the Ghdr across Judaea to Gaza, 

 and at Jericho. 



E. mosckatum, Linn. Jericho ; Ramleh to Jerusalem. 



