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^Zygophyllum simplex, Linn. Ghor es Safieh. An addition to the 

 flora of Palestine. 



Z. album, Linn. Wady Ghurundel (Elim) and elsewhere; very 

 frequent in Sinai and about the Dead Sea. Between Jerusalem and 

 Jericho at about sea-level. 



Z. coccineum, Linn. Wddy el 'Ain. 



Seetzenia orientalis, Dene. Debbet er Ramleh and Wady Hamr. 



Peganum harmala, Linn. Wadies el 'Ain, es Sheikh, Berrih, and 

 Lebweh ; summit of Jebel Musa and Gh6r es Safieh. 



Nitraria tridentata, Desf. 'Ain Musa, Widy Ghurundel (Elim), 

 Wady es Sheikh, 'Akabah, and by the Dead Sea. 



RUTACE^. 



Euta graveolens, Linn. (i?. chalepense, Linn.). Jericho ; Medjel to 

 Jaffa. 



R. [Haplophylhim) tuberculatum, Forsk. Widy Zelegah to Wddy el 

 'Ain ; 'Akabah ; frequent in Edomitic widies ; Gh6r es Safieh. A hairy 

 form occurs at Wady Lebweh and Debbet er Ramleh. This plant has a 

 most sickening and persistent smell. 



SIMARUBE^. 

 Balanites cegyptiaca, Del. Jericho, and Ghor es Safieh and Feifeh. 



TEREBINTHACE^. 



Rhus oxyacanthoides, Dum. Several bushes between Jericho and the 

 Jordan, the ' 'Artar ' of Bedawin. Has much the appearance of our 

 hawthorn, but with inconspicuous flowers, and the red berries flattened. 



Pistacia palcsstina, Boiss. Bethlehem ; summit of Mount Hor, at an 

 estimated height of 4,400 feet. Not found so far south previously. 



Zizyphus spina-christi, Linn. Widy Nasb ; 'Akabah ; Wady Ghuweir. 

 Abundant about Jericho and in Ghor el Feifeh, and Gh6r es Safieh. 



Rhamnus punctata, Boiss., ? var. microphylla, Boiss. Medjel to Jaffa. 

 Barren. 



