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Rhamnus punctata, Boiss., and R. palcsstina, Boiss. ? Medjel to Jaffa. 



R. sp., R. oleoides, Linn. ? In several places in a barren condition 

 in the Gh6r es Safieh. Leaves small and deciduous. Shrub six to ten 

 feet high, and called by the Bedawin ' Seisaban.' 



LEGUMINOS^. 



Anagyris fcetida, Linn. Gaza; Ramleh to Jerusalem. 

 Crotalaria cegyptiaca, Bth. Wddies Nasb and Sarawat. 

 Lupinus reticulattcs, Des\r. Between Ramleh and Jerusalem, and at 

 Ascalon, the eastern limits of the species. 



L. termis, Forsk. About Medjel, Gaza and Jaffa. Cultivated. 



Lotononis lebordea, Benth. (Z. dichotoma, Del.) Wadies Lebweh, 

 Berrah, es Sheikh, and 'Arabah. 



Calycotome villosa, Linn. Sand hills at Ascalon ; Medjel ; Ramleh 

 to Jerusalem. 



Genista (Retama) retam, Forsk. Common throughout Sinai and 

 South Palestine. The juniper (' rothem ') of the Bible. 



Ononis antiquorum, Linn. 'Ain es Sultan, Jericho. An erect shrub> 

 with long stiff spiny branches, bearing scattered sessile flowers, four to 

 six feet high. 



*0. campestris, Koch. ((9. spinosa, Linn.) Gaza, prostrate or decum- 

 bent on the sands, Pe.rhaps not specifically distinct from the last, but 

 widely so in habit. An addition to the flora of Palestine. 



O. natrix, Linn., var. -y stenophylla, Boiss. Gaza ; Ramleh to 

 Jerusalem. 



O. vaginalis, Vahl. From Petra to about 4,000 feet on Mount Hor. 

 P'ound hitherto only at Alexandria and in plains under Anti-Lebanon in 

 the Oriental region. 



O. serrata, Forsk., var. major ? Bir es SebA to Gaza in several 

 places. 



Trigonella arabica, Del. Jericho. 



Medicago denticulata, Willd. Ghor es Safieh ; Wady Ghuweir. 



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