90 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE 



Medicago laciniata, All. Between Bir es Sebi and Tell Abu Hareireh ; 

 Gaza. This minute trefoil was in flower at the end of December. 



Hymenocarpus circinnahis, Linn. Jericho. 



Lotus tenuifolius, Rchb., y unifiorus, Boiss. (Z. corniculatus, van L.) 

 Swamps in the Ghor es Safieh, near the Dead Sea. 



L. lanuginosus, Linn. Widy el 'Attiyeh and Jebel Herteh. 



L. lamprocarpus, Boiss. Gh6r es Safieh and Jericho. 



Hippocrepis unisiliquosa, Linn. var. Jericho. 



Psoralea bituminosa, Linn. Ghor es Safieh. 



P., ? sp., P. plicata, Del. ? Zibb el Baheir and Jebel Watiyeh ; Jebel 

 Abu Kosheibeh. 



Indigo/era argentea, Linn. Ghdr es Safieh and el Feifeh. Cultivated, 

 but now spontaneous, 



*/. paucifolia, Del. Gh6r es Safieh. Upper Egypt is its nearest 

 locality in Boissier's ' Flora Orientalis,' but Oliver enumerates it amongst 

 Captain Burton's ' Indian Plants.' An addition to the flora of Pales- 

 tine. 



Tephrosia, ? sp., T. purpurea, Pers. .'' Widy el 'Attiyeh and Jebel 

 Herteh to 'Akabah. Apparently this species, but not in good condition. 

 Not mentioned in Boissier's ' Flora Orientalis.' 



T. apollinea, Del. 'Akabah ; Wady el 'Ain. 



*Colutea aleppica, Lam. Summit of Mount Hor. An addition to the 

 flora of Palestine. Probably this species, but specimens imperfect, owing 

 to season. 



Astragalus macrocarpus, D.C. .'' A little south of Gaza. Not in 

 fruit. 



A. callichrous, Boiss. Jericho. 



A. alexandrinus, Boiss. Wddy Zuweirah to Bir es Seb4. 



^A. acinaciferus, Boiss. On the marl banks by watercourses imme- 

 diately above the Gh6r in the 'Arabah. An addition to the flora of 

 Palestine. 



