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Astragalus sieberi, D.C. Debbet er Ramleh ; Wadies Hamr, Berr^h, 

 and Lebweh. 



A. trigonus, D.C. ? Wadies Berrah and Lebweh. 

 A. aleppicus, BoisiS. Gaza. Not recorded so far south previously. 

 A. Forskaklii, Boiss. WMy 'Arabah and Ghor es Safieh. 

 A. sanctus, Boiss. Widy Zuweirah to Bir es Sebi. 

 A. sanctus, Boiss., var. stenophylla ? Jericho. 

 Onobrychus ptolemaica, Del. Wady Lebweh ; 'Akabah. 

 Alhagi maurorum, D.C. 'Aytin Mtasa ; Widies el 'Ain, es Sheikh, 

 and Gh6r es Safieh. 



Vicia sativa, h'mn., forma. About the Dead Sea. 

 V. pal(zstina, Boiss. With the last. 

 Lathyrus blepharicarpus, Boiss. Bethlehem. 

 Pisum fulvum, S. et S. Gaza and Bethlehem. 

 *Rhynchosia minima, D.C. Gh6r es Safieh, where it covered acacia 

 trees in one or two places by the river with canopies of pretty little 

 flowers. Not included in Boissier's ' Flora Orientalis,' nor found else- 

 where so far north of the tropics. ' A common tropical plant in both 

 hemispheres,' Hooker, Fl. Nigrit. R. schimperi has been lately found in 

 Midian by Burton. 



Dolichos lablab, Linn. Gh6r es Safieh in several places, especially 

 along the stream. Widely diffused in warm countries, where it is 

 commonly eaten. 



Cassia obovata, Collad. 'Akabah. [C. bicapsularis, Linn. Cultivated 

 at 'AyCln Miisa.J 



C. acutifolia, Del. {C. lanceolata, Forsk.) 'Akabah. Kosseir and 

 Assouan in Upper Egypt are its nearest known localities. An addition 

 to the flora of Sinai. 



Ceratonia siliqua, Linn. First seen at Gaza ; frequent northwards. 

 The Caroub, or St. John's locust tree. 



Prosopis stephaniana, Willd. Widy Ghuweir, Ghor es Safieh, Gaza, 

 and Jericho. Very abundant near the Dead Sea, and bearing its 

 monstrous-looking pods in January. 



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