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Acacia tortilis, Hayne. Debbet er Ramleh ; Widy Nasb ; 'Akabah ; 

 east side of the 'Arabah at El Tibl Frequent in the Gh6r, where, 

 though only ten or fifteen feet high, it has a thick trunk, and gives con- 

 siderable shade. 



A. seyal, Del. Frequent in Sinai. Commoner than the last on the 

 west side, in the hotter sandy and arid places. Smaller and more fiercely 

 spiny than A. tortilis, and seldom more than six or seven feet high ; 

 usually less, with a flat tabulated top. Leaves more finely pinnated, and 

 bark less red than in the last. Pods different. 



A. albida, Del. Sands at Gaza, close to the Quarantine ground ; also, 

 I think, this species at 'Ain es Sultin, Jericho. Perhaps not native. 

 Inhabits tropical Africa. 



*A. Iceta, Br. Sparingly in the Gh6r es Safieh. A handsome tree, 

 larger than the other species met with, 20 to 25 feet high. Leaflets 

 considerably larger and fewer, and pods very different from A. tortilis or 

 ' seyal.' An Arab of the Gh6r whom I questioned recognised it as 

 distinct, calling it ' sunt,' and pointed out its difference in leaves and pod 

 from the 'seyal.' There have been very confusing statements made about 

 the names, which arise from the Bedawln themselves. A Bedawln at 

 'Akabah called a remarkably fine specimen of A. tortilis by the Egyptian 

 term, ' sont.' A. laeta has not been found hitherto nearer than Assouan, 

 seven degrees south, and is an important addition to the flora of Pales- 

 tine. 



[N.B. — Many fragments of Medicago, etc., not yet in flower. Trefoils 

 had hardly appeared.] 



ROSACEyE. 



Cratcegus sinaica, Boiss. Near the summit of Jebel Musa. 



C, ? sp., C. azarolus, Linn. ? Near Gaza. 



Rubus discolor, W. et N. [R. sanctus, Schreb.) Bethlehem and 

 Jericho. 



Poterium verrucosum, Ehr. .-' Wady Ghuweir, Gaza. Not in 

 flower. 



P. spinosum, Linn. Judsea and northwards, common. 



Neurada procumbens, Linn. Widy Lebweh, Q2jl2.. 



