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LYTHRARIE^. 



Lythrum salicaria, Linn., van tomentosum, D.C. Twelve to fourteen 

 feet high in the Ghdr es Safieh. 



L. hyssopifolium, Linn. Ghor es Safieh and Jericho, in wet places. 

 [Lawsonia alba, Linn. Hedge-rows near Gaza. Cultivated at 

 'Akabah. Not native ?] 



CUCURBITACE^. 



Cucumis prophetarum, Linn. Frequent in Sinai to 'Akabah, and 

 thence to the Dead Sea. 



C. trig-onus, Roxb. Ghor es Safieh. Several of this family cultivated 

 in the Ghor. 



Citrullus colocynthis, Schr. Sinai, and thence to Gh6r ; near Bir es 

 Sebd. 



Bryonia syriaca, Boiss. Between Ramleh and Jerusalem. A bryony 

 occurred on the summit of Mount Hor ; I believe, of this species ; but it 

 was not in flower. 



B. multiflora, Boiss. Gaza. 



FICOIDE^. 



Aizoon kispanicum, Linn. Jericho. 



A. canariense, Linn. Ghor es Safieh ; Wady M^isa. 



^ Trianthema pentandra, Linn. Gh6r es Safieh. A native of Senegal, 

 Nubia and tropical Arabia, and found also in Afghanistan and Persia at 

 Bushire. An addition to the flora of Palestine. Has been found in 

 Midian by Captain Burton. 



CRASSULACE^. 



Cotyledon umbilicus, Linn. ? Umbilicus intermedius, Boiss. ? Jebel 

 Watiyeh and Zibb el Baheir, west of Mount Sinai. Plentiful on Mount 

 Hor, and on Jebel Abu Kosheibeh. Apparently the same species was 

 common about Bethlehem, but it was nowhere in determinable condition. 



