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Artemisia monosperma, Del. Abundant at 'Akabah ; 'AyAn Buweirdeh 

 in the 'Arabah ; Gaza. 



A. herba-alba, Asso,, van laxiflora. Widy es Sheikh. 



A. herba-alba, Asso. Abundant with several varieties from Wady 

 Lebweh to Wddies Zelegah and el 'Ain, and occurs between Bir es Seba 

 and Tell Abu Hareireh. At Widy el 'Ain a variety, with densely 

 aggregated reddening flower-heads, occurs. 



A.Judaica, Linn, Wddy Sudur. Several indeterminable Artemisise 

 were gathered. 



Santolina fragrantissima, Forsk. Abundant at a moderate elevation 

 in Sinai, but very scarce after 'Akabah. 



Senecio vernalis, W.K. Gaza and Jericho. 



S. corotiopifolius, Desf. Ghor es Safieh, and across Judaea to Gaza. 



Calendula arvensis, Linn. Wady Zuweirah to Gaza. 



^'Tripteris Vaillanlii, Dene. Petra and lower slopes of Mount Hor. 

 An addition to the flora of Palestine. 



^Echinops glaberrimus, D.C. Widies Lebweh, es Sheikh, and Hariin ; 

 Zibb el Baheir. Wady Harun brings the range within Canon Tristram's 

 limits allotted to Palestine, to which flora it is an addition. Hitherto 

 believed peculiar to Sinai. 



Carduus argentatus, Linn. Bethlehem. 



Atractylis flava, Desf. Widy Hessi, a little south of the Haj road, 

 near 'Akabah ; at 'Ain Mtisa. 

 A. prolifera, Boiss. Gaza. 



Amberboa Lippii, D.C. Jericho ; noted from the Tih desert, but not 

 from Palestine Proper previously. 



A. crupinoides, Desf. Gh6r es Safieh ; Jericho. 



Centaurea sinaica, D.C. Wady Hessi ; apparently this species, but 

 withered. 



C. araneosa, Boiss. Gaza ; Medjel to Jafia. 



C. iberica, Trev. Gh6r es Safieh. 



C. pallescens, Del. Gaza. 



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