TOO SOME ACCOUNT OF' THE 



'^ Pentatroptis spiralis, F'orsk. Ghor es Safieh anJ Widy Harbin. 

 Muscat, in South-east Arabia, is the only habitat in the region in 

 Boissier's ' Flora Orientalis.' A native of tropical countries and an 

 addition to the flora of Palestine. 



Dcsmia cordaia, Br. Frequent in Sinai and along the 'Arabah to the 

 Dead Sea. In most of the Edomitic widies and about 'Akabah, as also 

 in the wadies on the west side of the 'Arabah. In Widy Harun climbing 

 to to or 12 feet in height on Ochradenus. 



Gomphocarpus sinaicus, Boiss. Widies Lebweh and es Sheikh ; 'Ain 

 Abu Zuweirah and Mount Sinai, near the convent ; 'Akabah ; Jebel Abu 

 Kosheibeh. In cultivation in a garden at Jaffa. 



Cynanchum acutum, Linn. Climbing over reeds at 'Aytin Buweirdeh 

 in Wady 'Arabah ; Wddy Ghuweir ; Ghor es Safieh ; by the Jordan, at 

 the pilgrims' bathing-place. Only mentioned from the maritime districts 

 of Palestine by Tristram. 



Leptadenia pyrotechnica, Forsk. Ghor el Feifeh and es Safieh sparingly; 

 by the Dead Sea, at the northern end of Jebel Usdum. 



^Boucerosia aavonis, sp. nov. Herba succulenta, 4-6 pollicaris, ramis 

 erectis parce ramosis rigidis 4-gonis angulis acutis remote tuberculato 

 dentatis, floribus livido-purpureis, corolla notata, limbo profunde 5-fido 

 lobis ovato-deltoideis intus glabris vel obsolete puberulis, coronae staminese 

 lobis interioribus oblongis obtusissimis incumbentibus, exterioribus bifidis 

 dentibus divaricatis, lobis interioribus paullo brevioribus. Fl. Dec. 



Hab. In aridis saxosis locis, Montium Aaronis et 'Abu Kosheibeh.' 

 Tota planta fere pallida-fusca, carnosoe, aphylla, facie Stapelide. 

 (Descriptiones specierum Boucerosice in * Flora Orientale ' 

 minime sufificientes sunt.) Hsec species ab eis videtur distincta. 

 [Plate XVII., figs. I to 8.] 



GENTIANACE^. 

 ^Erythrcea spicata, Pers. Gh6r es Safieh. An addition to the flora of 



Palestine. 



CONVOLVULACE^. 



Convolvuhps lanatus, Vahl. Widy Nasb. 



C. siculus, Linn. Jericho to Marsaba. 



