io8 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE 



*Digera arvensis, Forsk. Ghor es Safieh and Gh6r el Feifeh. 

 D. alternifolia, Linn., an erect annual, is the only species in Boissier. 

 The plant of the Ghor is the decumbent perennial given in Forskahl's 

 ' Flora Egypdaco-Arabico,' at p. 65. An addition to the flora of 

 Palestine. 



POLYGONE^. 



Calligonum comosum, Her. Above 'Akabah, westward from the 

 Haj-road to Jebel Herteh. 'Ayun Buweirdeh to the Ghor, and else- 

 where in the 'Arabah. 



Emex spinosus, Linn. Gaza and Jericho. 



Rumex roseus, Linn. Jericho ; Ghor es Safieh and Petra. 



R. vesicarius, Linn. ? Gh6r es Safieh. These two species are (if 

 distinct) sometimes confounded. 



R. obtusifolius, Linn. Gaza. 



Polygonum equisetiforme, S. et S. Frequent on the Edomitic side of 

 the 'Arabah, from Petra northwards ; Gh6r es Safieh, and between Bir es 

 Seb4 and Gaza. 



NYCTAGINE^. 



Boerhaavia plumbaginea, Cdiv., forma, var. (?) incisa. 'Akabah. 

 *^. verticillata, Poir. Widy Harun and Ghor es Safieh ; between 

 Gaza and Tell Abu Hareireh. Fragments from Wadies Ghurundel and 

 Ghuweir appear to belong to this species, which is recorded only from 

 Muscat in South-east Arabia, in the Oriental region, by Boissier. It 

 occurs, however, in Nubia, Senegal and Abyssinia, according to Hooker's 

 ' Flora Nigritiana,' which is a not unfrequent range for the desert plants. 

 An addition to the flora of Palestine. 



*B. repens, Linn. Ghor es Safieh and Jericho. An Egyptian species 

 found in tropical Arabia, and from Morocco to India. An addition to the 

 flora of Palestine. 



THYMEL^ACE^. 



'''Daphne linearifolia, sp. nov. Fruticosa ramosa, ramulis tenuibus 

 rubellis, glabris foliosis, foliis linearibus acuminatis utrisque uninerviis 

 glabris sessilibus, floribus 10-15 brevissime pedicellatis capitatis terminal!- 



