no SOME ACCOUNT OF THE 



Euphorbia helioscopia, Linn. Jericho ; Gaza to Jaffa. 



E. exigua, Linn. Apparently this species ; but, although flowering, 

 the plants, were not an inch in height, and very difficult to detect. They 

 were probably seedlings. At Tell Abu Hareireh and Gaza. 



E. aulacosperma, Boiss. Bethlehem. 



E. peplus, Linn. Jericho. 



E. peploides, Gou. Gaza. 



E. chamcBpeplus, Boiss., /3 sinaica, Boiss. Jericho. 



E. terracina, Linn. Gaza. 



E. paralias, Linn. Gaza. 



Andrachne aspera, Spreng. Frequent in Sinai from Wady Lebweh 

 to 'Akabah, and along the 'Arabah to the Gh6r ; Gaza. 



Crozophora obliqua, Vahl. Widies Nasb, es Sheikh, and Gh6r es 

 Safieh. 



Mercurialis annua, Linn. Gaza ; Jaffa ; Jericho and Ghdr es Safieh. 

 Ricinus communis, Linn. Gh6r es Safieh ; near Gaza, a little south- 

 wards. 



URTICACE^. 



Urtica dioica, Linn. Jericho. 



U. urens, Linn., and U. pilulifera, Linn. Both were gathered, I 

 believe, at Gaza ; but they were not in flower. 



Parietaria (? sp.), ? P. judaica, Linn. Jerusalem, ecc. 



Forskahlia tenacissima, Linn. Frequent in Sinai. Plentifijl at 

 'Akabah, and up the 'Arabah to the Gh6r. 



Ficus carica, Linn. Widy Ghuweir, a valley leading from north- 

 eastern 'Arabah to the Shobek country in Edom. 



F. sycomorus, Linn. Gaza ; Wady Ghurundel (Edom). 



CUPULIFER^. 

 Quercus cocci/era, Linn. Bab el Wdd to Jerusalem, etc. 



*Salix acmophylla, Boiss. (?) Widy Ghuweir ; Gh6r es Safieh, by 

 the Tufileh river. In the absence of inflorescence, Mr. Oliver would 



