"2 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE 



IRIDACE^. 

 Iris {Xiphion) palcestinum, Baker, Tell Abu Hareireh to Gaza ; Gaza 

 to Jaffa, etc., common. Coming into flower the last week in December. 

 Flowers sweet-smelling. 



AMARYLLIDACEJi. 



Sternbergia macrantha, Gay. Mount Hor, especially about the summit. 

 In flower early in December. A large showy yellow species. 



Narcissus Tazettce, Linn. Between Medjel and Jaffa. Coming into 

 flower in the first week of January. 



Pancratium Sickenbergeri, A. et S. Debbet er Ramleh ; W^dies 

 Lebweh and es Sheikh ; in several places in the 'Arabah, from 'Akabah 

 to 'Aytin Buweirdeh. Flowering November and December, but without 

 leaves. A beautiful white-flowered species found elsewhere only in the 

 neighbouring Egyptian deserts. Numerous bulbs which I brought home 

 of this and other species failed to flower with Mr. Burbidge. The 

 requisite dry heat is difficult to supply. 



COLCHICACE^. 



Colchicum montanum, Linn. Abundant on the plain of Judaea, from 

 the Gh6r to Gaza ; near the summit of Mount Hor. In flower the second 

 week of December. Flowers white or mauve. 



C. Steveni, Kunth. I gathered flowers, which Mr. Oliver refers to 

 this species, on the summit of Jebel Katharina, 8,500-8,600 feet, on 

 November 19th ; summit of Mount Hor, in flower December loth. 

 Boissier gives maritime plains of Palestine, Cilicia, and Mersina for its 

 known geographical range. Flowers white or faintly lilac, and appearing 

 without leaves on Jebel Katharina, one, two or three to the scape. On 

 Mount Hor the flowers were decidedly smaller, and sprang from a leafy 

 shoot. The latter is normally the case in this species ; and possibly the 

 Jebel Katharina plant is distinct, and belongs to the section of the genus 

 in which the flowers are autumnal, the leaves vernal. 



Androcymbium [Erythrostictus) palcestinum, Boiss. Widy 'Arabah, 

 and widies leading into it near the Gh6r ; Gaza ; from near Jerusalem to 

 Jericho ; Gh6r es Safieh. In flower December 13th, and afterwards. 



