ii8 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE 



Ephedra fragilis, Desf. Wady 'Arabah, between 'Ayun Buweirdeh 

 and the Gh6r ; Jericho; near Bab el Wid ; Bethlehem, v/here specimens 

 were gathered with inflorescence. 



E. elata, Dene. 'Ayun Buweirdeh, near the Ghor. Apparently this 

 species. 



E. alte, C. A. Mey. Summit of Jebel Musa ; Wady Hessi and Jebel 

 Herteh. 



EQUISETACE^. 



* Equisetum elongatum, Willd. Ghor es Safieh ; Gaza. Five or six 

 feet high in the Gh6r. 



FILICES. 



Ceterach officinarum, Willd. Bab el Wid and Solomon's Pools, in 

 Judaea ; Jebel Abu Kosheibeh and Mount Hor, in Edom. 



Notholcsna lanuginosa, Desf. Wady Harun and Jebel Abu Ko- 

 sheibeh. 



Cheilanthes fragrans, Linn. Jebel Abu Kosheibeh and Mount Hor ; 

 Bethlehem and Bib el Wid. 



Adiantum capillus-veneris, Linn. Jebel Musa ; Bethlehem. 



CHARACE^. 



*Chara hispida, Linn. 'Ay<an Buweirdeh in the 'Arabah, and at Bir es 

 Saura in Wady el 'Attiyeh. 



MUSCI.i 

 Anisothecium (Dicranum) varium, Hedw. Gaza, barren. 

 Grimmia apocarpa, Linn. Jebel Musa, Jebel Katharina, barren. 

 G. leucophcea, Grev. With the preceding, barren. 



*G. trichophylla, Grev. Jericho ; a few slender stems with very young 

 fruit. 



^'G. pulvinata, Linn. Jericho. 



*G. crinita. Mount Hor; Widy M<isa. 



1 These mosses have been determined by Mr. William Mitten, F.L.S. 



