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TROPICAL FLORA OF THE DEAD SEA BASIN. 



MENISPERMACE^. 



Cocculus Lecsda, D.C. A native of Cape de Verdes, Senegal, Sene- 

 gambia, Nubia, Upper Egypt and Abyssinia, occurring in Sinai and the 

 Wady 'Arabah to the Dead Sea. 



PARONYCHIE^. 



Sclerocephalus arabicus, Boiss. Cape de Verdes, interior of North 

 Africa, extreme south of Persia and Muscat in South Arabia. Sinai and 

 Gh6r es Safieh. A desert species. 



MALVACE^. 



Abutilon fruticosum, G. et P. Senegal, Nubia, Abyssinia, Arabia 

 (Aden and Midian), Scinde and Beloochistan. Sinai and in Edom, along 

 the 'Arabah to the Dead Sea. 



A. muticum, Del. Cape de Verdes (Webb), Senegal, Nubia, Upper 

 Egypt, Arabia;- Southern Persia, Afghanistan. Sinai and Ghor es Safieh. 



TILIACE^. 



Corchorus trilocularis, Linn. Tropical Africa and Asia. Cape de 

 Verdes. Gh6r es Safieh. Not found in Sinai. 



CAPPARIDE^. 



Capparis Sodada, R. Br. Upper Egypt, Nubia, Abyssinia, Southern 

 Persia and North-west India. Not found in Sinai, but occurs in Midian. 

 North-east end of the Dead Sea, 



SIMARUBE^. 



Balanites csgyptidca, Del. Upper Egypt, Nubia, Abyssinia and 

 Arabia. Not found in Sinai. Ghor es Safieh and Jericho. 



