1^4 AN ANALYSIS OF THE FLORA OF SINAL 



PARONYCHIE^. 

 Polycarpon smculentum, Del. At Jericho and between Tell Abu 

 Hareireh and Gaza. 



Paronychia nivea, D.C. Bir es Seb4. Not in Boissier's ' Flora 

 Orientalis.' Found in Greece (Nyman), but no further east. 



P. desertoriim, Boiss. Widy Ghuweir, between Petra and the Ghor 

 in Edom. A desert species. 



Sclerocephalus arabicus, Boiss. Gh6r es Safieh. A desert species. 



TAMARISCINE^. 

 Tamarix articulata, Vahl. Between Ramleh and Jerusalem, intro- 

 duced (?). 



ZYGOPHYLLE^. 

 Zygophyllum simplex, Linn. Gh6r es Safieh. 



LEGUMINOS^. 

 Ononis campestris, Koch. Gaza. 



Indigo/era paucifolia, Del. Ghor es Safieh. Known from Upper 

 Egypt and Midian. 



Colutea aleppica, Lam. Summit of Mount Hor. 



Astragalus acinaciferus, Boiss. Wddy 'Arabah immediately above 

 the Gh6r. 



Rhynchosia minima, D.C. Gh6r es Safieh. A common tropical 

 species. 



Acacia Iceta, Br. Ghor es Safieh. Also tropical. 



FICOIDE^. 

 Trianthema pentandra, Linn. Gh6r es Safieh. 



RUBIACEiE. 



Rubia peregrina, Linn. (?) Petra and rocky slopes of Mount Hor 

 above Petra. 



Galium petm, n. sp. Petra. 



