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above the Pont d'Aumale. At the south-west angle of 

 the town is Koudiat Aty, which was being largely quarried 

 away to gain space for extension of the suburb. 



Other subsidiary sites. — At altitudes not exceeding 2000 

 feet : — Woods on the flanks of Mansoura ; Route de Batna 

 to about third kilometre; parts of the valleys of the Roumel 

 and Merzoug ranged over; Camp des Oliviers; Aqueduc 

 Romaine ; slopes of hills worked over between this and the 

 Seminaire ; Moslem and French cemeteries ; Route de 

 Philippeville or Stora ; Hammam Sidi M'cid ; Route de la 

 Corniche and railway to Philippeville [Smendou, a station 

 on that line], and most of the adjacent slopes ; wood below 

 the hospital ; el-Kantara and the old Jewish cemetery. 



At altitudes upwards of 2000 feet : — The brow of the 

 spur of M'cid behind the hospital, and the higher parts 

 above the quarries, including the newer Jewish cemetery; 

 Biet-i-Ras, on the further spur of Djebel Ouach, above the 

 Route de la Corniche; Djebel Ouach (from about 2800 

 feet to the summit above the reservoirs, 4265 feet) ; the 

 Mansoura and woods to the north of it ; Mt. de Constan- 

 tine, opposite the south-west suburbs (up to 2500 feet), 

 and Koudiat Aty. 



Plants cited. — At altitudes of 2000 feet and under: — 

 Ranunculaceaz ; Nigella hispanica (vi. 2). Gruciferse ; 

 Brassica (Sinapis) nigra (v. 22, vi. 1), Diplotaxis muralis 

 (v. 21, 22), viminea (v. 10). Leguminosze ; Ononis viscosa 

 (vi. 6), Lotus ornithopodoides (v. 18), Onobrychis venosa (vi. 

 12). Cactacem; Opuntia. Cucurbit ace^ ; Ecballium elaterium 

 (ix. 30). Umbelliferte ; Eryngium triquetrum (vi. 7-23), 

 ^Enanthe fistulosa (v. 7, 10); Ferula communis (v. 20); 

 Thapsia garganica (v. 15, 17, 18). Dipsacete ; Scabiosa 

 maritima (vi. 16, 18). Composite ; Inula viscosa (x. 1, 4, 

 15), Asteriscus aquaticus (vi. 9). Anacyclus clavatus (v. 10), 

 Atractylis gummifera (x. 1), Centaurea nica3ensis (vi. 10), 

 Cynara cardunculus (v. 15), Galactites tomentosa (v. 7, 15), 

 Carduus (Silybum) marianus (v. 7), pycnocephalus (v. 20), 

 pteracanthus (v. 10, 13), macrocephaius (v. 17, 18), Scoly- 

 mus hispanicus (vi. 14), Sonchus tenerrimus (v. 8, 14, 20 ; 

 vi. 1), Crepis taraxacifolia (v. 21, 22), clausonis (xi. 2). 

 Boragineie ; Anchusa italica (v. 19, 28; vi. 12); Echium 

 italicum (v. 22, 29; vi. 16). Solanese ; Solanum nigrum 

 (x. 1). Scrophularinete ; Antirrhinum majus (v. 17). La- 

 biatm ; Thymus lanceolatus, var. Kabylicus (vi. 11) ; Salvia 

 patula (vi. 12). Thymelese, ; Daphne gnidium (v. 5 ; x. 4). 



