120 Report of Schimmel 8j Co. April /October 1917. 



Composite Helichrysum benguellense, Matricaria albida and globifera, Osteospermum 

 muricatum (of apples), Homochcete forulosa. 



Scrophulariacece: Chcenostoma, Sutera, Lyperia, Manulea, Selago Nachtigalii and 

 S. alopecuroides (both strongly of garlic). 



Labiatoe: Ocimum canum 1 ), Plectranthus, Moschosmia. 



Leguminosce: Psoralea obtusifolia (used as a substitute for tea by the Hereros), 

 Hoffmanseggia rubra (unpleasant odour of tar), Copaifera Mopane. 



Rutacece: Thamnosma africanum (has a most disgusting odour). 



Moringacece: Moringa ovalifoliata. 



Umbelliferce: Peucedanum fraxinifolium (the bark is much appreciated by cliff- 

 badgers owing to its aromatic taste). 



Myrothamnacece : Myrothamnus fiabellifolius. The leaves are much in favour amongst 

 the Hereros for making tea. 



Euphorbicece: Excmcaria africana (the wood is much appreciated by the Hereros 

 for the purpose of making beads for necklaces). 



Liliacece: Tulbaghia calcarea and T. tenuior (both smell of garlic). 



Cyperacece: Kyllingia alba, whose root fronts are much in favour among the Hereros 

 owing to their slight smell. 



Cucurbitacece: Kedrostis fcetidissima, when burnt, produces a most pestilential, 

 undefinable odour. 



The fragrant plants of Asia Minor. — K. Krause 2 ) has discussed the fragrant plants 

 of this country as a continuation of his paper on the prospects of the cultivation of 

 aromatic plants in Asia Minor 3 ). Climatic conditions quite exclude the existence and 

 cultivation of aromatic plants in the North and in the interior of Asia Minor and both 

 are only possible in the West and South. The original flora is found here in the 

 shape of those characteristic evergreen bushes which in Italian are termed "macchia". 

 Those of this country hardly differ at all from the ones occurring in the other country 

 Mediterranean regions. Just like these, they consist mainly of dense, evergreen, hard- 

 leaved bushes which often start growing quite close by the sea from which they are 

 frequently only seperated by a narrow strip of sand, hardly wider than a few yards. 

 In the interior, they are gradually transformed at a height of 300 and 400 m. into the 

 deciduous leafy woods which cover the upper precipices. In some valleys, they grow 

 to an altitude of 600 m. or higher, but in such cases they are mostly intermixed with 

 other plants. Besides Quercus coccifera and Q. ilex (stone oak) the following bushes 

 abound in the "macchia" of Asia Minor: juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus), jasmine (Jasminum 

 fructicans), pistachio nuts (Pistacia terebinthus and P. lentiscus), laurel (Laurus nobilis), 

 myrtle (Myrtus communis), various species of the genus Cistus (especially Cistus villosus, 

 C. laurifolius, C. salviifolius, C. creticus), and many others. The characteristic odour of 

 the "macchia" is even observable at a distance when there is no wind. Some species, 

 amongst others juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus), as well as several citrosas are so abundant 

 that they quite predominate and one accordingly terms the "macchia" the juniper or 

 "citrosae-macchia". In the lowlands of Western Asia minor, another plant formation 

 is superabundant which is called "Phrygana" and which mainly consists of low-growing 

 bushes, scrub and of lingnified bushes amongst which, however, aromatic plants are 

 comparatively rare. 



!) Report April 1914, 72. — 2 ) Deutsche Parf.-Ztg. 2 (1916), 273, 299. — 3 ) Deutsche Parf.-Ztg. 2 (1916), 

 241; Report October 1916, 81. 



