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plants were collected. On the flanks of Mas- 

 sicytus, roses were observed in flower, also a 

 white autumn Crocus, a Leontodon, and Lamium 

 maculatum. In the grassy plains or fields of the 

 Highlands we came upon an almost English vege- 

 tation, Prunella vulgaris, Primula acaulis, Bellis 

 perennis , and Veronica anagallis 9 all in full blossom. 

 Higher up among the barer peaks of the Massicy- 

 tus, where the pines had ceased, and the cedar-juni- 

 per (Juniperus excelsa) was thinly scattered and in 

 fruit, many of the more characteristic plants of the 

 mountains of the Levant were found in flower, 

 species of Astragalus, Sanguisorba, Euphorbia, Ce- 

 rintlie, Campanula, Echinops, and Sideritis. Erno- 

 dea alpina was also notable, both for the beauty of 

 its blossoms and their stench. On the summit of 

 the highest peak we ascended, at an elevation 

 of nine thousand feet, the most abundant plant 

 was an Achillea, not in flower, but remarkable 

 for its feather-like foliage (Achillea umbellata f) 

 On descending into the yailahs of Almalee, to a 

 point where the plain is about five thousand feet 

 above the sea-level, we passed successively from 

 the region of tree-junipers, into pine forests, and 

 then into a belt of oaks. The rocky margin of this 

 yailah was thickly covered with shrubs, mostly 



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