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an uniform vegetation to a greater height. A 

 fourth botanical region of elevation is presented 

 by the mountain peaks and ranges, elevated from 

 six to ten thousand feet above the level of 

 the sea, which rise out of the table-lands and 

 wall them in. We shall now attempt to sketch 

 the principal botanical features of these several 

 regions. 



I. Region of the maritime plains and valleys. 

 The vegetation of this region is that charac- 

 teristic of all the Mediterranean shores. The 

 majority of plants which flower on the Lycian 

 shores and maritime plains, may be met with 

 from Spain to Asia. Oaks, oriental planes, and 

 peculiar pines constitute its forests ; Leguminosce, 

 Labiatce crucifercB, Caryophyllew, Liliacece, and 

 Iridece, make up its herbaceous vegetation. In 

 Lycia the low hills of this region are covered 

 with myrtle, Arbutus, Daphne, Phlomis, Sty raw, 

 Cistus and Lentisk ; the Elceagnus, the Oleander, 

 the Chastetree, and Colutea, are the shrubs which 

 are most conspicuous on the borders of the 

 plains ; the fences are constructed of Christ-thorn 

 (Paliurus ecliinatus) ; in the neighbourhood of 

 the sandy shores grow Passerina and Ruscus : 

 the waste ground is studded with bushes of 



