152 TREES OF THE LOW COUNTRY. 



juniper {Juniperus Phoenicea), spiny burnet (Po- 

 terium spinosum), spiny cichory (Cichorium spino- 

 sum), and Litliospermwn hispidulwn ; on the 

 rocks by the sea-side great bushes of tree spurge 

 (Euphorbia dendroides) are mingled with more 

 humble but more gaily flowering shrubby knots 

 of variously coloured knapweeds (Centaurea), and 

 everlastings (Helichrysum). These extend up 

 the hill sides and mingle with shrubby Labiatce. 

 In waste places the Ricinus grows, and the 

 gorgeous dragon arum. Along the marshes the 

 great reed (Arundo Donaw), flourishes in miniature 

 forests, and is often used to fence the fields 

 on the alluvia] plains. The damper parts are 

 covered in autumn by the tall golden-flowered 

 Aster isms aquaticus. 



The wild olive covers the hills, wherever the 

 Pine (Pinus maritimus and halepensis) and the 

 Arbutus leave room. The balanea oaks (Quercus 

 ballota, aegilops, and infectwia,) afford ample 

 shade. The mastic, the fig, and the mulberry 

 are not unfrequent, both cultivated and wild. 

 The Oriental planes afford abundant shade near 

 every village, and the dark and towering cypress 

 is planted by the place of burial, but grows wild 

 in the ravines. The pomegranate flourishes in 



