The date-palm fringes the Syrian shore as high as Beyrut, and formerly flourished in the Jordan valley, where, however, it is not now seen, except in a few dwarfed specimens near the Tiberias lake.

The banana accompanies the date along the coast, and even grows as far north as Tripoli.

The prickly pear, introduced from America, has completely neutralized itself, and is in general request for hedging.

The fig mulberry (or true sycamore), another southern form, is also common, and grows to a considerable size.

Other denizens of warm climes, unknown in Northern Syria, are the jujube, the tamarisk, theelasagnus or wild olive, the gum-styrax plant (_Styrax officinalis_), the egg-plant, the Egyptian papyrus, the sugar-cane, the scarlet misletoe, the solanum that produces the "Dead Sea apple" (_Solanum Sodomceum_), the yellow-flowered acacia, and the liquorice plant.