44 hev. u. i. lowe's list of mogadoiuan plants. 



the midrib a little above the base. Fl. small, densely crowded. 

 Perianth red, after flowering cylindric-elongate. 



Without further study, and investigation on the spot, I abstain 

 from recording as a distinct species, and as possibly the true P. 

 judaica, L. (see Koch, I. c), some specimens of a plant with cer- 

 tainly a very different aspect, but whose differences have the 

 appearance of being perhaps due merely to a rich soil or shady 

 moist situation. Stems elongate, weak, succulent, diffuse. Leaves 

 2-3 niches long, 1-1! broad, elliptic, acuminate, though obtuse at 

 the tip, three-nerved, the two side-nerves originating quite at the 

 base of the midrib. Fl. larger than in P. diffusa, Koch, and in 

 larger, looser, greener clusters. Perianth brown, tipped with 

 green, ultimately cylindric-elongate. It differs from P. erecta, 

 Koch, in its diffuse habit and three-nerved instead of triple-nerved 

 leaves. In this latter respect, no less than in the size and shape 

 of the leaves, &c, it differs remarkably from P. diffusa also. 



151. Ephedra fragilis, Desf. ii. 372. — Most abundant in thickets 

 at the Emperor's garden, in bushes 5 or 6 feet high, loaded with 

 crowded clusters of small greenish-yellow flowers. 



153. Precisely the Madeiran Puscus Ilypophyllum, ft lanceolatus, 

 Lowe, Prim. 12, with narrow elliptic-lanceolate acuminate leaves, 

 and small chaff-like floral bracts. 



154. Asparagus Pastorianus, W. P>. iii. t. 229, found abundantly 

 in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, is so well-marked a species, that 

 I have little doubt of its identity with these Mogadorian speci- 

 mens, although they are without flower or fruit. 



155. Amongst the five Canarian species of Asparagus enumerated 

 by Webb, and one or two more, found by myself, which appear to 

 have escaped his notice, I can find nothing agreeing with the 

 present plant, with its very fine close capillary tufts of leaves, 

 which give it quite a peculiar habit. It is perhaps a mere form 

 or variety of A. retrqflexus, L., but the leaves are finer and longer, 

 and it also wants the short reflexed spines beneath the knobs or 

 spurs of the branches. However imperfect, therefore, my mate- 

 rials, the specimens having neither flower nor fruit, it is perhaps 

 best to describe them provisionally under a new name : — 



A. fo2NICULaceus, Lowe. Inermis, caule fruticoso laevi glabro; foliis 

 fasciculatis ramulisque temiissimis capillaceis acutis glabris confertis 

 dumosis ; fl. fructuque 



A. retrojlexus, Linn.? 



Hah. Prope nrbem Mogadorensem. 



159. Although there are no Date-trees visible, or at least con- 



