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forwarded to Willkomm, was recognized by him as one of the 

 species described in his ' Icones Plantarum,' p. 128, and figured 

 in plate 150 of the same work. Our plant differs only from the 

 Spanish one by having somewhat smaller flowers. The variety 

 psilosepalum, Willk., is also found with the species. According 

 to Visiani, this plant is identical with IF. angustifolium, Pers., 

 that is to say, a variety of H. vulgare, Gaert. 

 Melandryum macrocarpum,~W'\]\\i . \ Umbilicus horizontalis, DC. 

 Kundmannia Sicula, DC. 



Hippomarathrum Bocconi, Boiss. — I observed at Gallipoli a 

 plant of this species which measured 5| feet in height by 4 

 feet in breadth ; and this giant was surrounded by three or 

 four others of hardly less dimensions. At Otranto, below the 

 Torre del Giardino, there is quite a coppice of them ; and although 

 of smaller dimensions than those of Gallipoli, they certainly 

 produce a feeling of admiration for their sturdy forms. The 

 stem and leaves yield a straw-coloured friable gum-resin, pos- 

 sessing a faint taste resembling the odour of the plant, which is 

 not unlike Parsley. I feel certain that a large yield of resin 

 would ensue from punctures made in the stout stems and 

 branches. 



Lagoecia cuminoides, L. — A species only recently added to the 

 Italian floras as having been found by me ; whereas Marinosci 

 noticed it sixty years ago near Gallipoli, until which time it was 

 supposed to jump from Spain to Greece. I have never found it 

 in Marinosci's habitat ; but it is not uncommon at Leucaspide in 

 bushy places. 



Pinardia Coronaria, Less. Notolasis syriaca, Cass. 



Centaurea deusta, Ten. Hypochoeris neapolitana, DC 



dehor ium spinosum, L. 

 Ipomea sagittata, Desf., which elegant species has been only 

 latterly observed in our district. In the great marsh at Gallipoli 

 its delicate stems twine round the stalks of Garex hispida and 

 Juncus multiflorus, which forms the gross herbage of that locality. 

 Mr. C. C. Lacaita has it from the Taranto coast. 



Mandragora autumnaUs,Spreng. 

 Verbascum macrurum, Ten. 



Solarium sodomceum, L. 

 Micromeria nervosa, Benth. 



Thymus capitatus, Hoffm. & Link. — It is somewhat remarkable 

 that the fuel used at Otranto is supplied by three Labiates, one 

 of which is the species under ndtice, perhaps the most abundant ; 

 while the other two are Kosemary and Phlomis fmticosa, which 



