It is a tolerably hardy shrub ; native of the stony soil of 

 most parts of the South of Francej and probably of the 

 coast of Barbary. We have received specimens of it from 

 Malta, but whether of spontaneous growth or not we are 

 uncertain. 



Communicated by N. S. Hodson, Esq. from the Botanic 

 Garden, Bury St. Edmunds. 



