Mr. J. Hoggs Catalogue of Sicilian Plants. 293 



Hordeum strictum, Pers. ; //. bulbosum, Sibth. ; Fl. Gr. i. tab. 98. 

 Grassy places on Mount Etna, Biv. ; also in other spots. 



H. vulgare. In Sicilian, L'orzu. The variety j3. cceleste of Persoon. 

 Circa Mergamen in Sicilia; Pers. Syn. i. p. 108. 



Secale Cereale. Rye, // irmami, is cultivated on Etna. 



S. montanum'*\ Ind. Sem. p. 11. In sylvis Etnaeis. 



Triiicum cestivum, Granoibrte. 



T. * var. In Sicilian, Tumminia. T. spicis angustis et 



longis, aristis albis aut nigris. 



T. hybernum. Majorca or Roccella. Wheat is carried to certain 

 places called caricatori, and warehoused for exportation ; of these 

 the chief are Sciacca, Girgenti, Alicata and Termini. 



T. spelta. Cultivated: it is called farm, and is much used in cook- 

 ing, like rice ; it forms a good and wholesome food. 



T. Hispanicum. Sandy hills of Mount Etna, near S. Niccolo dell' 

 Arena, Biv. 



T. maritimum.f 



Lolium multiflorum.f 



Tetrandria Monogynia. 



Globularia Alypum.% 



Dipsacus laciniatus.X 



Scabiosa Sicula. 



S. rutcefolia. In maritimis Siciliae, Bocc. 



S. maritima. In Sicilia, Pers. 



S. atropurpurea ; B. Mag. vii. tab. 247. I observed this plant grow- 

 ing in several places in Sicily, on bare calcareous soil ; its flow- 

 ers were less than those of our garden specimens, but of the same 

 velvety dark purple colour. 



S. Cretica. Plentiful on Mount Pellegrino, near Palermo. 



S. limonifolia.\ In Sicilia, Pers. 



S. crenata,*[ Cyr. ; S. cor onopi folia, var. hirsuta, Sibth. 



S, farv'iflora, Pers. ; £. dichotoma, Ucr. Girgenti, among corn. 



Asperula hexaphylla.\ 



A. Calabrica, Linn. ; Ernodea montana, Sibth. ; Sherardia foetida, 

 Lam. ; Fl. Gr. ii. tab. 143. Now called a\eTrov7rovp()t in Greece, 

 Sibth. On the generic character, see Persoon, Syn. PI. i. p. 524. 



A. nitida-*\ Fl. Gr. ii. tab. 124. p. 19. 



Galium lucidum.\ 



G. microcarpum.\ 



Valantia muralis ; Fl. Gr. ii. tab. 137. Not unfrequent on old walls. 



Crucianella maritima.l 



Rubia angustifolia.f 



R. Bocconi*j- Petagn. ; Syst. Veg. i. p. 396. 



Plantago albicans ; Fl. Gr. ii. t. 145. 



P. Bellardi;f Fl. Gr. ii. tab. 146. 



P. macrorhiza.\ 



P. serraria.f 



P. subulata, Lin. 



P. Afra. In Sicilist, Pers. 



Camphorosma Monspeliaca.% 



