Mr. J. Hogg's Catalogue of Sicilian Plants. 295 



first noticed the plant near Messina, and supposing it to be unde- 



scribed, I named it C. Messanensis. 

 Convolvulus Siculus; Fl. Gr. ii. tab. 196. 

 C. pentapetaloides ; \ Fl. Gr. ii. tab. 197. 

 C. lineatus ; Fl. Gr. ii. tab. 199. In montosis Siciliae, Pers. 

 C. evolvuloides ;f Fl. Gr. ii. tab. 198. 

 C. cneorum ;f Fl. Gr. ii. tab. 200 ; B. Mag. xiii. tab, 459. 

 C. Cantabrica. Haec species quoque variat, ■ corolla profunde 5- 



fida,' Presl. 

 C. tricolor; B. Mag. i. tab. 27. Abundant amongst corn on the south 



coast of Sicily. 

 Ipomcea sagittata.f 



Campanula graminifolia ; Fl. Gr. iii. tab. 206. 

 C. mollis ; | B. Mag. xii. tab. 404. 

 C. dichotoma ;\ Fl. Gr. iii. tab. 211. 

 C. trichocalycina,* Ten. ; Syst. Veg. i. p. 727. 

 C.falcata* R. and S. ; Prismatocarpus falcatus, Ten. ; Syst. Veg. i. 



p. 737. 

 Trachelium cceruleum. In shady places not unfrequent. 

 Thesium humile.f 



Lonicera Etrusca,*l Sav. ; Syst. Veg. i. p. 757. 

 Verbascum sinuatum ; Fl. Gr. iii. tab. 227. 

 V. rotundi folium,\ Ten. ; V. Boerhaavii, Pers. ? 

 Datura Melel\ B. Mag. xxxv. tab. 14i0. i\.d Messanam frequens. 

 Hyoscyamus aureus \% Fl. Gr. iii. tab. 231 ; B. Mag. iii. tab. 87. 

 H. albus ; Fl. Gr. iii. tab. 2S0. Abundant on waste ground. 

 Nicotiana Tabacum. In Sicilian, Tabaccu ; cultivated, and much 



exported. 

 Atropa Mandragora ; Fl. Gr. iii. tab. 232. It is called in Sicily, La 



Mandragola. 

 Physalis somnifera ; Fl. Gr. iii. t. 233. 

 P. Alkekengi ; Fl. Gr. iii. tab. 234. In shady places, but rarer than 



the preceding species. 

 Solanum Sodomceum; Fl. Gr. iii. tab. 235. Common on wastes in Si- 

 cily and Calabria; I observed it especially at Messina and Reggio. 

 Lycium Europceum ; Fl. Gr. iii. tab. 236. 

 L. lanceolatum. These two species are seen in hedges, but more 



commonly in the south of the island. 

 Rhamnus oleoides.% 

 R. Alaternus. 

 R. Lotus,f Pers.; Zizyphus Lotus, Lam. Palermo, on Monte Pel- 



legrino, but scarcely indigenous, Biv. 

 R. Zizyphus, Pers. ; Zizyphus vulgaris, Lam. ; Fl. Gr. iii. tab. 241. 



The cultivated kind bears an oblong, sweet fruit, nearly the size 



of a plum. Originally introduced from Syria, &c. 

 R. Paliurus, Pers. ; Paliurus aculeatus, Lam. ; Fl. Gr. iii. tab. 240. 



This thorny plant, with its membranaceous winged seed-vessels, 



is not uncommon in hedges. 

 Hedera chrysocarpa,* Pliny. This species is found at Caronia, Fi- 



cuzza and Francavilla, Guss. 



