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



Vitis vinifera ; Fl. Gr. iii. tab. 242. Dr. Presl enumerates forty- 

 four varieties of the vine (la vigna) which are cultivated in Sicily. 

 Of these many sorts produce excellent wines. 



V. , var. sylvestris. Common in uncultivated and wild places, 



climbing up trees and hedges. 



Viola Nebrodensis,* Presl. In pascuis graminosis ; nella curma di 

 Monte Madonia, nelle fosse di S. Gondolfo. Affinis V. calcaratce, 

 Linn. ; Fl. Sic. i. p. 133. An species satis distincta? J. H. 



V. gracilis,* Biv. ; V. ealcarata, var. e. Ailhnensis, DeC. ; Fl. Gr. 

 iii. tab. 222. In Monte Etna, DeC. Prod. Syst. i. p. 302. 



V. parvula,* Tin.; V. tricolor, var. o. bellidioides, DeC. In Nebro- 

 dibus ; Prod. Syst. i. p. 304. 



V. micrantha,* Presl. In arenis vulcanicis regionis Alpinse M. Etnae ; 

 (Speciei priori proxima, J. H. ;) Fl. Sic. i. p. 134. 



Achyranthes argentea ; Fl. Gr. iii. tab. 244. In Sicilia, Pers. 



Illecebrum echinatum. 



I. niveum.f 



Hagea poly car poides,* Biv. In Monte Gallo Panormum prope re- 

 pent D. Swainson; Stirp. Rar. Man. 2. 



Werium Oleander; Fl. Gr. iii. tab. 248. This most beautiful plant is 

 abundant on the banks and in the dry beds of rivers throughout 

 Sicily, and is named Laurirosa ; but I did not meet with it in the lava 

 district of Mount Etna. Var. /3. floribus albis apud Cupanium. 



Periploca angustifolia.\ 



Cynanchum acutum ; Fl. Gr. iii. tab. 250. In Sicilia, Pers. 



Erythrcea spicata.\ 



E. grandjfiora, Biv. High pastures on Mount Hybla, and near 

 Palazzolo. 



Pentandria Digynia. 



Celtis australis. This tree I saw in some gardens, or orchards, on 



the base of Mount Etna ; it is also called in Sicily Lotu. 

 Atriplex Halimus ;f Fl. Gr. x. tab. 962. 

 Chcnopodium multifidam.f 

 C. Botrys, In locis arenosis frequens. 

 Sahola Soda. Cultivated on the south coast, in particular near 



Terra Nova, for the purpose of making soda, and thence exported 



in considerable quantities. 

 S. polyclonos. In Siciliae maritimis, Pers. 

 S. oppositifolia.f 

 Eryngium triquetrum. This beautiful blue, or amethystine-coloured 



plant I first observed in corn-fields between Catania and Syracuse. 



When growing thick together it makes an elegant appearance. 

 E. dichotomum.\ 



E. tricuspidatum. Common about Palermo. 

 E. dilatatunu% 



Echinophora tenuifolia ;f Fl. Gr. iii. tab. 266. 

 Bupleurum semicompositum \\ Fl. Gr. iii. tab. 261. 

 B '. fruticosum ; Fl. Gr. iii. tab. 263. In dry stony places not un- 



frequent. 



