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



Asphodelus luteus; B. Mag. xx. tab. 773. The plant is frequent on 

 Mount Etna, in the woody region. 



A. ramosus; Fl. Gr. iv. tab. 334; B. Mag. xxi. tab. 799. Abun- 

 dant in pastures and in the uncultivated parts of Sicily. 



A. albus.% Said by Cupani to be a native of the island. 



A. fistulosus ; Fl. Gr. iv. tab. 335 ; B. Mag. xxv. tab. 984. Abunde 

 ad vias, &c. 



Asparagus albus. 



A. acutifolius ; Fl. Gr. iv. tab. 337. The heads of this and of the 

 preceding species are cut from wild plants, and are brought to 

 table in Sicily ; they are bitter and stringy, and form a poor dish 

 in lieu of the garden asparagus. 



A. horridus ; Fl. Gr. iv. tab. 339. Sandy shore between Taormina 

 and Giarre, Biv. ; Syracuse, Catania, &c. 



A. aphyllus ; Fl. Gr. iv. tab. 338. In Sicilia ad littora maris, Pers. 



Hyacinthus Romanus ; Fl. Gr. iv. tab. 340 ; B. Mag. xxiv. tab. 939. 



H. maritimus.-f In maritimis Sicilian meridionalis. 



H. comosus ; B. Mag. iv. tab. 133. 



H. botryoides \% B. Mag. v. tab. 157. Mount Etna. 



II . parviflorus*f Pers ; Muscari autumnale, Guss. ; Ind. Sem. p. 8. 



H. dubius,*f Guss. Sprengel (Syst. Veg. ii. p. 65) gives this a syno- 

 nym to H. Romanus, but Gussone (Ind. Sem. p. 6) has made them 

 two distinct species ; whether correctly I leave to others to say. 



Agave Americana. This plant has now become naturalized in Si- 

 cily, and is abundant everywhere. It forms a strong fence, and 

 is often planted with the Indian fig for that purpose. The largest 

 and finest specimens that I remember to have seen were in the 

 hedges, on a sandy soil, between Gran Michele and Calatagirone; 

 the greater part had a huge mast-like flowering-stem, about fif- 

 teen feet high. The common people make artificial flowers for 

 decorating churches and madonnas of the inner leaves of this aloe. 

 The leaves are beat out and dried ; they are then white, and will 

 receive a dye of any colour. A thread, called Zambarone, is some- 

 times made from them, and handkerchiefs woven with it, but they 

 are stiff and very coarse. It flowers abundantly about the end 

 of June. 



Berberis AZfnensis,* Presl. Mera varietas B. vulgaris, a qua race- 

 mis ac spinis paulum diversa mihi videtur ; Preslio autem spe- 

 cies est nova. In summa Montis iEtnae regione sterili ultimus 

 frutex, a 5000 ad 7500 pedes Parisienses supra mare sese exten- 

 dit (Schouw). 



Frankenia hirsuta ; Fl. Gr. iv. tab. 343. Beach at Syracuse. 



F. canescens,* Presl. In maritimis ad Panormum, Mondello, Sphae- 

 racavallo; affinis F. pulverulentce ; Fl. Sic. i. p. 140. An bona 

 species? J, H. 



Hexandria Digynia. 



Oryza saliva. The only rice-grounds I noticed were between the 

 river Platani and Sciacca. In Sicilian it is named // Risu. 



