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



Silene arenicola,* Presl. In arenis maritimis ad Mondello prope 



Panormum. Similis S. Nicaensi; Fl. Sic. i. p. 153. 

 S.Jimbriata* DeC. ; B. Mag. xxiii. tab. 908. In Sicilia ; DeC. Syst. 



i. p. $67. 

 S. Sicula,* Presl.; S. montanal Guss. In apricis herbidis Nebro- 



dum. Affinis S. Italicce\ Fl. Sic. i. p. 155. 

 S. calycina,* Presl. In apricis collibus ad Caltaveturam ; Fl. Sic. 



i. p. 155. 

 Spergularia radicans,* Presl; Arenaria radicans, Guss. Inter are- 

 nas vulcanicas M. ^Etnae. Quoad inflorescentiam A. rubrce similis ; 



Fl. Sic. i. p. 161. 

 Arenaria procumbens, Pers. ; A. geniculata, Biv. Hedges about 



Catania, Biv. ; and elsewhere, near the sea-shore. 

 A. grandiflora^ A. abietina, Presl. 

 A. condensata,* Presl. In Monte Cuozzo del Predicatore Nebro- 



diim, Presl ; Syst. Veg. ii. p. 403. 

 A. subulifolia,* Presl. In Monte Cuccio prope Panormum ; Fl. Sic. 



i. p. 162. 

 A.arvalica,* Presl. Cum praecedenti, cui simillima; Fl.Sic. i. p. 163. 

 A. Bartolotti* Tin. ; A. herniaricefolia, Dtsf. In maritimis prope 



Gelam, Tin. A. procumbentis varietas tantum videtur; DeC. 



Syst. i. p. 413. 

 A. Salzmanni* Presl. Rarissime in saxosis ad Drepanum ; Fl. 



Sic. i. p. 163. 

 Garidella Nigellastrum ; Fl. Gr. v. tab. 443. Cultivated ground 



near Trapani, Presl. 



Decandria Pentagynia- 



Sedum tetraphyllum* Sibth. ; S. galioides ? Pers. ; Fl. Gr. v. tab. 

 448. In Sicilia legit D. Sibthorp. 



S. altissimum. Frequent on the lava and bare rocks. 



S. cceruleum; B. Mag. xlviii. tab. 2224. Common on walls and the 

 roofs of houses at Catania, as well as in other places in Sicily. 

 The whole plant when old changes red. 



S. rufescens*\ Ten. ; S. anopetalum, DeC. ; Syst. Veg. ii. p. 435. 

 Varietas S. altissimi tantum mihi videtur, J. H. 



A grostemma ccelirosa\ Fl. Gr. v. tab. 453 ; B. Mag. ix. tab. 295. 

 Abundant in the corn-fields of Sicily. Its charming red or rose- 

 coloured flowers have obtained for it the poetical name, " Rose 

 of Heaven." It is an annual, and blossoms in May and June. 



Cerastium tomentosum, Lam.; C. Columnce, Ten. ; Fl. Gr. v. tab. 455. 

 In Nebrodibus, et Monte iEtna, Presl. Quoad situm variat formsll 

 et magnitudine. Confer Obs. Pers. Syn. Plant. *i. p. 522. 



C. album,* Presl. In Nebrodibus ; in pascuis M. Filo dei Scribenti. 

 Priori simile; an distincta species? Fl. Sic. i. p. 167. 



Decandria Decagynia. 



Phytolacca decandra; B. Mag. xxiv. tab. 931. In hedges and way- 

 sides : Syracuse, Messina, &c. Its berries afford a beautiful purple 



