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Some that were towards the edge of the paper, and their mois- 

 ture had easily evaporated, had dried of a fine green colour : of 

 one or two, the outer half was green and the inner black ; but 

 we had this to comfort us, that, when dried in the common way, 

 this plant usually turns either black or yellow. The moisture 

 was all brought to the exterior of the plant, so that we put them 

 up in dry paper to absorb it. All the small species of plants 

 that we had gathered yesterday were now completely dry ; se- 

 veral, indeed, were perhaps too much done, " trop cuites,"^ and 

 had become brittle, as the heat was rather too great for them."*' 

 On the 6th May we set off early towards the sea-shore, where 

 we had a successful herborization. Among the 



GRAMiKEiG,...! may mention the Koeleria macilenta, Sclerochloa divaricata, 

 and Ophiurus incurvatus. 



JuNCAGiNE-<E,."Triglochin Barrelieri. 



OncHiDEiE,... Orchis laxiflora, O. coriophora. 



CHENOPODiACE^,.«-Chenopodium setigerum, Atriplex portulacoides and ro- 

 sea, Salsola fruticosa, and Salicornia fruticosa. 



PLUMBAGiNEiE,...Statice oleaefolia. 



ScROPHULARiNEiE,... Euphrasia latifolia. 



OROBANCHEiE,,..Orobanche caryophyllacea, and another species, O. cemua? 

 perhaps new, growing in sand, with blue flowers. 



RuBiACE^,...Crucianella maritima, Galium mucronatum, and Gal. murale: 

 the fruit of this last appears to differ from the other Galia, by being 

 elongated, and not globose. 



Composite,. ..Bellis annua, Anthemis maritima, Anacyllis tomentosa (two 

 varieties), Scorzonera, perhaps new, which I have had from Africa un- 

 der the name of Apargia verna. 



Tamariscine^e, . . .Tamarix africana. 



LEGUMiNOSjE,...Trifolium maritimum, hybridum, and resupinatum, Medi- 

 cago maritima, littoralis, denticulata, apiculata, and maculata. 



CABYOPHYLLEiE,...Silene conica, Arenaria rubra, (i marina. MM. De Can- 

 doUe and Seringe are quite right in retaining this plant as a variety 

 of A. rubra: the seeds, the root, and indeed its whole appearance, ap- 

 proach it to A. rubra, while it has little in common with A. media ; this 

 last has a long fusiform and almost ligneous root, so that I can scarcely 

 credit those authors who say it is annual. A. rubra /3, I believe to be 

 merely annual. 



rRANKENiACEiE,...Fraiikenia pulverulenta and intermedia. 



CRUCirER.f;,...Malcomia littoralis, Alyssum maritimum (which differs from 

 the other Alyssa in the structure of its cotyledons), Sinapis incana, and 



