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Fumaria capreolata, L. var. Damp rocks, Cala Dueira, Gozo. 

 This is the same plant I spoke of in Journ. Bot., 1872, p. 208, as 

 occurring at Wied Babu, Malta. 



*Erophila vulgaris, DC, var. Krockeri, Reich. 'i (Gren. and Godr., 

 Fl. Fr., Yol. i., p. 125.) Ledges on the cKffs, Cominetto. 



(G.) Sinapis alba, L. By the side of a water-course to the west 

 of Melleha, Malta. 



*Brassica Tournefortii, Gouan. Eoadside near^Eabbato, Gozo. Very 

 scarce. 



Diplotaxis scaposa, DC. Difficult to distinguish from small speci- 

 mens of B. viminea. My most reliable examples are from near Sel- 

 mun, Malta, and from the neighbourhood of Cala Dueira, Gozo. 



*D. viminea, DC, var. integrifolia. On a wall. Madonna dela 

 Kala, Gozo. 



Polygala monspeliaca, L. Del. Cat., 67. Turfy places in some 

 of the rocky valleys, Wied el Zasel, and near Melleha, JNIalta. 



Frankenia pulverulenta, L. Del. Cat., 69. Island of Cominetto, 

 in company with F. intermedia^ DC. 



*Viola parvula, Ti7i. I gathered a single specimen of this on the 

 Corradino Hiil, Malta. 



Helianthemum ericoides, var. pubescens, DC. Del. Cat., 72. 

 Plentiful in the neighbourhood of Melleha. I did not observe it in 

 Gozo or the intervening islands. 



H. Barrelieri, Ten. {H. viride, Ten.) Del. Cat., 73. Rocks by the 

 sea along the Kala coast, and above Eamla Bay, in Gozo. 



*Silene Behen, L. Several plants in a small field above Melleha 

 (Malta) to the west. It grows also in Greece and in Crete, and I have 

 lately seen specimens which were gathered^in the island of Lampedusa 

 (or Linosa ?) by M. Sommier, of Florence. 



S. sedoides, Jacq. Del. Cat., 79. Dry rocks by the sea. In the 

 neighbourhood of !San Dimitri, Gozo. Plentiful in the Island of 

 Cominetto. 



Stellaria grandiflora, Giiss. {S. latifolia, DC.) Del. Cat., 84. Moist 

 rich ground, Wied el Gneyna, Malta ; Eamla in Gozo. 



*Arenaria diandra, Gicss., Prod. Fl. Sic. i., 515. Old ramparts at 

 Eabbato ; shady rocks in the Forno Yalley, Gozo. This is a very 

 slender plant, erect in growth, and extremely viscid above. It has 

 small rose-coloured flowers, and seeds bordered. 



*A. tenuifolia, Wahl., var, viscidula, Fers., (Guss. Prod. Fl. Sic.) 

 Corradino hill, Malta. Calyx and upper part of stems covered with 

 glandular hairs. In general appearance it closely resembles a speci- 

 men in the Palestine collection of the Edinb. Univ. Herb, labelled 

 •' Alsine tenuifolia, Cr., var. conferta, Jord. — Coss." 



A. procumbens, Wahl. Del. Cat., 90. Plentiful at Cala Dueira 

 and along the cliffs on the south of Gozo, also on the Kala coast oppo- 

 site the island of Comino. 



Sagina melitensis, Gulia MS., ined. Early in March I gathered 

 a few specimens of this plant on the Corradino heights, Malta, and 

 was unable to refer them to any known species of Sagina. Shortly 

 afterwards I found that Dr. Gulia had written a description of it (not 

 yet published) under the name of S. melitensis. It seems to be inter- 

 mediate between S. apetala and *S^. maritima, differing from the former 



