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M. Cupaniana, Gms. Del. Cat., 139. Valley near Gala Dueira, 

 and rocks in the Pergla Valley, Gozo. 



M. elegans, Jacq. Dry banks, not common. Hill of Guirdan, 

 and near the village '* Madonna dela Xala," Grozo. 



*M. cylindracea, DC. Above the cliff " Eedun Kas Mahhrase," in 

 the island of Gozo. 



M. recta, Besf. Del. Cat., 145. Very like M. minima^ Lam., but 

 the legumes are larger, and in my specimens fewer together; the 

 spines, too, are much longer. I have gathered it several times in 

 Gozo. 



M. ciliaris, Willd. Marly fields, Ramla Bay, and^Guirdan Hill, 

 Goao. 



Melilotus messanensis, Desf. Del. Cat., 172. Below the cliffs 

 near Selmun, and near Melleha, Malta ; Gala Dueira, and Kala coast 

 opposite Comiuo, Gozo. It prefers a wet, marly soil. 



Astragalus bceticus, L. Del. Cat., 197. Moist, sandy ground, 

 Porto S. Maria, in the island of Comino. 



Coronilla glauca, L. Rocks in the Forno Valley, Gozo. 



*Hippocrepis ciliata, Willd, Islands of Comino and Cominetto, 

 and on the cliffs above and to the east of Ramla Bay, Gozo. Many of 

 my specimens are 4-flowered. 



(G) Hedysarum capitatum, Besf. Towards the seaward extremity 

 of Wied Xlendi, Gozo. 



Ervum Ervilia, L. An escape, but apparently establishing itself 

 as a weed in the neighourhood of Melleha, Malta. 



Crataegus Azarolus, L. Del. Cat., 223. Wied Xlendi, Gozo. 



Myrtus communis, L. Del. Cat., 226. Valley near MeUeha, 

 Malta. 



LythrumHyssopifolia.L. Del. Cat., 229. Wied Xlendi, Gozo. 



(G.) Tamarix africana, Poir. Plentiful at Ramla Bay, Gozo, on 

 marly ground, and also along the east coast opposite Comino. It was 

 in full flower this year on April 18. 



* Sedum litoreum, Guss. Rocks by the sea near Ras il Kala, Gozo, 

 and Island of Cominetto. 



Crassula rubens, L. Del. Cat., 233. Growing with the latter in 

 the damp hollows of the rocky ground, and in similar spots at Gala 

 Dueira, Gozo. The specimens which I saw were very different from 

 its usual habit of growth, its leaves and flowers being all crowded 

 together into compact globe-like masses. 



Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, L. Del. Cat. 238. Ledges on 

 the cliffs of Cominetto ; Redun Ras Mahhrase, Gozo. 



Kundmannia sicula, BC. {Brignolia pastinaccBfoUdf Bert.) Del. 

 Cat., 256. Rare in Malta. In Gozo I have gathered it on some rocks 

 near Migiar Seini ; in a valley on the coast opposite Comino, and on 

 some high rocks in the Fomo Valley. 



Daucus rupestris, Guss. Del. Cat., 264. Rocks by the sea. 

 Wied Babu, Malta ; Wied Xlendi, and Cala Dueira, Gozo. 



Orlaya maritima, Koch. Del. Cat., 265. Sandy ground, Ramla 

 Bay, Gozo. 



* Valantia hispida, L. Rough rocky ground and in fissures of 

 walls in the neighbourhood of Ramla Bay, Gozo ; Island of Cominetto, 

 sparingly. It differs from V. muralis principally by having no upper 



