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(G.) Podospermum laciniatum, DC. {Scorzonera octangularis, 

 "Wilid.) On a marly soil, as near Selmun, Malta ; Ramla, near Rab- 

 bato, and fields on the east coast, Gozo. 



Sonchus tenerrimus, L., var. Above the cliffs at Redun Ras 

 Mahhrase, in Gozo. Peduncles and upper part of stem densely studded 

 with glandular hairs ; leaves very narrowly divided, their segments 

 dentate- sinuate with weak cartilaginous spines. 



^thiorhiza bulbosa, Cass. Not uncommon in Gozo, as at Migiar 

 Seini, below the hill Ta Harrax, Ramla Bay, valley near S. Dimitri. 

 I have gathered it also in the island of Cominetto. 



Specularia hybrida, DC. Cornfields near " Madonna dela Kala," 



G030. 



*Plantago albicans, L. Grassy places on the ramparts at Rab- 

 bato, Gozo. 



"^'P. macrorhiza, Poir. Dry banks by the sea between Gala 

 Dueira and Ras AYardia, and at Ras Bajada, both localities in Gozo. 



Convolvulus Cneorum, L. Del. Cat., 402. Island of Cominetto, 

 near the summit. 



Rartsia Trixago, Z., var. versicolor, Pers. Del. Cat., 476. Island 

 of Comino. 



Halimus portulacoides, Wallr. Del. Cat., 494. Ledges of cliffs 

 at Cala Dueira, Gozo. 



(G.) Thesium humile, VaU. Del. Cat., 516. Cornfields, Wied 

 Xlendi, and near " Madonna dela Kala," Gozo. 



Euphorbia melapetala, Gasparr. This handsome Euphorbia is not 

 uncommon in some of the rocky valleys of Gozo, as for instance in 

 Wied Xlendi, Cala Dueira, near S. Dimitri, and in a valley leading to 

 Migiar Seini. 



E. melitensis, Pari. {E. verrucosa, Del. Cat., 521.) Yery plentiful 

 in Wied Babu, and about Melleha and Maria, in Malta. It occurs in 

 Comino, but is less frequent in Gozo. 



^Mercurialis ambigua, L. I have a single specimen from Wied 

 Xlendi, Gozo. 



*Alisma Damasonium, L. Some young plants with a few floating 

 leaves like those of a Potamogeton, and which I gathered in some 

 locky pools near Wied-el-Zasel in Malta, and near Sanat in Gozo, I 

 have reason now to believe to belong to this species. 



(G.) Ophrys lutea, Cav. A single plant near Migiar Seini, 

 Gozo. 



Allium roseum, L. Del. Cat., 595. On the hills above Melleha, 

 Malta. 



A. subhirsutum, L. Del. Cat., 598. On rocks in many of the 

 Gozo valleys. 



A. trifoliatum, Cyr. Del. Cat., 599. Fields near " Madonna dela 

 Kala," Gozo. 



Smilax aspera, var. angustifolia, Guss. Rocks in Wied Xlendi 

 and at Cala Dueira, Gozo. 



Cyperus junciformis, Cav. Wet ground near Cala Dueira, Gozo. 



(G.) Schoenus mucronatus, L. Near the shore at Ramla Bay, 

 Gozo. 



*Carex serrulata, Biv. By the stream in Wied Kerda close to 

 the village of Zebbug, Malta; by the side of a small stream near 



