136 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 



It is remarkable that no ferns were observed, though Adiantum 

 Capillus- Veneris, Asplenium Triclwmanes and A. Adiantum-nigrum 

 are so common in the immediate district. 



In addition to the following list there were nine or ten plants 

 in a winter state unfit for determination, including a couple of 

 small woody shrubs, one of which had round, entire, smooth 

 leaves. Doubtless this list is otherwise incomplete, and it 

 probably could be added to in the spring or early summer. 

 The great majority of the plants are either in flower or fruit 

 this winter, and, therefore, may be considered as more or less 

 permanently established upon the Palms. 



Perhaps the most common species are Parietaria rami flora, 

 Cotyledon Umbilicus, Erigeron canadense, Sonchus oleraceus in 

 various forms, from a variety with entire leaves to one with 

 deeply cut pinnatifid leaves, like those of S. tenerrimus, Sedum 

 dasyphyllum, and Stellar ia media. The Ivy (Hedera Helix), 

 Kentrantlius ruber, and the Fig (Ficus Carica) are also quite 

 frequent. 



The following is a complete list of those sixty-eight plants 

 whose genus at least I could determine with certainty in the 

 winter. The names with an asterisk are escapes from cultivation. 



Alyssicm maritimum, extremely common on the Riviera, Di- 

 j)lotaxis Erucastrum, locally abundant in the fields, *Matthiola sp., 

 Funiaria major, Fumaria sp., Stellaria media, Cerastium glomer- 

 atum, Geranium molle, G. rotundifolium, Erodium sp., Oxalis 

 comiculata, -Acacia longifolia, A. retinoides, Rubus sp., Sedum 

 dasyphyllum, Cotyledon Umbilicus, Hedera Helix, *Opuntia 

 Ficus-indica, -''Cactus sp., Lonicera implexa, Kentrantlius ruber, 

 Phagnalon sordidum, Senecio vulgaris, Taraxacum officinale, Crepis 

 sp., -Anthemis punctata (an Algerian species determined by Mr. 

 F. Raine), Erigeron canadense, Sonchus oleraceus, Calendula 

 arvcnsis, Carduus sp., Andryala integrifolia, Campanula Erinus, 

 -'■Plumbago sp., Fraxinus excelsior (three feet high), Heliotropium 

 europaum, Solarium nigrum, S. villosum, *S. Lycopersicum 

 (Tomato), Linaria Cijmbalaria, Veronica Cymbalaria, V. agrestis, 

 ■'Antirrhinum sp., A. Orontium, *Maurandia semperftorens, 

 Lamium amplexicaule, Plantago lanceolata, Chenopodium murale, 

 C. urbicum (?), Theligonum Cynocrambe, Euphorbia Peplus, 

 Euphorbia indet., E. exigua, Urtica dioica, -'Ficus Carica, 

 Mcrcurialis annua, *Casuarina tenuissima, -Agave sp., -Narcissus 

 sp. (a robust plant with four leaves eighteen inches long), *Dasy- 

 lirion gracilis, Asparagus acutifolius, Poa annua, Scleropoa rigida, 

 Piptatherum multiflorum, Bromus sp. (perhaps B. madritensis), 

 Kulcria sp. (probably K. phleoides), "Triticum (Wheat), -Arena 

 sp. (Oat), Pinus halepensis. 



P. S. (later). — The following may be added to the above list: 

 Oxalis cernua, Viburnum Tinus, Bhagadidus stellatus, Vinca media, 

 ami Cuprcssuv scmpcrvirens. 



