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The OpTirys tenthrect inifera or saw fly orchis is re- 

 markable; gladiolus, wild garlic, squill, 17 species of 

 sedges and 77 grasses are also to be procured. 

 The viscous Orsinia campkorata with a strong smell 

 of camphor grows on the walls of Valletta, and 

 in many a valley. 



Other rare plants are the Scolopendrium hemi- 

 onitiSy Fagonica cretica, Putoria calabrica found on 

 a rock near the chapel of St. Paul the Hermit in 

 the Wied El Ghasel, near Musta, Convolvulus cala- 

 brica which grows near Imtahleb, Cheiranthus tricus- 

 pidatus near Marsa Sirocco, Teucrum scordioides, 

 Helianthemum Fumana near Gerzuma, Hyacinihus 

 romanus at Fauara, Imtahleb, and Musta, Carthamus 

 coeruleus at Imtahleb, etc. 



The Cynomorium coccineum or Fungus Meliten- 

 sis which is found on the southern shore of Malta 

 near Casal Dingli, and more abundantly on and 

 around the General's Rock in Gozo, was long in 

 great repute as a remedy for hoemorrhage and dys- 

 entery. It begins to blossom in April. It is said that 

 the Daucus gummifer, certain species of the Cheir- 

 anihi, and Gnaphalia, and several other plants not 

 met with elsewhere in the Maltese islands are to 

 be found on the General's Eock. 



During the summer months botanists who care 

 not to suffer from sunstroke will not go far from 

 home. Dr. Delicata's "Flora Melitensis" admirably 

 points out the localities in which various plants will 



