160 SYNOPSIS OF 



Hemerocallis valentina, Clus. 

 Vulg. Sea Lily. 



Hab. South of Europe. North of Africa. 



OBS. A few specimens are found on the neutral-ground, and on 

 the sandy banks beyond Catalan bay ; but all along the sandy 

 desert beyond the Spanish lines it grows in great abundance. 

 When nearly every blade of grass is dried up, the white lily- 

 like flowers of the Pancratium greet the eye of the rider on the 

 western beach. 



Narcissus niveus, Loisel. 

 N. stellatus, De C. 

 N, tazetta, Brot. non L. 



N. totus albus prior, Clus. N. latifolius, H. Clus. 

 N. orientalis, Medical Officers' Report. 

 Vulg. Meados de zorra. 



Hab. Western Mediterranean region. Portugal, Spain, 

 South of France. North-west of Africa. Flowers 

 in January and February. 



OBS. This is evidently the plant observed by Clusius in Gibral- 

 tar. In Smith's Herbarium (Linnean Society) there is a 

 specimen of Narcissus resembling the Gibraltar plant, to which 

 is affixed N. papyraceus (M. S. Linn. Jil). In Sir William 

 Hooker's Herbarium there are specimens of the same plant 

 from Tangier, where it grows in great abundance. The N. 

 niveus is also found in great profusion on the swampy lands 

 near the Cork-wood, growing among rushes. 



SMILACE^E, R. Br. 



Smilax aspera, L. 



Vulg. Salsa parilla. 

 Hab. Mediterranean region of Europe. Cyprus. 



OBS. This is the most common species in Gibraltar and its 

 neighbourhood. Found in great abundance in the hedges on 

 the road to St. Roque. 



