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that appear to abound in this locality. Of the seaside 

 rock-plauts three were supposed to be peculiar to this 

 single spot. Andryala mogadorensis, of Cosson, a very 

 showy species of an unattractive genus, has been well 

 figured in the 'Botanical Magazine' for 1873; Fran- 

 Jcenia velutina, the most ornamental species of that 

 variable genus, appeared at first quite distinct, but we 

 were afterwards led to suspect it to be a local form or sub- 

 species of the widely spread perennial Frankenia, so 

 common in the Mediterranean region. Both of these we 

 afterwards found on the coast near Saffi. Of the third 

 plant — Astenscus imbricatus, of DecandoUe — but a single 

 stunted specimen was found by Ball, and as yet it has no 

 other known habitat. We here saw for the first time a 

 plant which turned out to be rather common in South 

 Marocco, and which was taken by us, as it had been by 

 preceding botanists, to be the Apteranthes Gussoniana, 

 of Mikan, first described by Gussone as Stapelia europcea, 

 and in truth closely resembling in habit and appearance 

 some of the South African species of Stapelia. The fruit, 

 which we afterwards found in abundance, did not appear 

 different from that of Grussone's plant; but when the 

 specimens carried to England by Maw flowered two years 

 later, the structure of the flower showed that it should be 

 recognised as a distinct species of the group which has 

 received the generic name Boucerosia, and it was accord- 

 ingly published by Hooker, in the ' Botanical Magazine ' 

 (No. 6137), under the name Boucerosia maroccana. 



In the course of the day we called on Monsieur 

 Beaumier, the French Consul, in company with Dr. 

 Thevenin, an intelligent physician, who has spent several 

 years at Mogador, much to the advantage of the inhabit- 

 ants whether Christian or native. M. Beaumier not 

 only received us with the proverbial courtesy of his 

 country, but showed a warm interest in the success of our 

 journey, and kindly supplied us with many items of 

 information, along with manuscript notes prepared by 



