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Rosa sempervirens, L. One plant, not in flower, in a crevice of a rocky 
valley near the village of Ashiack, Feb. 6th. Dr. Gulia has found it in 
020. 
Callitriche truncata, Guss. Abundant in the rocky pools. Dr. Gulia 
mentions three other species—C. verna, C. stagnalis, C. pedunculata, which 
last is very rare. 
ecio vernus, L. Wied Xlendi, Gozo. There is plenty of this in 
the neighbourhood of Cape San Dimittrio, in the north-west of the 
island 
Calendula sicula, Cyr. This handsome plant is plentiful in Wied 
Xlendi, Gozo. 
Centaurea crassifolia, Bertol. Known only in the island of Malta. It 
was first described by Dr. Zerapha under the name C. spathulata, but 
Bertoloni gave to it the name by which it is at present known, Tenore 
having previously described a C. spathulata from Naples. grows on 
the steep rocks in Wied Babu, and along the coast for some distance. I 
left Malta too early to see it in flower. 
Prenanthes bulbosa, De Cand. Valley near Capo San Dimittrio, Gozo. 
oz 
0. 
odon Taraxacum, L. The form I have chiefly noticed in Malta 
has rather long, narrow, pinnatifid leaves ; all the bracts appendiculate 
below the tip ; fruit light brown, its beak nearly twice its length. 
Anagallis arvensis, L., and A. cerulea, Schreb. Very common by the 
roadsides, and often growing together in thick patches. Both have the 
edges of the corolla lobes glandular-ciliate, which does not seem to be 
nosa, L. 
E. melapetala, Gasparr. Wied Xlendi and Capo San Dimittrio, Gozo. 
New to Gozo, 
. exigua, L. Two forms, both common, the one having narrow 
acuminate leaves, the other with s orter leaves, which are very retuse at 
the apex (Æ. retusa of Gussone). apes 
Mercurialis annua, L. One of the commonest plants in Malta. 
not succeed in finding the moneecious form. 
hrys lunulata, Parl. Wied Babu, March 12th. Previously known 
only in Sicily. I have since heard that another locality has been found 
for it in Malta. 
O. Speculum, Link. I was fortunate in finding a few specimens of this 
lovely Ophrys in Wied Xlendi, Gozo, March 21st. There is no previous 
record for it in these islands. It is found, according to Prof. Parlatore, 
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