322 ON THE BOTANY OF THE MALTESE ISLANDS in 1874. 
Below the rocks on the grassy banks—Orchis lactea (0. Tenoreana, 
Guss.), Romulea ramiflora, -Anthoxanthum gracile, &c., may be 
gathered. Higher up the stream is a large quantity of Calendula le 
which, till lately, was its only locality in Malta, though Dr, Gulia —_ 
some plants of it this year in the N.W. part of the island. In G 
it is more frequen 
ted eb Zasel, near the a of Musta Casha by spied of the 
English people as the « Rocky Valley’’), are to be fou 
Clematis cirrhosa, Ranu Abe murveatus, Polygala “anonspeliaea, 
Malva micaensis, Ruta bracteosa, sereagies hamosus and A. sesameus, 
Trigonella monspeliaca, Vicia cuneata and V. leucantha, Lathyrus pei 
ti Putoria calabrica, Centranthus Calcitrapa, Erica peduncular 
onyza Tenorii, Echium sii ety Philomis fruticosa, pie i pie 
joka, Euphorbia dendroides and E. pubesce 
Some lit istance i the. valley, "at its northern extremity, 
there is a large extent of uneven rocky surface, the Gaps of 
which at this season of the year (early spring) are well filled wi 
islan 
Sane of such plants as the followi 
Ranunculus aquatilis vars. Ba dott é and trichophyllus, Elatine ma- 
 eropoda opsetbe ), Bulliarda Vaillantii, Callitriche truncata, Zannichellia 
palustris and Z. dentata, Chara (2s 
Wied el Zorrik, on the southern ‘coast, near the village of Creo 
are so many in these islands. It is peenpmnely rich in rarities, and is, 
fine plants of Anemone hortensis growing aa the shade of Carouba 
trees; several good orchids are to be found on some of the patel 
urf, viz.: Orchis undulatifolia, O. Tenoreana, and QO. longic cord 4 
Ophrys tenthredimfera, O. bombylifiora, O.fusca, and O. lunulata. At 
the lower part of the valley the rocks on papa! side are thickly clothed 
with plants of Zuphorbia. melitensis, Lotus creticus, Hypericum @gyp”’ 
acum, Coronilla glauca, &e. 3 whilst here and, there m may be found Loni- 
cera implexa, Carex gyn acile, Sonch 
rupestris, a reflexa, — pean Teucrium flavum, 
Sedum ceruleum and 8. amplexicaule, & ce 
The best plant to be got here, sata is Centaurea rane a. 
This very de gsi ates plant, not at all like a WE 
become 
closely crowded towards the base of the stem, giving to the oe e* 
little inipin the appearance ofa meee of Sempervivum. 
which are purple or white, are borne on stems a foot or m 
It flowers trom May to August. I shall have cametiad further #0 ‘ 
rticularly on some of 
more interesting plants of these islands. he island, 
Melicha is a small village in the north-w sateen ee Gozo 
lying within that portion of Malta which, — with a pa 
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