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ut up at the small village inn for four days, and made excursions 
in ings directions. 
at the bay on sandy ground I gathered Wi sn damascena, 
Su inapis. Gems Silene. sericea, ae cretica, Erodium chium, Ononis 
ramosissima, Hedys capt Melilotus Sint edvcago 
marina and rabica (a pao Ls IL Siok Polycarpon alssnifoliy ‘ 
ticus, but with ver 0 leaves. On my return to Melleha In otroed 
Calendula bicolor growiug in tolerable abundance by the roadside, an 
in place several plants of Linum angustifolium 
n the following day I went to a place called Guleyna, a few miles 
to the south of Melleha. There is a very iustaeane little valley 
here with a clear stream in it all through the year. It is a good 
place for many aquatic plants, including the com Dist TE, 
which is tolerably plentiful here. Among other thir in otic 
Ranunculus muricatus, Sium st Nebsnite JSuneus acutus, Pay oY 
palustris, Scirpus eal and S, timus, Carex distans, Calli- 
triche sp., and Chara ; and by the si side of the path Anchusa italica, 
Halva nicaensis, eae num moschatum, Melilotus infesta, f 
grandiflora (var: of S. mere &e. Fagonia cretica is said to grow on 
walls and rocks near 
The next day I was a ennhies to explore some ground to the west of 
Melleha, and to examine by the way a series of small valleys which 
cena, in a north-westerly direction. On the high open ground 
above Melleha Helianthemum ericoides, var. pubescens, was beginning to 
open its yellow blossoms in company with Anthyllis Hermannie and 
Euphorbia melitensis, which form. the principal vegetation in some o 
the barren stony fields about here. Ina small field I noticed several 
Pp aegba a Soxery common-looking Silene growing amongst some ony 
