ON THE BOTANY OF THE MALTESE ISLANDS IN 1874. 325 
Uphrys, the O. lutea, which teat in such profusion two years ago 
in Malta in the Cotonera distri here seems therefore to be a 
certain periodicity in years with oe Be to the flowering of these plants. 
Dr. Gulia spoke to me also of the unusual abundance this year of 
Orchis saccata on the Corradina Hill, in pig 
8 rocks immediately erhan ay 0 
noticed some plants of Daucus rupestris and Senecio erassifolius, and 
on level ground near the tower fine specimens of ft apitatum, 
erioe 
Cala Duiera i is a small bay or creek at ifie western extremity of 
the pend. Close off its entrance lies the curious rock known as the 
ala Busia itself is ane a small ef in a ag larger indentation 
of the coast into which several gullies op enecvo 
More or less plentiful in all of them, also 8. Th cthes, which abounds 
on this side of the island, varying in size from about an inch to a foot, 
Spemne to locality. Am ongst es worthy of aegtinn are O. phrys 
Speculum, Malva eretica, Catapodium siculum, Phalaris premorsa, 
P img maritimum, Hedypnois pews Astragalus hamosus, and A. 
places—Melilotus messanensis, Sium stoloniferum, Samolus 
amy ating Pn abe divisa, &c.; and in the streams 
are Ran nunculus aquatilis (tw ., R. Baudotit and R. trichophyllus), 
° Char 
ama —This is certainly one ‘of the best spots in the island for 
collecting. The Sip of Ramla extends, ina mines direction ass 
mowing are some of the pati I path hered 
i On the marl—Stellaria grandiflora Aus if Tamariz africana, 
sage iain, Scorzonera octangularis, Soneci pygmaeus, Phalaris 
(2), On sandy soil—Polycarpon alsinifolium, Erodium laciniatum, 
Ononis ramosiss ma, O.variegata, O. mollis, Medicago lappacea, (a sp. 
allied to striata), and IZ. tribuloides ; Lotus pusillus, Orlaya maritima, 
Galium murale, (var. b. Gus.) , Ethiorhiza bulbosa, Euphorbia Paralias, 
Catap mucronatus, 
tden, 
(3.) On ae stony, ground :—Valantia hispida, *Eeballion Elate- 
ac Statice sp. (not in flower). iain 
Com . getation of the Smoller Islands. —On the 20th of April on . 
They nd Com minetto, which lieabout midway, between Maltaan a 
are composed of ear nectons, being higher portions of the de- 
