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or lanceolate ; plant higher, with stronger and straighter stems." 

 Lastly, specimens of E. Pithyusa, gathered by Mr. J. W. White 

 and myself on the coast at S. Maxime, near Frejus, and at Port 

 Vendres, have several stout decumbent or ascending stems from 

 the same root, which bear umbels of stout branches with densely 

 imbricate, acute, entire leaves, 15 mm. x 4-5 mm. Several weak 

 plants of this which were gathered in April might be easily taken 



for E. imbricata var. parvi folia. — E. Chamcesyce L. Lluch. (France, 

 Spain, &c.) — *#. prostrata Ait. (E. perforata Guss,). Between 

 paving- stones in the streets of Villacarlos, where it was pointed 

 out to us by Senor J. Andreu Gahona. It is recorded as 

 E. Chamcesyce lb. by Rodriguez in the still unpublished Florida 

 de Menorca, but the transversely sulcate seeds and the connate 

 stipules clearly distinguish it from that species. It has been found 

 in Sicily and Portugal, but has not, I believe, been hitherto iden- 

 tified in the Balearics. It is a native of tropical and subtropical 



America. 



M If era var. \balearica L. Barranco de Algendar. 



(Sicily, Greece.) 



Triglochin pahtstre L. In marshy ground near the sea, Valencia. 

 Rare in the south of Spain. 



Leucojum Hemandezii Canib. The Albufera, Minorca, Soller 



Port, Majorca. (Sardinia.) 



Smilax aspera var. \balearica Willk. Val de Ternellas. 

 Asparagus horridus L. (A. stipularis Forsk.) Barranco la Val. 



(Spain, Sicily, &c.) — A. albus L. Soller, Porto Pi. (Spain, 

 Sicily, &c.) 



Dracunculus crinitus Schott. (Arum muscivorum L. fil.) Isla 



Colom, Minorca, where this strange-looking plant with its large 

 lurid flowers is a troublesome weed. 



\Carex rorulenta Porta. On rocks and under walls in the Couma 

 de Mameliouda, Soller. Allied to C. Halleriaria Asso, but very 

 distinct in its widely creeping stems, slender habit, and in the 

 under side of the leaves being sprinkled with " crystalline globules 

 like dew." Porta describes the style as " bifidus," but Herr 

 Kiikenthal, to whom I submitted specimens, says this "ist wohl 

 Fiction," as it has the usual three stigmas. The Couma de 

 Mameliouda is probably a new station for this rare little sedge, as 

 it does not appear to have been noticed since Porta discovered it on 

 the Puig Mayor, Majorca. 



Heteropogon glaber P. On the coast at Benicasim, Castellon. 

 (France, Italy, &e.) 



Echinochloa colonum P. B. Sandy seashore, Valencia. (South 

 Italy, Sicily.) V 



Arundo Plinii Turr. On the bank of the Turia at the new 

 waterworks near Valencia, where it grew with Erianthus Eaventur, 

 a large form of Phragmites communis, and fine clumps of Arundo 

 Donax. (South France, Italy, &c.) 



Sporobolits pungens Kunth. On the coast near the Barranco la 

 Val. This occurs near Palma, but has not, I believe, been recorded 



for Minorca. (South France, Spain, Italy.) 



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