396 MISC. PUBLICATION 797, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Sommier, Stefano and Caruana Gatto, Alfredo. Flora melitensis nova. 
4p.].,502 p. pl. 24.5 cm. [Palermo, 1913-15.] (Issued as Appendice [II]. 
Bol. R. Orto Bot. e Giard. Colon. Palermo v. 11, no. 4, 1912 [1913] (p. 1-64); 
App. I. Bol. R. Orto Bot. Palermo n.s., v. 1. 1914-15 (p. 65-502).) 
History, Maltese language, topography, geology, climate, cultivation, gen- 
eral features of flora, annotated list of botanical writers and collectors, an- 
notated bibliography; annotated list of vascular plants (913 species), with 
pertinent references, Maltese vernacular names, localities, and notes on uses, 
also similar list of cellular plants; tabular list of vascular plants showing 
local and extralimital occurrence; separate lists of species from the islets of 
Cominotto and Filfola. Covers the islands Comino, Gozo, and Malta, the 
islets Cominotto and Filfola, and some smaller ones. (To Great Britain.)— 
See also Sommier, S. Osservazioni sulla flora maltese. Nuovo Gior. Bot. 
Ital. n.s., 23: 295-3826. 1916. (Phytogeography; tabular list of Pteridophyta 
and Bryophyta of the Maltese Islands, Lampedusa, Linosa, and Pantelleria.) 
—Also Borg, above, and additional references there cited. 
Strobl, Gabriel. Flora der Nebroden, mit bezug auf die flora ganz Siciliens. 
In Flora v. 61-70. 1878-87. (For page references to the very numerous 
installments, see A. Rehder, Bradley Bibliography 1: 431. 1911.)—Die Dialy- 
petalen der ‘Nebroden Siziliens. Verhandl. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien 53: 
434-458. 1908. 
Bibliography, list of herbaria, topography, geology, climate, plant forma- 
tions; annotated list of vascular plants (about 1550 species and 480 vari- 
eties). The final part (1903) contains a supplementary bibliography, the 
treatment of Dialypetalae, and a list of mosses and lichens. (In Prov. Mes- 
sina, Catania, Enna, and Palermo.)—See also Albo, La flora dei Monti Ma- 
donie, above. 
Flora des Etna. Jn Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. v. 30-38. 1880-88. 
(For page references to the very numerous installments see Rehder, Bradley 
Bibliography 1: 432. 1911.) 
Bibliography, herbaria, explorations; annotated list of vascular and cellular 
plants. (Prov. Catania.)—See also Tornabene, below. 
Taranto, Emmanuele, and Gerbino, Xaverio. Catalogus plantarum in agro 
calato-hieronensi collectarum. 51 p. 29cm. Catania, 1845. 
List of vascular plants of Caltagirone (752 species), with habitats, locali- 
ties, flowering dates, and some annotations. (Prov. Catania.) (Not seen; title 
and annotation supplied by R. Pichi-Sermolli.) 
Tornabene, Francesco. Flora aetnea, seu descriptio plantarum in Monte 
Aetna sponte nascentium. 4 v. pl. 24.5 cm. Catinae, 1889-92. 
Composition of lava, climate, plant zones, botanical history; flora of vas- 
cular plants and lichens with descriptions, local range, iconography, vernacu- 
lar names (not indexed), uses; synopsis of fossil flora. (Prov. Catania. )—See 
also Casalaina, Gaetana. Su alcune piante della flora etnea. Arch. Bot. 
(Forli) 14: 316-822. 1938. (Critical notes on 27 species recorded by Torna- 
bene, which the author considers should be excluded.)—Also Strobl (Flora 
des Etna), above. 
Ventimigla, L. Nomenclatura siciliana dei vegetali erbacei pit comuni. 
62 p. 8vo. Palermo, 1903. 
Gives names and short descriptions of 225 species. (Not seen; cited from 
Bul. Bibl. Bot. Ital. 1: 31. 1904. A 2. ed. in 1906 is listed.) 
Virga, Carmelo. Notizie storiche e topografiche d’Isnello e del suo ter- 
ritorio. 180 p. 8vo. Palermo, 1878. 
Contains (p. 119-130) an apparently very incomplete list of wild plants, 
on the Linnaean system, with Sicilian vernacular names. (Prov. Palermo.) 
(Not seohaien and annotation from notice in Bot. Jahresber. Just 6 (2): 
736. 1882. 
Zodda, Giuseppe. Sulla vegetazione del Messinese. Saggio di geografia 
botanica. Rend. e Mem. R. Accad. Sci., Let. ed Arti Zelanti Acireale ser. 8, v. 
3, Mem. Cl. Sci. IV. 100, xxvii p. 1905. 
Mainly ecological and phytogeographical; includes tabular, ecologically 
annotated list of vascular plants (p. i-xxvii), geographically divided. (Prov. 
Messina.)—See also Nicotra, Prodromus florae messanensis, above. 
