132 WINTER FLORA. 



Quercus cocci/era, and Jasminum fruticans. Very 

 few plants were in flower. It was evident that 

 we were too late to reap a botanical harvest, 

 nor did the remainder of our journey add 

 many species to our stores. The only one of 

 note was the curious and rare Origanum sipy- 

 lum 9 of which we found a few specimens in 

 flower between Tremeely and Ebagik. On the 

 serpentine hills near Hoozumlee we found a 

 fern, Cheilanthes odor a, abundant and in good 

 state. 



During November and December many points 

 of the coast were examined. The number of 

 evergreens gave the country the aspect of sum- 

 mer rather than of winter. A small but peculiar 

 flora appeared. Every where in stony places the 

 Arisarum vulgar e exhibited its dull but curious 

 spathes. The grassy plots were starred with 

 daisies, not our Bellis perennis, but the much 

 larger flowered Bellis sylvestris. On the sandy 

 flats the Passerina exhibited its gracefully droop- 

 ing branches, yellow with small flowers. On the 

 cliffs near the sea, the samphire (Crithmum 

 maritimum) and the Polygonum equisetifolium were 

 in full blossom ; also a wild cabbage, apparently 

 Brassica cretica. The only showy plants ob- 



