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Euphorbia earigua, common in corn-fields here 

 as in the south of England, Coronopus Ruelii, 

 Plantago coronopus, Nasturtium officinale, and 

 Stellaria graminea. The magnificent Arum 

 dracunculus, the Spayrovnov of Dioscorides, and 

 still so called by the modern Greeks, was now 

 in full blow ; its great trumpet-like spathe, 

 lined with morone velvet, attracted numbers 

 of insects, more through the unpleasantness of 

 the odour the flower exhaled than from its 

 beauty. Our journey up the valley of Karditch, 

 where we found the ancient cities of Ede- 

 bessus and Akalissus, did not add much to our 

 botanical collections. A few Ophrydece, Mus- 

 cari comosum, a fine Doronicum, and some hand- 

 some species of Ranunculus were the principal 

 additions. 



From Armootlee to Gagse our route lay partly 

 along the shore. On or near the sands we found 

 the hoary Medicago littoralis, a yellow flowered 

 Ononis, Trifolium augustifolium, and a yellow 

 flowered trefoil, and Trigonella foenum gr cecum. 

 Gagse yielded many interesting species. Here 

 we found the manna ash (Ornus) in flower, the 

 Osiris alba, the Spartianthus junceus, and Pso- 

 ralea bituminosa. To our Orchidea? we added 



