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ALASSIO AND ITS FLORA 
It is found in abundance all the year 
in the walls of wells, and on rocks which 
are constantly wet. 
Summer. 
Adonis flammea, Jacq. — Nat. Ord. Ra- 
nunculaceae. Syn. Adonis aestivalis, DC; 
Adonis anomala, Wallr. 
Under the olives, not very common. 
June. 
Aegilops ovata, L. — Nat. Ord. Grami- 
naceae. Syn, Triticum ovatum, Gr. et 
GODR. 
Specimen found in April on the Capo 
Santa Groce , just after passing the 
bridges, beside the carriage road. 
Agave americana, L. — Nat. Ord. Ama- 
ryliidaceae. 
At Alassio it is cultivated for orna- 
mental purposes and only by accident 
some samples are found here and there 
which have escaped from gardens. 
It is very abundant at Alhenga where 
it is employed to form impervious hedges. 
Agrimonia Eupatoria, L. — Nat. Ord. 
Rosaceae. 
Specimen gathered the eleventh of June 
1888 on the road near to tlie church of 
