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ALASSIO AND ITS FLORA 
It covers here and there with its beau- 
tiful blue flowers considerable pieces of 
uncultivated grounds, from a few metres 
from the sea to the top of the mountains. 
Flowers from August to the end of 
October. 
Aster dysentericus, All. — V. Pulicaria 
dysenterica, Gaert. 
Aster hirtus, All. — V. Inula hirta, L. 
Asteriscus spinosus, Gr. et Godr. — 
Nat. Ord. Compositae. Syn. Buphthalmum 
spinosum, L.; Pallenis spinosa, Cass. 
Very common. From June to August. 
Atanasia maritima, L. — V. Diotis candi- 
dissima, Desf. 
Atriplex halimus, L. — Nat. Ord. Che- 
nopodiaceae. 
Along the railway where it is planted 
to form a hedge. July to October. 
Avena sterilis, L. — Nat. Ord. Grami- 
naceae. 
Very abundant in the olive groves. 
April, May. 
