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plant. In the same rocky situations the 
medicinal squill, scilla maritima , grows in 
great abundance, but it is not now in flower, 
and, I believe, will not blossom till the 
autumn. The root, which is generally partly 
above the ground, is four or five inches in 
diameter, and has somewhat the appearance 
of an onion. 
Our most productive collecting-ground is 
a place called Coradino, a rough unculti¬ 
vated spot, at the upper end of the Grand 
Harbour, and here we find a beautiful many- 
flowered narcissus, with a powerful and most 
delicious scent; an orchis, like the bee- 
orchis, and a very small arum of which I 
send you a drawing; we have since found 
this pretty little flower in many other situ¬ 
ations. I have also endeavoured to make a 
drawing of the true maidenhair, which grows 
here abundantly on damp rocks and walls, 
