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Note 3.
We have not yet any Fauna or Flora of the island of Malta. As a contribution
towards it, we will enumerate the following animals and plants, which
came under our observation;---AMPHIBIA: Testudo
Mydas; Coluber, indeterm.
PISCES; Raja clavata; Squalus
Canicula; Uranoscopus scaber; Scomber Pelamys; Trigla
Cuculus; Esox Sphyraena; Muraena Helena. MOLLUSCA: Sepia Loligo, octopus; Anomia
Cepa; INSECTA: Ateuchus
sacer; Pimelia bipunctata: Acheta umbraculada; Meloe
laevigata.--- Forksol, in his Flora Aegyptiaco-arabica, p.xii. mentions
eighty-seven Maltese plants almost all of which we likewise found. For
the convenience of the reader, the German species are printed in Roman
letters, the south European in Italic, and the African in ITALIC SMALL
CAPITALS. Festuca pinnata, F.
pratensis; Bromus madritensis, B. distachyos, B. rubens; Poa
annua, P. vigida; Rottboellia  incurvata, Lagurus ovatus; Hordenum murinum; Aegilops
ovata; Avena fatua; Crypsis
schoenoides; Arum italicum; Juncus bufonis; Ixia
Bulbocodium; Muscati comosum, M. racemosum; Scilla
maritima; Asphodelus ramosus; Allium ciliatum, Cyr.-- Ruppia
maritima; Zannichellia palustris.-- Rumex Bucephalophorus, acutus; Nibo spinosa, Monch.-- Salsola
frutescens; Chenopodium
Bonus Henricus, C. album; Beta
vulgaris: Salicornia fruticosa.-- Plantago Coronopus, P.
subulata, P. lanceolata, P. Psyllium.-- Anagallis
Monelli, A. arvensis; Bartschia versicolor; Rhinanthas
Crista Galli.-- Euphrasia
officinalis.-- Rosmarinus
officialis; Ajuga pyramidalis; Lamium purpureum, L.
amplexicaule; Stachys hirta; Sideritis montana; Prasium
majas; Glechoma hederacea; Thymus Serpyllum, T.
Zygis; Salvia Verbenaca, S. verticillata; Marrubium
hispanicum; Clinopodium vulgare; Origanum vulgare.-- Scrophularia
nodosa; Antirrhinum Cymbalaria, Orontium siculum, O.
majus.-- Hyoscyamus niger, H. aureus, H.
albus; Solanum miniatum, Bernh. nigrum, Dulcamara; Datura stramonium;
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Cynoglossum pictum; Echium
creticum; Anchusa italica; Lycopsis arvensis.-- Hyoseris
radiata; Hypochoeris minima; Seriola oethnensis; Apargia
tuberosa; SONCHUS TENERIMUS; Picridium vulgare; Cichorium
spinosum; Anthemis maritima; Buphthalmum maritimum, B.
spinosum.-- Bellis annua; Chrysanthemum coronarium; Cineraria maritima; Gnaphalium
luteo-album; Evax pygmava; Artemisia Absinthium; CNICUS
SYRIACUS: C. pycnocephalus; C. lanceolatus; Carduus  marianus, Galactites tomentosa; Centaurea melitensis, Calcitrapa
solstitialist.--Valeriana
Calcitrapa; Fedia Cornucopiae; Scabiosa stellata.-- Sherardia
arvensis; Valantia Aparine.-- Hedera Helix; TORDYLIUM
HUMILE; Daucus Carota; Crithmum maritimum; Cicuta
virosa; Lagaecia cuminoides.-- Adonis autumnalis; Ranunculus
muricatus.-- Papaver Rhoeas; Glaucium luteum; Fumaria
capreolata, F. officinalis --Alyssum maritimum; Raphanus
Raphanistrum; Thlaspi Bursa
pastoris; Brassica campestris; Biscutella didyma.-- Capparis
spinosa; Reseda alba.-- Malvanicacensis, Stelligera,
nov. spec. caule prostrato stellato-piloso scabrido, follis molliter
pubescentibus suborbicularibus obsolete quinque usque septemlobis, dentatis,
floribus duobus vel tribus axillaribus, pendunculis quam folia brevioribus,
calycibus pubescentibus, exterioris foliolis lato-ovatis; M.
sylvestris; Alcea rosea.-- Polycarpon tetraphyllum; Frankenia laevis; SILENE
ATOCION.-- Sedum arenarium,
Brot. Lotus Tetragonolobus, L. peregrinus, L.
corniculatus; Lathyrus angulatus; Oxytropis montana; Ononis
villosa; Trifolium palcus, T. stellatum, T.
scabrum, T. tomentosum; Scorpiurus vermiculata, S.
sulcata; Medicago mollissima, M. graeca, M.
tribuloides, M. apiculata; Melilotus coeruleus, M.
messanensis; Hedysarum coronarium; Anthyllis Vulneraria, with
red blossom.-- Urtica pilulifera; Euphorbia Esula, E.
helioscopia, E. nicaensis, E. villosa. Of the hundred
and fifty species of the Maltese flora here enumerated, fifty-six belong
to Germany, ninety
to the southern part of Europe,
and four to the north coast of Africa.
 
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