[65] M. le Comte d’Escayrac de Lauture, “Le Désert et le Soudan” (Paris, 1853).

[66] Dante, “L’Inferno,” c. xiv., Longfellow’s Translation.

[67] Order, Cruciferæ.

[68] Sub-order, Tubulifloræ.

[69] Martins, “Du Spitzberg au Sahara,” pp. 565, et seq.

[70] Moore, “Lalla Rookh”—The Fire-Worshippers.

[71] Martins, “Du Spitzberg au Sahara,” p. 567.

[72] Tristram, “The Great Sahara,” pp. 95-98.

[73] Général Daumas, “Le Grand Desert,” pp. 160-162.

[74] Carrette, “Exploration de l’Algérie,” tome ii.