[29] Flora de las Islas Baleares (Palma, 1879-1881). This book may also be got at the shop of Mr. Guasp, in Morey Street.
[30] The Balearic Islands, by Charles Toll Bidwell, H.M. Consul, 1876.
[31] Toulouse, 1892.
[32] See p. 44.
[33] See p. 94.
[34] See p. 62. Gayangos (in Makkari) says that ‘Almughawar,’ whence the Spanish ‘Almogavar,’ means a soldier employed in border warfare.
[35] From the root Kharaf, to collect the harvest. The collector of the land tax was called Al-mokharif.
[36] Since Dr. Cleghorn’s time, several natives of the island have studied its botany.
Juan Cursach, a native of Ciudadela, who was educated at Montpelier (1759-1837), published at Mahon his Botanicus medicus ad medicinæ alumnorum usum. He enumerated 270 plants, of which 160 were said to be natives.
Juan Ramis y Ramis, of Mahon (1746-1819), published at Mahon Specimen animalium vegetabilium et mineralium in insula Minoricæ frequentiorum, ad normam Linneani sistematis. He enumerates 140 plants.