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Current knowledge of the flora and vegetation of the Mortorio Archipelago, in N. E. Sardinia, is reported. The Archipelago has a total area of more than 111 hectares and a botanical diversity of 358 species distributed over 67 families and comprising 216 genera. Although no plants are exclusive to this group of islands, there are no fewer than 19 endemie species of which three are typically Sardinian and seven bclong to Sardinia and Corsica. The failu~e to find previously reported species is noted and inforrnation is given on the biological and chorological spectra of the species common to the various islands, as well as on the main forrns of vegetation characterizing the landscape.