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where we stood, and its highest summit, la Tour du Marbore, 

 ascending above the Vignemale, and but a few toises lower than 

 Mont Perdu itself. In front were seen the Pimenee and the 

 whole of the mountains around Cauterets, Luz, and Bareges. 

 On our right, and on the opposite side of the Vallee d'Es- 

 taube, which terminates there, was the Port d'Estaube, 

 through which Ramond passed to make his celebrated ascents 

 of Mont Perdu. We had several glimpses of the snowy 

 summit of this noble mountain in descending the Vallee d'Es- 

 taube', which we traversed throughout its whole length, and 

 passing over Mont Coumelie, descended at Gedre, where we 

 dined, and afterwards walked to Luz by moonlight. This 

 was one of our hardest days in the Pyrenees, for we were on 

 foot during fourteen hours, and travelled over much difficult 

 ground. The plants gathered in this excursion, not men- 

 tioned above, are the following : 



Cardamine bellidifolia. 

 Medicago suffruticosa. 

 Oxytropis campestris. 



montana. 

 Saxifraga longifolia, Lap. ' 

 Lonicera Pyrenaica. 

 Asperula hirta. 

 Crepis pygmaea, L. 

 Soldanella alpina. 

 Salix retusa. 

 Juncus trifidus. 

 Festuca varia, Hanke. 



To these may be added the chief of those gathered in the 

 vicinity of Luz, viz. : 



Chaerophyllum aureum. 

 Tordylium maximum. 

 Crepis albida, Vill. 

 blattarioides. 



