540 BOTANICAL INFORMATION'. 



the Pyrenees, and wishing to make purchases of zoological, 

 botanical, or geological specimens, I can confidently recom- 

 mend those of M. Philippe as being excellent in quality and 

 reasonable in price. During this visit to Bagneres, I made 

 but one excursion worth mentioning; this was to the moun- 

 tain called Lhieris, which is well known for its botanical 

 riches. The season, however, was too far advanced on the 

 23rd of August, and many good plants were quite passed. 

 The following were those collected : 



Silene Saxifraga. 

 Epilobium Duriaei, Gay. 

 Laserpitium Siler. 

 Galium aristatum. 

 Valeriana Pyrenaica. 

 Aster alpinus. 

 Campanula Scheuchzeri. 



longifolia, Lap. 

 Betonica Alopecurus. 

 Sideritis scordioides. 



The 27th and 28th of the same month were occupied in 

 walking through the mountains from Bagneres- de-Bigorre to 

 Bagneres-de- Luchon, by the route of Arreau and the Port 

 de Peyresourde, a distance of about forty miles. During this 

 journey I gathered a few Cryptogamia, but no flowers. The 

 latter were indeed not to be had now, except on the highest 

 mountains ; and when I arrived at Bagneres-de-Luchon, I 

 began to fear that all chance was gone of adding further to 

 my stock, for that very night a heavy fall of snow took place, 

 and I was told that in the Port de Benasque it lay to the 

 depth of above a metre. However, in two or three days after- 

 wards, all trace of the recent fall had disappeared, and I was 

 able to recommence my botanical operations. 



Being now in the centre of the loftiest and most promising 

 mountains in the Pyrenees, I determined to prolong my stay 

 to the latest possible moment, and when I left on the 4th o 



