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woven into the green mat. Where the water stood between 
some of the stones, we were sure of meeting with the beauti- 
ful F. floccosus ; and in similar situations F. Larix prevailed, 
covered with a new species, probably belonging to the sac- 
catus tribe. F. mammillosus and gigartinus were not rare. 
On small insulated stones, grows a long intestinal Ulva; but 
F. asplenioides particularly attracted our attention by its 
lovely colours; while F. Aerbaceus lay stretched on this red 
ground, as if ready for the herbarium, displaying its peculiar, 
lettuce-like, uniform green hue. Nearer the land, you reach 
the boundary marked by the occasional overflowing of the 
sea; it is distinguished by a belt of marine plants, from which 
I only selected F. Lutkeanus (n. sp.), F. costatus, saccharinus, 
esculentus, and here and there F. edulis. We here leave the 
district of the sea, and proceed, for a time, along the proper 
strand. Arenaria peploides, Glaux maritima, some creeping- 
rooted Carices, and a Juncus which seems to hold the place 
of our maritimus, are perhaps the first Phanerogamic Plants 
that occur. A few steps inland, the Veronica serpyllifolia, 
mingled generally with P. Anagallis, is seen growing close to 
the ground. This is likewise the habitat of Potentilla anserina 
and ruthenica; under them occurs, here and there, a very 
pretty small Sisyrinchium, glittering with beautiful blue 
flowers. Even at a distance, two Plantagines and a Triglo- 
chin are distinguishable from the plants already mentioned, 
by the peculiar hue of their green. Between these, the lovely 
Dodecatheon generally delights to grow, and in some spots a 
Pedicularis (asplenifolia?). But the most numerous plants 
on this strand are certainly an Elymus, that produces a most 
remarkable spike, and a Bartsia,* with yellow flowers, often 
growing two feet high. Large individual stones are covered 
with a particularly beautiful Potentilla; among the crevices of 
these stones grows a most lovely Campanula, with large blue 
bells ; while a three-leaved umbelliferous plant, and a Selinum, 
as it appears (here called Petruschka), delights in similar 
* Probably our Castilleja pallida B, wnalaschensis, Linn, II. p. 581. (Ad. v. 
Chamisso, ) 
