78 FLORA OF DALMATIA. 
acaulis grows so abundantly in the neighbouring country of 
Istria. It is singular how many plants frequent the coast 
here, which are elsewhere confined to the mountains, as Cam- 
panula graminifolia, Dictamnus albus, Anthericum Liliago, 
&c.; while, on the contrary, plants here grow exclusively on 
the mountains, and particularly on the Biocovo, which in other 
places occur only on the plains; as Arctium Lappa, Berberis | 
vulgaris, Betonica officinalis, Campanula glomerata, Carlina 
acaulis, Convallaria Polygonatum, Daphne Mezereum, Fagus 
sylvatica, Fraxinus excelsior, Linum catharticum, Prenanthes 
muralis, and Spiræa Filipendula; whereas I have found other 
plants both on the sea shore and the upper parts of the Bio- 
covo, as Valeriana officinalis, Illecebrum serpyllifolium, Trifo- 
lium arvense, &c. 
Generally speaking, the Flora of Dalmatia has most coinci- 
dence with that of Greece; next, a considerable resemblance 
to that of Istria, and something in common with that of Cro- 
atia and upper Italy; very little with that of the Apulias, and 
scarcely any thingin common with the productions of Germany: 
at least so far asour present knowledge ofits vegetation warrants 
these conclusions. Hithterto Dalmatia may be considered as 
exclusively producing the following plants: Myrrhis colorata, 
Helleborus multifidus Cardamine maritima (the latter grows 
also on the Island of Osero in Istria), Chrysanthemum Turre- 
anum, Seseli tomentosum, Farsetia triquetra, Berteroa decum- 
bens, Echium petreum, Trifolium mutabile, Campanula Pumi- 
lio, cordata and serpyllifolia, Hedysarum variegatum, Galium 
rupestre, Asperula canescens, Anchusa microcalyx, Cerinthe 
purpurea, Pastinaca selinoides, Medicago crassispina, Dian- 
thus integer and racemosus, Stachys fragilis, Menthefolia, sub- 
crenata and spinulosa, Trifolium succinctum and Dalmaticum, 
Hesperis glutinosa, Centaurea Salonitana, and Cytisus Weldeni. 
Gentiana crispata and flavescens occur exclusively on the high- 
est tops of the mountains of Biocovo, Cerinthe purpurea only on 
the Bocaya, Farsetia triquetra solely at Clyssa and Almissa, and 
Centaurea Salonitana is peculiar to Salona. Among the newly 
discovered plants by Portenschlag and Visiani, are Hedysarum 
