FLORA OF DALMATIA. 79 
variegatum, Trifolium mutabile, and Silene Thomasini, found 
only once, and never again. The Berteroa procumbens of Port- 
enschlag, Professor Reichenbach unites with B. mutabilis that 
grows abundantly, and blossoms in September, when Porten- 
schlag was not in Dalmatia, As to what regards the plants 
last described by Visiani, I consider his Hyoscyamus varians 
to be synonymous with Z7. Canariensis of Ker; as plants raised 
from Portuguese seeds sufficiently convince me. Andropogon 
pubescens I cannot distingush from A. hirtus of the Abruzzi; 
the former becoming hairy in proportion to the dryness of the 
soil where it grows. Ihave never seen Asperula canescens: 
Herniaria rotundifolia is most closely allied to H. hirsuta: and 
Anthriscus Cerefolium has never come in my way. Ornithoga- 
lum saxatile is like O. Garganicum, but smaller in all its parts, 
which may be owing to the soil. Silene Thomasini, Vesicaria 
microcarpa, and Satureja parviflora, I have never observed. 
Astragalus argenteus requires careful examination and compari- 
son. Lathyrus Stans I am unable to distinguish from L. in- 
conspicuus of Sprengel; nor Achillea argentea from A.Clavenne. 
Centaurea cuspidata and punctata I have not seen; nor Picris 
laciniata. It must, however, be understood that I am far from 
seeking by these remarks to impugn the opinions of so learned 
and experienced a master in Botany as Visiani; I but state my 
own convictions, as is allowable to every one; and by this, 
perhaps exciting attention and investigation, I may give rise 
to a closer examination than would otherwise have taken place. 
Besides, Dalmatia is, like all other wild countries, but very little 
 €Xamined, and it may well be supposed, that if the very rapid 
: journeys made by these botanists elicited so much novelty, 
vei that scarcely the half can have been discovered; for as 
there is, in fact, something always in flower all the year, and 
every thing goes quickly out of blossom, so each season should 
be carefully scrutinized. 
_ A better idea of the multiplicity and variety of the Flora 
san hardly be given, than by stating what I observed, that, 
without stirring from the place where I sate, I could at once 
collect 21 different species of plants, of which only two occur 
