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with rhododendrons ; has yellow, rather large papi- 

 lionaceous-looking flowers, and oval or elliptical 

 entire leaves with a mucro at the point. Paniassia 

 pahistris, frequent, ritigiiiaila vulgaris, wet, grassy 

 places, common. Pyrola media, ascent from Kuss- 

 nacht. Pyrola viiiior, Klcisterli. The species of 

 wintergreen most frequently met with in the pine 

 woods at low elevations is P. scciinda. Pyrola rotundi- 

 folia. Rhyitchospora alba, Seeboden. Raiiunciiliis 

 lanuginosus. Sainbiicus raccmosa, berries red. Spiraa 

 aninc'.is, a handsome shrub with pinnate leaves and 

 a large spreading inflorescence ; worthy of cultiva- 

 tion. Salvia ghiti)iosa, banks ; flowers yellow ; sta- 

 mens and calyx glutinous ; leaves rough, cordate. 

 Sa.\ifraga aizoidcs, mountain rills. Saxifrnga aizoon, 

 rocks. Saxifraga miilata, mostly below Kaltbad. 

 Saxifraga rotttiidifolia, wet places ; a tall plant with 

 wliite stellate flowers, but the leaves are more reni- 

 form than rotund. Slcllaria iiciiioriiin. Spira)ithcs 

 aiitiiiiinalis and astivalis. Sciiipervivimi tedonun, 

 Scdiim dasyphyllitm and album, rocks. Thalictrum 

 aquilegifoUitm ; flowers rose-coloured, handsome; 

 damp places. Tojicldia calyculata, common. Tozzia 

 alpina, wet, rocky places under the Schnee Alp ; 

 ascent from Arth-Goldau ; a small, slender annual, 

 with pale yellow axillary flowers. Tlicsium alpiuuni. 

 Veronica triptcris, up to 30CO feet. Vcratrum album, 

 ascent from Goldau. Vicia sylvatica, above Gersau. 

 3. Generally on the upper parts of the mountain 

 of which many may be met with by tlie ascents 

 onwards from Kaltbad. Alc/iemilla alpina. Aiidro- 

 sacea c/iannrjasme and villosa, small plants of the 

 primrose order ; rocks ; generally in company with 

 one another. AlJiainauta Crctcnsis, stony places. 

 Asiraiilia minor, a slender plant with digitate leaves ; 

 umbels and florets small ; involucral bracts large in 

 proportion, persistent. Arbuhis alpina. Arenaria 

 ciliata and saxafilis. Anemone alpina, rocky places. 

 Anemone narcissijlora, inflorescence in terminal um- 

 bels of three to five flowers. Arabis alpina and bel- 

 lidifolia. Arnica moutana, pasture above Kaltbad ; 

 flowers deep orange-yellow ; much used in medicine 

 by continental doctors, mostly as an external remedy. 

 Aster alpinus, ligulate florets blue in a single row. 

 Agrostis alpina and riipcstris. Barfsia alpina. Cam- 

 panula linifolia. Cerastinm alpinum. Crcpis aurea, 

 very common. Chrysanthemum vuvitanum and coro- 

 nopifolium. Diatithus sylvestris. Dryas octopetala. 

 Kulm. Dmba aizoides, rocky places. Erica carnea. 

 Epilobium alpinum. Erimts alpinus, corolla small, 

 pale purple with darker lines. Erigeron alpinum. 

 Festuca alpina ; pumila, scarce ; Scheuchzeri, Halleri. 

 Globularia niulicaulis, rocky places ; flowers in heads ; 

 dull blue, like jasione. Gentiana verna and Bavarica. 

 Gentiana punctata, flowers yellow like lutea, and 

 translucent, faintly spotted ; a smaller plant ; pasture , 

 above Kaltbad. Gentiana acaulis and nivalis, scarce. 

 Geum montanum, flowers rather large. Gnaphalium 

 dioicum. Hedysarum obscuru/n. Hieracium alpinum. 



Scheideck ; ccesium, Stafiel ; amplexicaule, villosum, 

 qlaucum. ITabenaria albida, pastures frequent ; viridis. 

 Homogyne alpina, a plant with the habit of colts- 

 foot ; leaves very small, petioles short, capitula on 

 long stalks ; involucral scales purplish. Leontodon 

 croceum, Scheideck. Louicera alpigena, Vitznau stock, 

 Myosotis alpestris. Orchis globosa, pastures. Plajitago 

 montana and alpina. Primula farinosa ; auricula, 

 corollas yellow. Polygonum viviparuin, pastures, 

 common. Potentilla aurea, frequent ; caulesceus, 

 Urmiberg ; Salisburgensis, rare. Pinguicula alpina. 

 Pedicularisfoliosa, verticillata. Phlcum alpinum. Poa 

 vivipara{ = alpina); distichophylla, Scheideck. l\umex 

 arifolius and scutatus. Rhododendron hirsutum and 

 ferrugineum, under surface of the leaves in one 

 species ferruginous from the scale-like glands which 

 cover it ; under surfaces in the other also scaly, 

 but not to the same degree ; margins hairy and 

 corollas of a paler shade of rose. Rosa alpina, sepals 

 remarkably long, slender, and persistent ; petals 

 crimson. Ranunculus moitanus, highest pastures ; 

 alpestris, a small plant with white petals and 3-5- 

 partite leaves ; wet places, but terrestrial ; no 

 multifid leaves. Sioertia perennis, marshy places, 

 Dossen ; a gentian, but differing from its congeners 

 in having a rotate corolla, greyish-blue ; each seg- 

 ment furnished with two nectariferous pores. Sib- 

 baldia procumbens, stony places. Saxifraga stellaris ; 

 oppositifolia, near Kulm. Spcrgula saginoides, Kulm. 

 Sedum atratum, Kaltbad. Sonckus alpinus { — Mulgc- 

 dium), wet, grassy places, rare. Salix retusa. Solda- 

 nella alpina. Trollius Europaus. Trifolium badium, 

 heads of flowers yellowish. Veronica aphylla, alpina, 

 saxatilis, rocks. Veronica fruticulosa, rocks, less 

 frequent. I'iola bijlora, flowers yellow, more usually 

 single than in pairs. Vaccinium Vitis-Idica. Ferns 

 nothing out of the common. Mosses, many to be 

 noticed hereafter. 



A frequent service of steamers on the lake admits 

 of ready access to every place of resort on its shores. 

 But any one wishing to collect in the neighbourhood 

 of the Rigi, will find Brunnen more conveniently 

 situated than any other place for exploring the Axen- 

 strasse and many secluded nooks on the bay of Uri, 

 as well as for making excursions on the mountain 

 itself. The comparative mildness of the climate in 

 many of these sheltered recesses fronting the south 

 is apparent in the luxuriance of the walnut-trees, 

 figs, and Spanish chestnuts which have be en planted 



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LIST OF ASSISTING NATURALISTS. 



\Continued.'\ 



Middlesex. 



London. R. E. Holding, 12 Charlton Road, Har- 

 lesden, N.W. I\Tamiuals and Birds ; also Skins^ 



Skeletons, Skulls, &c. 



