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a very fair notion of their character, and prove not 

 ouisatisfactcry with regard to interesting " finds." A 

 long and a hard day's walk ; an early start desirable ; 

 take a fiacre to Kriens. The under-mentioned plants 

 •may be met with in their respective appropriate 

 localities : 



1. E)i route:— Arnica iiiontaiia ; Carcx canesccns 

 ■(= cicrta), alba; fruit globular with p short truncate 

 beak ; bracts scarious, sheath-like. Davalliana, 

 fruit with a long beak reflexed when ripe ; paucifora ; 

 Dcntaria digitata ; Eriophoron alpiuiiin; Hicraciiim 

 rigiditm ; Lycopoditim annotiiiiim ; Liizula flavescciis ; 

 Maianthenmm bifoUum : Oxycouos palustris ; Pyrola 

 itniflora ; Pinguiciila vulgaris ; Polypodium calcarcuin ; 

 Raminciihis laniiginosiis, near acris, stems shaggy, 

 with deflexed hairs ; aconitifoliiis and platanifoUus, 

 petals white ; wet and shady places. Rosa alpiua ; 

 ■Scdiini z'iHosinn, flowers rosy white ; inflorescence 

 corymbose in dichotomous cymes ; peaty ground. 

 Vaccininm uliginosuni. 



2. Briindelnalp, and ascent thereto. — Arctostaphylos 

 ■alpiua, rocks above. Aiitelanchicr vulgaris. Cirsiuin 

 spiiiosissinuun ( = Cniciis, Cardials). Carcx Jirma. 

 Gcuin iitoiitaniuu. Jiincus trigliimis ; alpinus, near 

 ■obtusiflorus, but panicle erect ; fewer flowered ; 

 perianth and capsules black. Loiiiccra alpigciia, 

 flowers geminate, sessile at the end of long 

 peduncles ; berries red, connate. Li Hum Martagon 

 (frequent on the Alps). Oxytropis niontana, flowers 

 bluish-purple on long peduncles, subcaulescent. 

 Orchis globosa. Potcntilla Salisburgcnsis. Rhamiius 



Jiuinila, rocks above ; dwarf, stem tortuous, unarmed ; 

 leaves alternate. Swcrtia pcrcnnis. ScJicuchzeria 

 palustris. Tozzia alpiua. 



The ascent from Hergyswyl is up over meadows 

 and orchards for three miles, and then through forest 

 for as much more, and lastly, for another threa miles, 

 by a winding path over rocky debris along the 

 northern face, the "Nauen," of the mountain. Not- 

 withstanding the unpromising aspect of the ground 

 viewed from below, on a nearer approach patches 

 of rhododendron scrub and coarse herbage are met 

 with higher up, and the stony soil, well watered by 

 springs, will be found to yield interesting plants in 

 plenty. Ample time should be allowed for a thorough 

 examination of this locality and of that in the vicinity 

 of the Klimsenhorn hotel and peak. Collectors, 

 therefore, will do well to secure a room, and reserve 

 the summits and descent to Alpnacht for the next 

 day's work. 



3. Mt, Pilatus, upper section, 5500—7300 feet. 

 i. The "Nauen" : — Arabis alpiua, frequent. Astra utia 

 minor. Adcnostylcs albifrons, leaves in this species 

 covered with a white tomentum on the under side. 

 Alchcmilla alpiua. Arnica scorpioidcs { — Arouicum), 

 heads pale yellow, larger than those of moutaiia. 

 Partsia alpiua. Carcxfcrritginea, stems long, slender, 

 leaves linear, spikelets linear on long peduncles. 

 Cochlcaria saxatilis, radical leaves rosulate, stems 



long, flexuose, inflorescence a compound or panicled 

 raceme, silicules globose, Crcpis aurca ; blattaroides. 

 Chrysanthemum Ilallcri { — coi-ouopifolium); mon- 

 tanum. Eriiius alpinus. Festuca violacea, this 

 pretty grass is common on the debris ; sheaths glumes 

 and lower glumella coloured as indicated. Galium 

 PIclvcticum, a neat little plant, branched and spread- 

 ing, flowers in small compact axillary and terminal 

 umbels. Ilomogyne alpiua. Hutchiusia alpina, 

 elegant, leaves pinnatipartite, petals pure white and 

 longer than in pctrcca ; also on the Briindeln. Liuaria 

 alpiua, stems many, spreading, leaves linear glaucous, 

 flowers in compact racemes, blue with orange throat. 

 Myosotis alpestris. Mcchringia muscosa, also low 

 down. Narcissus pocticus, plentiful in some places, 

 out of flower. Oxyria digyua. Plantago alpina; 

 viontaua, spikes almost globular in the latter, leaves 

 linear in the former species ; structural difference is 

 in the seed, which in vioiitana is grooved like that of 

 laiiceolata. Pinguicula alpina. Petasites foliosa ; 

 verticillata ; versicolor ; flowers yellow in this species. 

 Polygala Chamccbuxus. Phaca astragaliua ; frigida, 

 flowers yellow. Poa distichophylla. Phlcum alpiuum. 

 Primula farinosa. Polystichum Lonchitis. Ranun- 

 culus alpestris, Rkododeiuiron, both species. Salix 

 retusa ; myrsinites. Saxifraga stellata. Trifolium 

 badium. Trollius F.uropixus. Thlaspi rottindifolium, 

 another Alpine beauty, leaves somewhat fleshy, 

 radical ones rosulate, stems several, flowers mauve, 

 in short umbellate racemes ; also on the Briindeln. 

 ii. Klimsenhorn {6300) : Athamanta Cretensis, stems 

 many, rays 6-10 unequal, involucral scales 3-6 ; 

 diachenes rough with spreadmg hairs. Arctostaphylos 

 alpina. Arenaria vcriia. Anemone narcissijlora, also 

 on the Nauen. Achillea atrata. Almcs viridis. 

 Carcx nigra. Erica carnea, a variety perhaps of 

 cinerea, and its representative on the Alps ; flowers 

 paler and leaflets four in a whorl. Festuca Ilallcri, 

 panicle short, narrow, branches short, single ; pumila, 

 pretty, stems slender, leaves capillary fasciculate, 

 panicle variegated green and violet, glumellas 

 scarious violet. Gentiana Bavarica, stems csespitose, 

 single-flowered, throat of corolla naked. Hedysarum 

 obscurum. Phytcuma betonicicfolium, hemispharicuin, 

 leaves of this linear, and the length of the stem, 

 Trifolium cccspitosum. Valeriana moutaiia; tripteris, 

 stem leaves ternate, terminal lobe large. Veronica 

 aphylla, stems leafless. 



(71; be continued.) 



Hawfinch, — The hawfinch is not such a rare 

 visitant with us as it appears to be with your corre- 

 spondent C. Parkinson. A winter seldom goes by 

 without some specimens being seen or shot, and on 

 more than one occasion it has bred in this locality. 

 A female bittern has occurred recently near Hunger- 

 ford, Of course it was shot, — Joint L. Plazvkins, Jr., 

 Reading; 



