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BOTANICAL NOTES FROM THE SWISS HIGHLANDS. 



By Dr. De CRESPIGNY. 



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 VII. 



^■^^^^HE Rothhorn, 7900. 

 Upper section, 

 above the pines. 

 In addition to 

 those plants of 

 more ordinary oc- 

 currence already 

 m en tioned as 

 growing upon 

 Pilatus, the follow- 

 ing less common 

 species occur upon 

 this mountain 

 range and upon 

 the adj oining 

 Nesselstock, 

 Schratten, &c. : 

 Anthericinn sero- 

 tinufn ; Androsace 

 villosa ; Anemone 

 vernalis ; Atha- 

 mianta Cretensis ; Allium Victor ialis ; Arenaria 

 Tjerna, ciliata; Arabis ptimila ; Aroniacm scorpioides ; 

 Adenostyles alhifrons ; Aster alpinns ; Avena versi- 

 color ; Bitpleurnm raniincnloides ; Campamila Scheii- 

 chzeri { = linifolia) like rotundifolia less the radical 

 leaves, and but for its few-flowered panicle, (var. b) 

 uniflora (= Valdcnsis) ; thyrsoidea, Schratten mount ; 

 Clierleria sedoides ; Crepis montana, blattaroidcs, 

 Tagweid Alp ; Carex atrata, nigra, ferritginea, 

 seuipervirens, Urma. Draba aizoides, tomejitosa, 

 J>yrenaica, on the Schratten ; Erigeron nniflonis, 

 highest ridge. Empetriim nigrum, foot of the ridge, 

 north slope ; Festnca violacea, north slope, Tagweid, 

 pulchella, Staffel Alp ; Globularia cordifolia, rocky 

 places ; Gentiana acaulis, nivalis, Bavarica ; luiea 

 and p7irpurca on the Nesselstock ; Gaya simplex, 

 frequent along the ridge which divides the Maisee 

 and Tagweid Alps ; Gnaphalitim Leojitopodimn , in 

 the same locality as the preceding and as fre- 

 quent ; sHpinum. Fcstiica violacea, foot of the 

 No. 203. — November i88i. 



Horn towards Tagweid, pumila,''s2irae place; Heli- 

 anthemnm Oelandicum ( = canum), Hedysarum obscit- 

 rum ; Hieracium alpimcm, Maisee ; villosum and 

 amplexicaule, Nesselstock; avsium, Schratten; Lilium 

 martagon, rocky places ; Leucanthemum coronopi- 

 folium, alpinum, stems short, almost leafless ; 

 monocephalous, rocky debris ; Lonicera alpigeita ; 

 JSIeum Mutellina, this plant differs from athamaii- 

 ticum in the leaves not being so finely divided, in 

 its stem two-branched above, and geminate 12-16- 

 rayed umbel, contracted when ripe ; Mcekringia 

 polygonoides, Nigritella angustifolia, Oxytropis mon- 

 tana, campestris, highest point of the Nesselstock ; 

 Oxyria digyna, Onobrychis montana, Pinguicnla 

 alpina, Phaca astragalina, frigida, north slope on 

 Maisee and Tagweid ; Phleum Michelii, same local- 

 ities ; Poa laxa, north slope between Staffel Alp and 

 Maisee ; Rum ex arifolius, scutatus ; Ranujiculus 

 montanus, Villarsii, this species is more pubescent 

 than the preceding, and has compressed lenticular 

 achenes, with the beaks strongly recurved. Scabiosa 

 lucida, a variety of columbaria ; Swertia perennis, 

 wet places close to the Staffeli, &c. ; Sibbaldia pro- 

 cumhens ; Saxifraga androsacea, oppositifolia, stellaris, 

 moschata, bryoides ; Spergula saginoides ; Senecio Doro- 

 nicum, alpine pastures ; Silene qicadrijida, scarce, 

 Nesselstock ; Salix retusa,. kerbacea, reticulata ; T/ie- 

 siuvi alpinum; Trifolium alpinum; Tozzia alpina; 

 north side, in wet places at the base of the Nessel- 

 stock ; Viola bijlora ; Valeriana montana ; Veronica 

 apkylla, &c. 



The best localities here, as generally elsewhere on 

 these calcareous mountains, are the debris mixed with 

 masses of fallen and disintegrated rock along the 

 basis of the crags ; and in the steep and narrow 

 grassy ravines above the pines, especially on the 

 southern slopes ; dry grassy slopes too, high up in 

 places inaccessible to cattle are good for some 

 species ; these cattle are close croppers and devour 

 everything. If sleeping quarters can be secured at 

 the inn on the summit it were well worth while to 



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