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tatus, Dianthus sylvestris ; TWfolium riibens, alpestre, and 

 montanum ; Genista pilosa and prostrata, j^uphorbza ^inifolia, 

 Phyteuma orbiculare and spicatum, ^lyssum montanum, 

 Draba aizoides, Ranunculus gramineus, Anemone Pulsatilla, 

 Cerasus Mahdleb, iftiamnus alpinus, &c. The vineyards 

 near Dijon produce the 22umex scutatus, Allium sphaeroce- 

 phalum, Centranthus angustifolius, ^41thae N a hirsuta and can- 

 nabina, Melica ciliata, Dianthus prolifer, £epidium ruderale, 

 Euphorbia verrucosa, jLamium rugosum, &c. 



Near Nuits, which is distant from Dijon about 12 miles, 

 grows the Ruta graveolens ; near the same place, in the woods, 

 I met with the O'robus niger, Monotropa Hypopitys and 

 ^f sarum europae v um. A butterfly, the Satyrus Hermione, was 

 very abundant in the copses. I took a considerable quantity 

 of the Cyclostoma elegans in the neighbourhood of Nuits ; 

 also two specimens of Helix melanostoma Drap. A little 

 to the s. e. of Nuits is situated Citeaux, which presents a 

 very marshy and low country, the botanical products of which 

 differ considerably, as might be expected, from those I have 

 just been describing. Amongst others, I may mention the 

 Lmdevnia pyxidaria, Z/y thrum /zyssopifolium, Cucubalus bac- 

 cifer, Potentilla supina, Gnaphalium 1 uteo- album, Hydrocharis 

 morsus ranae, and Gypsophila muralis; this last plant growing 

 in the moist corn fields, along with iathyrus hirsutus. I took 

 a specimen of Cerocoma Schaa'fFerz', a heteromerous coleop- 

 teron ; as also a larva of Mantis precatorius. I saw several 

 times the Vanessa Antiopa, but was unable to capture it. 



At Citeaux are the ruins of a large monastery, formerly 

 belonging to monks of that order. Part of the ruins is now 

 converted into a dwelling-house, and the rest into an extensive 

 manufactory of sugar from beet root, which is grown in the 

 neighbourhood. Near Citeaux I first observed Indian corn, 

 or maize, cultivated on a large scale : it is generally made into 

 cakes with water, but sometimes mixed with wheaten flour, 

 for the purpose of making bread. The hoopoe seems to be 

 frequent near here, as I saw them flying across the road. 

 The golden oriole is common at certain seasons of the year. 



In the immediate neighbourhood of Dijon is some rocky 

 ground, called the Quarries of the Carthusian Friars (Car- 

 rieres de Chartreux), being near the ruins of a monastery 

 belonging to monks of that order. I was very much delighted 

 with the large blue flowers of the Scutellaria alpina, which is 

 there abundant, and was gathered in this locality so long ago 

 as the end of the 17th century, by our countryman Sherard. 

 (See Morison, Plant. Oxon., part 3. sect. xi. p. 416.) Arenaria 

 fasciculata, Triticum tardus; Ononis Mtrix and Columns, 



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