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A TaiLT to the South of France and the Pyrenees, in the year 

 J 825. By G. A. Walker Arnott, Esq. M. W. S. (Con- 

 tinued from a former Number). 



But it may be interesting to the botanist to have a more par- 

 ticular account of these plants ; and in attempting to do so, I 

 shall follow as nearly as possible the route. 



Near the entrance of the valley is situated the village of 

 Eynes, about an hour's walk from the Cabanasse ; and soon af- 

 ter passing it, we observed by the side of the path the beautiful 

 Eryngium Bourgati : the season was, however, scarcely enough 

 advanced for it. At the mouth of the valley, the meadows were 

 covered with NigrlteUa angustifolia and Phalangium lilias- 

 trum. This last, so often confounded in the herbaria with Ph. li- 

 liago, is extremely distinct in the live state, the stamina being 

 declinate and curved, as in Hemerocanlis, a circumstance which 

 has induced De Candolle to place it in that genus ; but the pe- 

 rianth is divided to the base, which has induced Andryjosky to 

 make of it the new genus Czackia. Few will, however, agree 

 to this : indeed, I do not see how it can be placed in a diflPerent 

 genus from Phalangium (Anthericum of Sprengel, whose genus 

 Bvlhino contains the true Antherica, among which are A. plani- 

 folium and serotinum). Having entered the valley, we passed 

 through a small wood, and ere long procured Vicia pyrenaica^ 

 Pourr. ( V. Fagonii, Lapeyr.), Lychnis alpina, Didymodon glau- 

 cescens, and a few others ; but we afterwards regretted our de- 

 lay there, as all these were much more abundant higher up the 

 valley. Leaving the wood, we found among some rocks a few 

 specimens of Pedicularis comosa, a beautiful species, with fasci- 

 culated roots and yellow flowers. From this to the Jasse de 

 Delmau (a shepherd's hut in ruins), we kept alongside of the 

 stream, and observed Carduus carlinoides and Saanfraga ad- 

 scendensy {S. aquatica. Lap.) in the water ; and on the rocks se- 

 veral other species of Saxifraga, among which were no doubt 

 S. mttscoides, moscliuta, exarata, pubescens, intertexta, mixta, and 

 several others of authors, but between which here, there were so 

 many hybrids or intermediate states, that we found it impossible 

 on the spot to group them into species. Opposite to the Jasse 



