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On the S5th, we made an excursion to the banks of the Testa, 

 where we found in very good state most of the plants indicated 

 there, as Andryala lyrata^ Lachenalia serotina, and Melilotus 

 gracilis. Cistus laurifolius was scarcely yet in flower. A 

 handsome blue flowering Orohanche (O. comosa, Wallr. ?) about 

 the size of O. major, was here far from rare, growing on the 

 roots of Artemisia campestris. 



The botanic garden is of little consequence ; but there are 

 nevertheless several scarce plants in it, habituated to the open 

 air. Solanum honarie7ise and Schinus molle, were in the ut* 

 most luxuriance : there was also a fine tree of Stillingia sebi- 

 fera. The lecturer here has 200 fr. (about £\^ Sterhng) per 

 annum^ with 200 more to pay the incidental expenses of the 

 establishment, as utensils, flower-pots, new plants, &c. The head- 

 gardener is better ofl* : he has 400 fr. for the garden, and 700 

 for taking care of the pepiniere or nursery, with which^ however, 

 he has to pay his assistants. 



The 26th, 27th, and 28th, we devoted to an excursion to 

 CoUioure. On our way there, we gathered Vicia perennis, DC. 

 Hypecoum grandiflorum, nob., and several other good plants, 

 during the time that the diligence ascended the steep places of 

 the road. Where the regular road was under repair in one 

 place, we were obliged to take another ; and near the village of 

 Corneille del Vercol, we observed a blue Iris on the right side 

 of the road, which we supposed to be /. spuria. The whole 

 summit of the hill above Collioure, between the road and the 

 fort, is covered with Scolymus grandiflorus, regarding which 

 De Candolle and La Pey rouse have had some discussion. Al- 

 though De Candolle, when there, had not seen it, it nevertheless 

 appears to be the true plant, and a very distinct species from 

 the other two found in France. 



The next morning we took the road to Bagnols, and ere long 

 found Jsphodelus fnicrocarpus and Orohanche crinita, Vir. both 

 lately discovered in Corsica. Near Portvendres we observed in 

 abundance Euphorbia biumbellata, Corynephorus articulattts, 

 Anthyllus Gerardi, and Orobanche Jtetida ; and at Paullilas 

 Lavatera olbia. From Bagnols we ascended the banks of the 

 river to Cancompa ; nor could our time be said to be lost, when 

 we procured Briza minor and Trifolium ligusticum. Vitex 



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