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^nes, were destitute of a winged margin. It is therefore not an 

 Alyssum, but a Farsetia^ from the character of which it only 

 differs by the immargined seed ; and I ought to observe, that 

 an approximation to that takes place in F. triquetral which has 

 the seeds very obscurely margined ; and A. giiapluilodes agrees 

 with that in habit. As to A. petalodes, it is an Aubrietia, and 

 very (too ?) closely allied to A. purpurea * ; the calyx is bisac- 

 cate at the base ; the two smaller stamina have a tooth at the 

 base, and the four larger ones towards the apex ; the petals are 

 of a red colour. 



But to return from this digression. — Close to Seo d'Urgel, in 

 the dried-up bed of the Segre, we gathered what at the time we 

 supposed to be Andryala lyrata^ a plant we had previously 

 found at Perpignan : it proves, however, to be that state called 

 A, incana. Professor De Candolle has united the Rothia of 

 Gaertner to Andryala^ and it appears to me with great justice. 

 As to the A. lyrata^ Sprengel has put it into the genus Rothia, 

 and A. ijicana into Andryala. I feel quite certain, however, 

 when I say, that the A. incana is the autumnal state of the 

 other. I do not find the seeds of the outer ray destitute of pap- 

 pus in either, nor indeed have I found such to be the case in 

 any of the French species. With Rothia Andryaloides, the 

 type of the genus, I am unacquainted. 



" If a time arrive when people can travel through this unfor- 

 tunate country with comfort, or even personal security, and bo- 

 tanists think of repeating this excursion, it would be preferable 

 to remain at least a week at Bourg-Madame, and from thence 

 make daily excursions to the heights of Jacca, to Caroll, and 

 particularly to the valley of Spanish Cerdagne, where the fields 

 and meadows are not too well attended to, and the uncultivated 

 lands sufficiently numerous to afford an ample harvest to the 

 botanist. To Seo d'Urgel might occupy two days ; and even a 

 third spent in the vicinity of Martinet, where one must then 

 sleep two nights, would not be lost. 



" Seo d'Urgel, celebrated in the last war as the head-quarters 

 of the provisionary government, and by the sieges it has under- 

 gone, is a paltry town, agreeably situated in a small plain at 



• Aub. Columna^ Guss. and Column. Ecphr. i. p. 282. t 284. as far as I can 

 judge, by the miserable specimen I possess, is identical with Aub. deltouhtu 



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