S54 Mr Arnott's Tour to the South of France 



Restinclieres ; and it must not always be concluded, that the spe* 

 cific name Monspessulanus^ Monspelieiisis, or Monspeliacus^ in- 

 dicates the proximity of the plant to Montpellier : it sometimes 

 happens that the nearest locality is in the Cevennes mountains ; 

 one plant (Potentilla monspeliensis ) is even a North American 

 species, and is not, that I know of, at all naturalized in this 

 neighbourhood. 



The climate of Montpellier seems to have been niuch misun- 

 derstood : at present, however, L believe physicians are more 

 aware of its insalubrit}'. It is surprising that any person who 

 was not accustomed from infancy to the climate, and who had 



Sect. II. § 2. Calyces basi cequales, species perennes. 



foliis tomentosis (subradicalibus), 



Silic. laevibus, ^ fol. scabris J subradicalibus, -< *=• ' 



v.kevibus,j (pinnatifidis, 



(^caule folioso, 



tij' 



„.v 1 ,. I fol. scabri- 



Sihcul. punctis I ^^^^j 



elevatis sea- ■{ ' 



bris, 



'caule folioso. 



subradicalibus, 



fol. tomen- j subradicalibus, 

 tosis, ( caule folioso. 



j pinnatifidis, 

 i subintegris. 



B. montana. 



{B. laevigata. 

 B. Ittcida. 

 B. major. 

 B. coronopifolia. 

 B. ambigua. 

 B. saxatilis (i. 

 f B. saxatilis y. 

 { B. stenophylla. 

 j B. saxatilis a. 

 \ B. angustifolia. 

 B. sempervirens. 

 B. tomentosa. 



A simple inspection of this table will shew how closely allied several of 

 these species are to each other, if we pay no regard to the silicule. How far 

 one ought to pay attention to it, is another question. At Montpellier and 

 Avignon B. ambigua and B. saxatilis /3, are found promiscuously ; and in Ma- 

 jorca and Minorca, B. auriculata is so intermingled with B, erigerifolia^ that 

 every specimen gathered requires to be closely examined. 



In the second section, De CandoUe has placed less reliance on the above- 

 mentioned structure, and I therefore prefer arranging the clavis in another Avay : 



Sect. II. § 1. Calyces basi ceqtcales: species annucB. 



^.,. , . C A' 1 -v ( foliis radicalibus lyratis, 



SilicuLtnargme I disco laevibus J felatiore, 



conspicue ci- < glabns, j cauie rohoso, < -^^y^iw 



V. disco scabro-hispidis, . - . 



' disco piloso-his- f caule folioso, 



pidis, ( foliis radicalibus lyratis. 



,. , , f foliis radicalibus, 



disco pube mi- I - ^ - 



liatis. 



Siliculis mar. 

 gine non ci 

 liatis, 



, V^^" -I caule f sil. marg. scabrido, 

 nuta scabris, y^^:,^,^^ \ _1 1^,4, 



disco laevibus / foliis subradicalibus, 

 glabris, \ foliis radicalibus, 



B. maritima. 

 B. ciliata. 

 B. depressa. 

 B, microcarpa. 

 B. eriocarpa. 

 B. lyrata. 

 B. columnee. 

 B. apula. 

 B. leiocarpa. 

 B. obovata. 

 B. raphanifolia. 



It 



