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naturalized Indian Hedychium. From a lake a small stream of 

 clear water, bordered by white Japanese azaleas, flows by the hot 

 springs, where its muddy meadows are full of the tara [Colocasia 

 antiquorum) ; the hedgerows leading to the Fundas and in other 

 parts of the island being formed of Hydrangea, with its magnificent 

 show of pink or bluish blossoms. 



The Sete Cidades is also a strikingly romantic place, and the 

 summit of the hill commands aii unusually interesting and charm- 

 ing view, not only of the beautiful coast-line and the great crater 

 with its sapphire and its emerald lake, but of the perfectly formed 

 subsidiary crater, now a wealth of vegetation. 



The botany of the island has been w^ell explored by Dr. 

 Carreiro, to whose kindness I am much indebted, both during my 

 visit and subsequently for sending to me a hundred of the typical 

 island species. The Azores are interesting to British botanists 

 also from the fact that H. C. Watson visited them and prepared 

 a valuable and interesting list of the plants which was published 

 in F. du Cane Godman's Natural History of the Azores, in 1870. 

 The most recent work on the island flora is that by Prof. Trelease, 

 which appeared in the Eighth Annual Beport of the Missouri 

 Botanical Garden (1897). 



To the fact of my visit being made so early in the year is pro- 

 bably due the discovery of five new species of mosses, one being 

 new to science. It was pleasant to meet with the very local 

 endemic species Campanula Vidalii on the main island of San 

 Miguel, as well as to add two or three other species to the flora. 



I am indebted to Prof. Hackel, Mr. H. N. Dixon, and to 

 Mr. S. Macvicar for naming the grasses, mosses, and hepatics 

 respectively. 



Papaver Bhceas L. var. Pryorii Druce. Ponta Delgada ; possibly 

 introduced. I saw it also at Funchal, in Madeira. 



Cardamine caldeiranum Guth. var. amplifolitmi Trelease. This 

 interesting endemic plant, which, although a distinct species, is 

 somewhat intermediate between G. amara and G. sylvatica, was 

 seen at the Fundas. Watson found that it maintained itself "self- 

 sown and quasi-spontaneously " in his Surrey garden. 



Sisymbrium officinale Scop. var. leiocarpon (Jord.). This is, as 

 Trelease observes, the prevailing form ; noticed also in Madeira. 



Gerastium viscoswu L. The common form has flowers with 

 distinctly larger petals than our British plant. 



Spergula arvensis L. The form with papillose seed alone 

 noticed, i. e. S. vulgaris Boenn. 



Hypericum humifusum L. Near Lomba da Cruz. — H. foliosum 

 Alton. On the ascent to Sete Cidades. Lowe (Fl. Mad.) says 

 this is distinct from the Madeii'an grandiflorum, therefore it is 

 probably endemic. 



Oxalis purpurea Jacq. Well naturalized at Ponta Delgada, &c. 



Vicia atropurpurea Desf. A form of this handsome species 

 was seen westward of Ponta Delgada. 



Trifolium angustifolium L. In two or three places on lava- 

 walls about Ponta Delgada. Not given for San Miguel by Trelease. 



