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high mountains : Riffel, Saint Theodule, Great St. Bernard, 

 Grands Mulcts, top of Faulhorn, Le Reculet in the Jura, 

 Mont Iseran, Margeriaz near Chambery. 



The Sedums, or Stonecrops, have a good deal of re- 

 semblance to the Saxifrages, only they have five styles 

 instead of two, and are remarkable for their fleshy leaves. 

 This makes it almost impossible to dry them, while on the 

 same account they travel well and last alive a long time. It 

 is, however, not so easy at length to make the plants grow and 

 flower successfully. They abound in Switzerland — from the 

 common Yellow Stonecrop with which we are familiar in 

 England, crowning old walls with its golden hue, to the 

 yellowish cream-coloured blossoms that rise on long stalks 

 from rosettes, which, with their grey-green and coloured 

 edgings, are often almost as tempting as the flowers them- 

 selves. 



39. Drosera. — Sunde'w. 



(PLATE XXIIL) 



We do not mention the Sundew because it is a speciality 

 of Switzerland, for it is well known in England where there 

 are bogs, especially in those at all elevated or peaty. But 

 from its curious character, and from its being remarkably 

 abundant in Switzerland, it seems to demand notice, and it 



