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Asjykniuni f/crmanicum, Weiss.; while TVoodsia hyperhorca, 

 E. Br., fringed the boulders ; and Stmthiopteris germanica, 

 Wilkl, with fronds five feet long, on a low damp place at 

 the foot of the wall. On the hillside, Cyclamen curoprmm, 

 L. : Anthcricuni Liliarjo, L. ; Cephalanthcra rubra, Eich. ; 

 and mosses of wondrous luxuriance lined the stony path. 



In the grassy ascent, in close proximity to the Alp hut, 

 were the annual cowwheats, eyebrights, yellow rattles, and 

 louseworts of light hues, which, by their extraordinary pro- 

 fusion, imparted brightness to the emerald green of the 

 field. 



Keeping to our rule, every other flower was secondary to 

 Primulas. Here Primula minima, L. ; P. spectahilis, Tratt. : 

 P. auricula, L. ; and P. daonensis, Leyb., or cencnsis, Thom., 

 were gathered, but only four plants of the last, after most 

 diligent search, — perhaps because they were out of flower. 

 The rare Saxifraga Vamlcllii, Sternb., was got near the 

 summit. Upon a craggy knoll close by, the heads of the 

 Edelweiss, Lcontopodium alpimtm, Cass., were expanded in 

 sun-like stars of earth. There was also a distinct variety 

 of a Pinguicula ; but, as by ill-luck our specimens were 

 left behind, we cannot speak positively of the species. It 

 occurred nowhere else. Two forms of Homogync alioina, 

 Cass., one with a bronzed underside to the leaf, were fre- 

 quent, as were also the two Soldanellas — Soldanclla cdpina, 

 L., and *S'. minima, L. — and, of course, Panunculus glacialis, 

 L. Daphne cdpina, L., was also found here. 



The flowers on this Stabolette were similar to those of 

 Stabolfresco, which we climbed on the Monday, after the 

 refreshing rest of the Sunday at Creto. The morning walk 

 along the valley was less pleasant ; there was no shade, 

 the air already was humid and oppressive, and not less so 

 from the effluvium of goats that would keep close to us. 

 The views of the long range of ]\Ionte Baldo were unspeak- 

 ably grand. After a wearisome climb over wide uplands 

 of meadow grass, we came on small plots of Primulas that 

 had been long out of bloom, so that identification was 

 difficult and doubtful, except in the case of P. spcctalnlis, 

 Tratt. 



Creeping along the lofty saddle-back, where P. minima, 

 L., was in flower, and cautiously peering into precipitous 



