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near Mentone ; Adiantum Capillus-veneris, Allosorus crispus, 

 Pteris aquilina. 



At Courmayeiir, a famous Alpine village near the foot of 

 Mont Blanc, and at the head of the most picturesque Yal 

 d'Aosta, we found an absence of the large flora of the lower 

 zones, though there are traces of the flora distinctive of San 

 Dalmazzo. Mr Hanbury believes that the varied floras of 

 Tenda are richer than those seen in the Great Alps, and the 

 results of our visit appear to favour this conclusion, though it 

 was made in July, a later period of the summer than when we 

 collected at Tenda. Eound Courmayeur we collected various 

 plants of the pine woods — i.e., near to Mortola, A. sei^tentrion- 

 ale ; abundant about Tenda, A. Trichomams, A. Petrarchm ; 

 near Mentone, Adiantum Capillus-veneris, Allosorus crispus, 

 Pteris aquilina, Pyrola unijlora., P. rotundifolia, with Kcottia 

 Nidus-avis ; nearer the mountain summit we picked up Empet- 

 rum nigrum, two species of Vaccinium and Lycopodium Sclago, 

 which we had not found at similar elevations in the region 

 about Tenda. So, too, regarding the following, seen near to 

 Courmayer, but not observed about San Dalmazzo : — Ancmon£ 

 Baldensis ? Campanula sjncula, PJpilobium Flcischcri, Silcne 

 Otites, S. campanula, Primula farinosa, Parnassia palustris, 

 &c. On the other hand, we missed in this mountain region 

 the extensive patches of Anemone n/xrcissiflora and A. alpina. 

 Masses of Banuncidus pyrenceus, as well as of Primida 

 variabilis and P. officincdis, characterised in a sparse way the 

 green turfy slopes of only one locality. 



Apparently a young plant of Liliuni hidbifcrum, which 

 was first found growing abundantly along with Asphodelus 

 albus, at an altitude of 5520 feet, ascended as high as 8000 

 feet. One plant of Gentiana verna was seen — a striking 

 contrast to its profusion on the slopes of Col di Tenda ; 

 so, too, was G. acaulis, though not confined to a single 

 specimen. Great patches of Gentiana Burseri were seen in 

 flower up to an altitude of 6500 feet, on the slope opposite 

 to the southern crags of Mont Blanc. Forming part of such 

 patches were Banunculus aconit if alius, VercUrum album, 

 Myosotis sylvatica, &c. The steeper slopes higher up were 

 covered almost solely by Bhododendron fcrrvgineum and 

 Vaccinium Myrtillus, though mosses also abounded. At the 

 foot of the Glacier of the Brenva, amongst the rock masses 



