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We descended the lulls to a village called Kultz, and crossing the 

 river bv a ferry, returned along the right bank to Coblenz. 



On the 23rd I botanized with Mr. Wertgen, on the east bank of the 

 Rhine. After crossing the bridge we ascended the hills, and again 

 descended into the upper part of the Miihlbach, where there is some 

 boggy ground, on which we found what ajDpears to be a variety of 

 Eriophorum pubescens, with smooth stalks. We then kept up the 

 hills rather to the left, and again sweeping round to the right, follow- 

 ed nearly the ridge of the hills which bound the valley of the Lahn, 

 whence we looked down upon Eras. We gathered Genista germa- 

 nica (in some places this, G. sagittalis and G. pilosa were all in 

 flower together), Trifolium alpestre, Mespilus germanica, Pimpinella 

 magna, Carum Carui, Lonicera Xylosteum in fruit, Phyteuma nigrum 

 and P. orbiculare, Pyrola minor, Anthericum Liliago, and Carex 

 raontana. On our return along the valley of the Rhine we got a few 

 plants of Barbarea arenata, but the grass of the bank on which it 

 gi-ows had just been cut, and the plants carried away. 



On the '24th I went in the steam-boat to Bingen, and thence in an 

 omnibus to Kreuznach. Erysimum crepidifolium abounds every- 

 where on the road-side. The scenery appeared tame, but I found 

 some of a very different character, when I walked to the Rhein- 

 Grafenstein the next day. There is a singular mixture of wild and 

 tame above Kreuznach ; and we come suddenly on cliffs 500 or 600 

 feet perpendicular, wondering how they got there. In my walk I ob- 

 served the following plants : — 



Anemone Pulsatilla 

 Helleborus foetidus 

 Tilia grandifolia 

 T. parvifolia 

 Acer monspessulanum 

 Camelina sativa 

 Biscutella laevigata 

 Alyssum moutanum 

 Brassica Cheiranthus 

 Erysimum crepidifolium 

 Cardamine impatieus 

 Sclerantbus perennis 

 Dianthus caesius 



Lychnis viscaria 

 Trifolium montanum 

 T. alpestre 



Cotoneaster vulgaris 

 Araelanchier vulgaris 

 Sedum rupestre 

 Ribes alpinum 

 Galium glaucum 

 Carum Carui 

 C. Bulbocastanum 



Lactuca perennis 

 Hieracium Peleterianum 

 H. prgemorsum 



Hieracium maculatum, Sm.? 

 Centaurea montana 

 Cineraria campestris? 

 Lonicera Xylosteum 

 Cynanchum Viucetoxicum 

 Ajuga genevensis 

 Veronica prostrata 

 Rumex scutatus 

 Anthericum Liliago 

 Carex ericetorum 

 Melica ciliata 

 Asplenium septentrionale 



Lychnis viscaria and Dianthus caesius were in great beauty and 

 perfection, and very abundant, and so were, in a more limited space, 

 Biscutella laevigata, Anthericum Liliago and Hieracium Peleterianum, 

 and another of the family of H. murorum, with lanceolate leaves, often 

 spotted. It is, I suppose, the H. maculatum of Smith. H. Pilosella 

 and H. murorum were plentiful in the same place; and as far as the evi- 



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