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which we find Clematis recta, Viola mirabilis, Polygala Chamajbiixus, 

 Arenaria fastigiata, Cytisus ratisbonensis and nigricans, Lathyrus 

 heterophyllus, Rosa gallica, Rosa cinnamomea, Rubus saxatilis, 

 Astrantia major, Chserophyllum bulbosum, Crepis praemorsa and 

 alpestris, Lactuca perennis, Centaurea paniculata, Cerinthe minor, 

 Orobanche ca^rulescens, Cypripedium Calceolus (unfortunately for 

 me) entirely out of flower : Euphorbia verrucosa is common every- 

 where ; Alnus incana by the river side, Anthemis austriaca among 

 the corn of the valley; Gypsophila saxifraga, on dry banks; Erica 

 carnea in the woods ; the only Erica here. I missed Thesium rostra- 

 tum, Potentilla opaca and Hierochloe australis, all of which I ought 

 to have found at the Schutz Felsen, so named, I believe, by Hopper, 

 on account of the hollows with which the rocks abound, and which 

 would give shelter to the botanist in all weathers. They are limestone 

 rocks on the banks of the Danube. The great extent of the country 

 about Ratisbon belongs to the green-sand formation. Pyrola secunda 

 is here very common in the forest; P. minor, less so; P. chlorantha, 

 scarce. Below Ratisbon, on the left bank, we come to granitic hills, 

 on one of which stands the magnificent Walhalla. The Walhalla, 

 as everybody knows, is a Grecian temple, imitated from the Parthenon, 

 and placed on the top of a succession of lofty-terraced walls, which 

 at present are rather obtrusive. The inside is adorned with the 

 busts of the great men of Teutonic race, of all ages ; but we look in 

 vain among them for that of Luther. On these hills I gathered 

 Cvtisus capitatus, and on the foot of the Walhallaberg, Stenactis 

 annua and Physalis Alkekengi. 



Great part of the road from Ratisbon to Munich was passed in the 

 night, but it seems to be particularly without interest ; only as we 

 approached the latter place, the towering ranges of the Alps come into 

 view. The botanical points near Munich are — First, the banks of the 

 Isar, which brings down with it several mountain plants ; and which, 

 above Harlacking, two miles above Munich, begin to be bold and 

 rocky. On the gravel of the river, and the adjoining thickets, we 

 find Thalictrum aquilegi folium, ^thionema saxatilis, Polygala amara, 

 Gypsophila repens, Myricaria germanica, Astrantia major, Galium 

 boreale, Hieracium staticifolium, Gentiana cruciata, G. Asclepiadea, 

 Salix incana and Arundo littorea. On the gravelly banks above, and 

 quite free from any present action of the river, we have Biscutella 

 laevigata, Dianthus caesius, Saxifraga mutata, Leontodon incanum, 

 Arbutus Uva-ursi, Erica carnea, Orchis odoratissima, Herminium 

 monorchis and Tofieldia palustris, a very common plant about 

 Munich. 



