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cliffs, and the station of some very rare plants. The steep slopes in 

 this direction seem to be the driest of any about Rouen, and they are 

 everywhere open and accessible. T here added to my list Iberis ama- 

 ra, Eryngimn campestre, Caacalis daucoides, Ophrys apifera and ara- 

 nifera. Orchis viridis and Epipactis grandiflora. 



In a little wood on the right hand side of the ascent to Belboeuf, 

 there was a considerable quantity of Orchis fusca. Digitalis lutea I 

 had seen in the walk at Canteleu, but till I here saw some of the dead 

 flower-stalks of last year, I did not comprehend what it was. Rosa 

 sepium is common on the chalky banks : it is very glandular and fra- 

 grant, but I could not find any mixture of setae among the prickles. 

 Helianthemum marifolium makes some of the driest banks quite splen- 

 did with its brilliant flowers. This is at least the H. marifolium of 

 the 'Flore de la Normandie,' but I give it on the authority of Mr. Gay 

 that the French species described under that name is universally H. 

 canum, H. marifolium being a Spanish plant, which is not found in 

 France, nor perhaps in Italy. Calendula arvensis grows on some of 

 the driest slopes — a hint perhaps that the vine would succeed there, 

 as they are almost inseparable companions. 



On the 22nd I went to Maromme, but I ought to have proceeded 

 to Malonnaise, where there are some promising banks and woods, and 

 to which place there is an omnibus every morning at 7. The clerks 

 and employes at the manufactories about Rouen reverse the London 

 practice, and after spending the day in the surrounding villages, re- 

 turn to the city to sleep. These omnibuses are numerous at Rouen, 

 and besides a steam-packet for Havre, there is a spacious one for La 

 Bouille, a few leagues down the Seine, and a smaller one up the ri- 

 ver to Paris. We may now add the rail-road, on which the botanist 

 might go to Tourville, and return on foot by the banks and woods of 

 St. Adrien as far as Mivoie, where at 5 o'clock he would find a gon- 

 dole for Rouen. 



There are two or three places down the Seine where there are turf- 

 bogs, and a considerable one near Jumiege is said to be rich in plants ; 

 but a wet May is not tempting for bog Botany. 



After my walk to Maromme I got on to the railroad at 3 o'clock, 

 and arrived at Mantes at half-past 5.* The hills here are less high 



* Vernon would be a better place to stop at, but I did not know tbis at tbe time. 

 On my return I did stop there, but I was still lame from tbe effects of a fall in tbe fo- 

 rest of Fontainebleau, and could not walk far. However, I managed to ascend tbe 

 hill of St. Catherine, on the north side of tbe Seine, where I observed Teucrium mon- 

 tanuur, Ononis Columnfe and Astragalus monspeliensis. 



