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and less bold than at Ronen, and the little patches of varied cnltiva- 

 tion on their slopes look like strips of carpet. The hills to the north 

 of the river are said to yield the best Botany ; I unfortunately took a 

 different direction. I noticed Melampyrum arvense and cristatura, 

 both now in flower ; Ajuga Chama^pitys and genevensis, Astragalus 

 glycyphyllos, Hypericum montanura, Alyssura calycinum, Camelina 

 sativa and Quercus pubescens (the segments of the leaves are narrower 

 and deeper than in Q. sessiliflora). Verbascum pulverulentuiu and 

 Salvia pratensis become now exceedingly common. Muscari como- 

 sum is also abundant, but M. racemosum seems to be already over. 

 Fumaria V^aillantii, Iberis araara, Herniaria glabra, Thlaspi perfolia- 

 tum, Tiiticum Nardus, Poa bulbosa, Potentilla verna, Orchis fusca, 

 Ophrys apifera, and Prunus Mahaleb also occur. In the Bois de la 

 Butte verde, besides many plants usually found in a sandy soil, I 

 noticed Tillaea muscosa; and in a clayey bottom, hardly more than a 



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Fig. 1,2, 3. Orchis fusca. Fig. 1 is probably tlie O. militaris and O. galeata of the Parisian botanists. 

 Fig. 4 — 8. DilTerent forms of Orchis militaris. In fig. 5 the upper lobes of the lip are absent. 

 Fig. 9, 10. Orchis Simia. Fig. 11. A supposed variety of O. Simia. 



league from Mantes, Orchis militaris (fig. 7, 8), and O. Simia (fig. 9). 

 Fig. 7 seems to approach the nearest to the figure in ' English Bota- 

 ny,' (t. 2675) ; O. tephrosanthos of that work (t. 1873, the O. niacra of 

 Lindley), I should say is most like fig. 11 hereafter to be noticed, but 



