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have gone to Romorantin, and to liavc spent two ov three days there 

 and at Salbris, in the very depths of Sologne. The maps mark a mul- 

 titude of triangular pools, and in the winter, and even at the time I 

 was there, these exist. A dam is made across one of these hardly- 

 inarked valleys, and the water collects there, but in summer you may 

 traverse most of them in any direction without getting wet. Aspho- 

 delus albus is said to be abundant in some parts, and this is about its 

 most northern station ; it is also probably about the most southern 

 station, independent of mountains, for INIyrica Gale. The plants that 

 I observed were not numerous ; besides the two already mentioned, 

 Sedum and Illecebrum, they were : — 



Astvocarpon sesanioides Arenaiia segetalis Lathyrus angulatus 



Tillaea muscosa Astrolobium ebracteatum Vicia lutea 



Trifoliura subterraneuin Avena tenuis ? Juncus capitatus 



Scirpus maritimus Speigula subulata 



After these excursions I returned to Orleans, whence T made an 

 unproductive trip to the Pont de Segris. Our principal object was 

 to get an Anchusa, which M. Jullien supposed to be the altissima of 

 Desfontaines : they had a plant of it in the garden. 1 suspect it 

 will prove a variety of A. italica, but we found only the common form 

 of A. italica in this station. The almost continued rain was, however, 

 very discouraging. From Orleans I proceeded to Paris. 



To keep the form of a jouraal in the various walks and little trips 

 that I made during a residence of six weeks in Paris and in its neigh- 

 bourhood, would occasion a number of useless repetitions : 1 shall 

 therefore begin by giving a list of those plants which are marked with 

 a C {comi)iun) variously modified in the Catalogue published by Cos- 

 son, Germain and Weddel, but which are rare or unknown in Eng- 

 land, and therefore interesting to an English botanist ; and thence 

 proceed to state, as far as my experience goes, what more may be ex- 

 pected in various excursions in the neighbourhood. 



Anemone Pulsatilla. Sandy hills. Sisymbrium Irio. Walls and banks. 



Adonis ftstivalis. Sandy fields. Erysimum clieiranthoiues. 



Myosurus minimus. Ditto Brassica Cheiranthus. Sandy woods. 



Helleborus fcetidus. Dry banks. Diplotaxis viminea. Fields. 



Nigella arvensis. Sandy fields. Alyssum calycinum. Dry fields & banks 



Delphinium Consolida. Ditto. Thlaspi perfolialum. Dry fields. 



Fumaria Vaillantii and parviflora. Ditto. Iberis araara. 



Nasturtium ofiiciuale, var. /3. siifolium. Lepidium graminifolium. 



Ditches ? Isatis tinctoria. Sandy woods. 



sylvestre. Sides of the river. Helianthcmum guttatum. Sand. 



Barbarea arcuata. Parnassia palustris. Springy ground. 



Turritis glabra. Sandy woods. Polygala deprcssa. Ditto. 



