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decurreut in V. Thapsus, as to form five wings to the stalk. I cannot 

 assert that this is never the case in V. thapsiforine, but I believe it 

 will not be found to obtain through the whole plant, and the lower 

 leaves are sometimes so little decurrent as hardly to furnish two con- 

 tinued wings, bringing it near to phlomoides. It may be a variety of 

 V. Thapsus, but it is not a hybrid, as this and Thapsus are rarely 

 found together. 



We have as yet made very little progress in our walk. A few steps 

 further bring us to a bank of loose sand, profusely covered with Sca- 

 biosa ukranica, which however is hardly in a state to oifer good speci- 

 mens before the middle of August. A little further, and higher up on 

 the crest of the hill, where we also found most of the plants we 

 had observed in similar situations in yesterday's walk, grows Stipa 

 pennata. Abandoning the hills for a moment, we descend into the 

 marsh, in one point of which we find Ophrys Loeselii in plenty, and 

 Myriophyllum pectinatum, which seems a common form in this part 

 of the country. This is also a station of Carex filiformis, but I did 

 not see it. We then take the road for Nanteau, and directing our 

 course to the east end of the village, follow the carriage-road towards 

 Bois Minard, near the beginning of which, in the sandy bottom, we 

 find Trigonella monspeliaca and Andropogon angustifolium. The 

 botanist may then either continue to Bois Minard, or return through 

 Nanteau, and take the road along the valley as far as the Mill of Noi- 

 gneau. 1 took the former course, and from Bois Minard descended 

 through a woody valley to the Chapelle Nainvault, now a barn, and 

 to the said Mill of Noigneau. This valley will perhaps give nothing 

 new, yet it is pleasant to see such a number of plants together, either 

 rare or unknown with us. The steep barren points were splendid 

 with : — 



Diantlius caryophyllus Ononis Columnae Aira canescens 



D. prolifer Coronilla minima Euphorbia Cyparissias 



Silene Otites Statice plantaginea Ononis natrix, which I 



Veronica spicata Sedum album - ought to have nien- 



Melampyrum cristalum Geranium sanguineum tioned before, as it 



Helianthemum guttatum Stachys recta grows in many pla- 



Teucrium Chamaedrys S. annua ces. 



T. montanum Allium sphaerocephalum 



The white-flowered Helianthemums were over. In the lower parts 

 we had Campanula persicifolia, Coronilla varia, Peucedanum Oreo- 

 selinmn, Malva Alcea and Tilia parvifolia. I missed Scabiosa sua- 

 veolens, which is said to grow in this valley. 



After passing the mill and the bridge beyond it, we cross the 



