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athamanticum, Angelica pyrenaica, Knautia integrifolia, Senecio 

 artemisiifolius, Cirsium Erisithales, Centaurea montana, Campanula 

 linifolia {Lam.), Gentiana lutea, and Rnmex alpinus. The Vallee 

 d'Enfer yields Ramincnlus aconitifolius, Dianthus caesius, Silene 

 rupestris, Cevastium latifoliura, Geum montanum, Potentilla aurea, 

 Epilobium alsinifolium, Sedum atratiim, Saxifraga Aizoon, S. bypnoi- 

 des ? with small greenish flowers, S. stellavis, ImperatoriaOstruthium, 

 Jasione humilis, Phytenraa hemisphajricum, Yacciniura uliginosum, 

 Rumex montanus, Luzula glabrata and spicata, Avena sedenensis, Poa 

 laxa, and Polypodium Dryopteris. On the Pic de Sauci, which I 

 ascended on a very fine day, I added Anemone alpina (in the typical 

 form) a,nd the var. sulphurea, Ranunculus platanifolius, Trollius 

 europaeus, Astrocarpus sesamoides, Saxifraga bryoides, Senecio Do- 

 ronicum, Androsace carnea, Empetrum nigrum, Salix arenaria, which 

 is probably the Lapponum of Linnaeus, Eriophorura vaginatum, and 

 Teucrium spadiceum, which latter forms the chief part of the herbage 

 near the summit. Polygala depressa occurs on a granitic district 

 below the village ; and Dianthus Seguieri was brought me by M. 

 LeCoq, from some sandstone hills in the same direction. We also 

 noticed, on the road-side, Dianthus monspessulanus and Agrimonia 

 odorata. On the way back to Clermont, by the shorter road, I ob- 

 served Cytisus purgans, Trifolium montanum, Athamanta cretensis, 

 Laserpitium latifolium. Campanula persicifolia, Liliura Martagon, and 

 Phleum Boehmeri, 



Before leaving Mont Dore I will mention the places in the neighbour- 

 hood pointed out to me by M. LeCoq as worthy of particular attention 

 from a botanist. These are the Vallee d'Enfer, the Pic de Sauci, and 

 the fir-woods des Capucins. These woods are close to the village on 

 the opposite side of the Dordogne, and furnished the first part of my 

 list. There are three other localities, which are further off, and which 

 I did not visit. The first is the upper part of the Valley of Chaude 

 Four. Here the waters descend eastward, towards Issoire. This 

 upper part lies just below the Pic de Ferrand, a process from the Pic 

 de Sauci, and offers an inviting variety of rock, wood, and sunny 

 bank ; but I apprehend that it is only on the Pic dc Sauci, and in 

 the deep hollow below, called the Vallee d'Enfer, that we meet with 

 anything like an Alpine vegetation. The others are the woods of the 

 Roche Sanadoire and the Marais de la Croix Morant. 



I have said that I returned by the shorter road. The first part of 

 the way is romantic ; but afterwards the volcanic cones and barren 

 sands are anything but beautiful. The approach to Clermont, again, 



