44 BOTANY OF SPAIN. [February, 



there was our beautiful S. granulata (a mountain plant in tlie 

 south of Europe), and a far rarer species than either, S. media. 

 The Umbellifers appeared to be the same as in the previous day. 

 To the common Elders was added Sambucus racemosa, now in 

 full flower; it bears red instead of black fruit, and in that state 

 I had found it in some of the forests near the Rhine, especially 

 that of Stolzenfels, near Coblenz. Of Rubiacea, I only noted 

 Galium cruciatum. The only additional plant of the Order Com- 

 posites (except the Cirsium previously mentioned) was Achillea 

 chamcemelifolia, a plant of the Eastern Pyrenees. The Corolliflora 

 also were mostly those which I had seen in the other valley. I 

 must however add Pitiguicula grandiflora, a plant common in 

 the Pj^renees, often mistaken for a Violet by the non-botanical 

 traveller; the exquisite Primula farinosa, of the Alps and the 

 north of England; the large Alpine Forget-me-not [Myosotis 

 alpestris) ; a tall Pedicularis, P. verticillata, growing profusely in 

 the meadows near the principal village of the Ptepublic; and, 

 lastly, Marrubium vulgare. Of Polygona, besides P. Bistorta, 

 there was a peculiar and curious mountain species with panicled 

 inflorescence, P. alpinum. Rumex scutatus re-appeared, with R. 

 Acetosella. Among monocotyledonous plants, Paradisia Lilias- 

 trum reigned supreme ; a stately plant, with flowers of the purest 

 white, of the shape and almost the size of a Hemerocallis, which 

 Pyrenean tourists will see abundant, at its season, in the Vallee 

 de Lys, near Bagnere de Luchon. Narcissus poeticus was as 

 plentiful as ever; Platanihera bifolia was another ornament; 

 Muscari comosum made its appearance, and in the lower and 

 warmer part of the valley our blue garden Iris (/. germanica) 

 grew. A Veratrwn, probably V. album, so common in the Alps 

 and Jura, not yet in flower, raised its strong, thick, green stems. 

 The following plants, all of which were common to this with the 

 preceding valley, I will simply enumerate : — 



Clematis Vitalba. Eeseda fruticulosa. S. Telephium (& others). 



Caltlia palustris. Saponaria ocjmoides. Umbilicus pendulinus. 



Aquilegia vulgaris. Erodium cicutarium. Lonicera Xylosteum. 



Helleborus foetidus. Medicago suifruticosa. Achillea odorata. 



Chelidonium majus. Lotus corniculatiis. Tragopogon pratensis. 



Sisymbrium Sophia. Crataegus Oxyacantha. Fraxinus excelsior. 



Sisymbrium obtusangul. Amelanchier vulgaris. Convolvulus arvensis. 



Sisymbrium austriacum. Bryonia dioica. Lithospermimi arvense. 



Lepidium heterophyllum. Sedum dasyphyllum. Cynoglossum officinale. 



