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Mrs. Harrington Balfour, who has kindly lent it to 

 me to refresh my memory. As this is the only 

 locality on the Kiviera where the plant occurs, and it 

 is so scarce that in many years botanists are unable 

 to find even a single specimen, I will describe the 

 spot. If non-botanical people were likely to take 

 advantage of the information, I would be careful not 

 to give particulars of the locality ; but this Stellate is 

 so small that even a botanist may easily overlook it, 

 and so inconspicuous that it is not likely to be 

 persecuted by the general public. If you miss the 

 Vaillantia, you will be compensated by one of the 

 finest views in Europe ; a view which, once impressed 

 upon the memory, can never be effaced. The 

 panorama embraces the land-locked harbour of 

 Villefranche and St. Jean, reaching out into the sea ; 

 then the Nice valley, and the long line of coast 

 extending to Antibes ; beyond this, the Islands, the 

 Esterels, and the more distant mountains of the Moors. 

 As you turn towards the west and north the view is 

 bounded by the snow-clad Cheiron and the confused 

 masses of the Alps. 



Ascend the old Villefranche road until you reach 

 the Col. Here the road to the right (the Eoute 

 Forestiere) runs along the Mt. Alban and the Mt. 

 Boron, whereas the turn to the left leads by a rocky 

 path past a kind of reservoir up to the higher coast 

 road, which it joins at a spot called the Quatre 

 Chemins. Near the top of this rocky path the 

 Vaillantia was found. 



Linaria Pelliseri, a rare annual, bears the name 

 of Bishop Pelliser, of Montpelier, who was put 

 to death for his adherence to the reformed religion. 



