Vegetation of Dalmatia. 9 



repanda, ^ndrosace villosa, Gentiawa v^rna, Primula spathii- 

 lata, &c. This last is the only one of its genus, although Pri- 

 mula acaiilis grows so abundantly in the neighbouring province 

 of Istria. It is a singular fact, that many plants which are 

 generally found only upon mountains, here grow in the plains 

 and near the coast; such as Campanula ^raminifolia, Z)ictamnus 

 albus, Anthericum Liliago, &c. ; and, on the other hand, the 

 plants which, in this country, grow only upon the mountains, 

 and chiefly upon the Biocovo, are mostly those which are usually 

 found upon the plains ; as A'vcUvxm. Lappa, Berbcris vulgaris, 

 ^etonica officinalis. Campanula glomerata, CvivMna acaulis, Con- 

 vallaria Polygonatum, Daphne Mezereum, i^agus sylvatica, 

 i^raxinus excelsior, Xinum catharticum, Prenanthes muralis, 

 .Spirae^a Filipendula. Again, I have found other plants growing 

 equally well upon the sea shore and upon the upper part of the 

 Biocovo; as Fa/^Wawa officinalis, Jllecebrum serpyllifolium, Tri- 

 folium arvense, &c. 



With regard to the peculiarities of the flora of Dalmatia, it 

 has not been yet sufficiently investigated, to come to any precise 

 conclusion upon the subject. It approximates mostly to the 

 flora of Greece ; it also bears much resemblance with that of 

 Istria, some with that of Croatia and Upper Italy, a little with 

 that of Apulia, and scarcely any with that of Germany. 



Up to the present time, the following plants have been found 

 in Dalmatia, which have been discovered exclusively in this coun- 

 try: — ikfyrrhis colorata, //elleborus multifidus, Cardamine tiia- 

 ritima (found, however, also in the Island of Osero, near Istria), 

 Chrysanthemum TxxvYednum, Seseli tomentosum, Farseti^ tri- 

 quetra, Bertero« procumbens, £^chium petrae^um ; Campanula 

 pumila, cordata, and serpyllifolia ; //edysarum variegatum, Ga- 

 lium rupestre, ^sperula canescens, y^nchusa microcalyx, Ce- 

 rinthe purpdrea, Pastinaca ^elinoides, Medicago ci'assispina, 

 Dianthus integer and racemosus ; (Stachys fragilis, menthxfdlia, 

 subcrenata, and spinulosa; 7rif61ium succinctum, mutabile, and 

 dalmaticum ; //esperis glutinosa, Centaurea salonitana, and Cyti- 

 sus Welden/. Gent'idna crispata and flavescens are only found 

 on the highest points of the Biocovo ; Cerinthe purpurea only 

 on the Bocaya; Farsetia triquetra only near Clissa and Almissa ; 

 and Centaurea salonitana only near Salona. Among the newly 

 discovered plants of Portenschlag and Visiani, are //edysarum 

 variegatum, 7Vifolium mutabile, and Silene Thomasin/, which 

 have only once been found. Professor Reichenbach unites Ber- 

 ter6« procumbens of Portenschlag with Berteroa mutabilis, 

 which is of frequent occurrence, but only flowers in September, 

 a month in which Portenschlag was not in Dalmatia. With 

 respect to the newest plants described by Visiani, I consider his 

 //yoscyamus varians to be synonymous with //. canaritUisis : in- 



