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b. Plants accompanying those which are cultivated. 

 The author makes several divisions of these, which it is not 

 necessary to detail. The number of species enumerated 

 is very considerable, but they are not characteristic of the 

 south of France, as distinguished from other countries on 

 the Mediterranean. 



c. Formation of the meadow-lands. The same remark 

 applies to this : Euphorbia pilosa and Iris spuria, how- 

 ever, deserve to be mentioned. 



d. Formation of the forests. The evergreen forests 

 consist of Quercus Ilex : there are no others. Under- 

 wood : Pis facia Lentiscus and Terebinthus, Erica arbor ea 

 and Calluna, ISarothamnus scoparius, Cytisus capitatus, 

 Genista Scorpius, Spartium junceum, &c. 



From the appended sketch of the cultivated plants, it 

 is seen that the preparation of soda from Halophytes has 

 entirely ceased in that district, that the cultivation of 

 the olive is very much on the decrease, in consequence of 

 several cold winters having destroyed the plantations, and 

 that latterly attempts have been made to cultivate Eicinus 

 on a large scale. The principal production of Beziers is 

 wine ; the cerealia do not suffice for home consumption. 



Desrnoulins has given a description of his botanical 

 journey in the Pyrenees, during which he made some 

 observations upon the vertical limits of the Alpine flora 

 of the Pic du Midi (Etat de la Vegetation sur le Pic du 

 Midi de Bigorre. Bordeaux, 1844, 8vo.) We extract 

 from it the following additions to the earlier statements of 

 De Candolle and Ramond : 



Cochlearia pyrenaica, 5500' 6000'. 

 Herniaria pyrenaica, 3000' 7500'. 

 ParonycMa polygonifolia, 6000' 7500'. 

 serpyllifolia, 7500 8400'. 

 Astragalus depressus, 6000' 7500'. 

 Vicia pyrenaica, 8500'. 

 Carduus carlinoides, 6000' 8100'. 



carlinifolius, 3000' 6900'. 

 Cirsium eriopJiornm, 0' 6600'. 

 Scabiosa pyrenaica, 8400'. 



