370 NOTES ON THE FLORA OF HOLSTEIN. 
Carlina vulgaris. Pretty common on the Blankenese gravel hills. 
Centaurea Jacea. On roadsides, not unfrequent near Schenefeld, 
ete. 
_Chelidonium majus 1 found very abundant in the hedges every- 
where; the specimens being sometimes remarkably tall and 
strong. 
Cichorium Intybus occurs frequently on roadsides among corn, 
on rubbish heaps, etc., and is moreover largely cultivated 
for the adulteration of Coffee, 
Convallaria majalis. Pretty common in the woods. Conval. sp.? 
I met with only a few specimens in a hedge in a bye-path 
near Schenefeld. 
Convolvulus sepium forms a very plentiful and graceful ornament 
to the hedges near the banks of the Elbe, as at Wedel. 
Corrigiola littoralis occurs abundantly on sandy heaths, and on 
the sand-dunes round Rissen and elsewhere. 
Cuscuta europea. Abundant im hedges near Pinneberg; para- 
sitic chiefly on the Hop. 
Digitaria humifusa. Grows in great abundance, among Buck- 
wheat especially, near Schenefeld. 
Cirsium oleraceum. Common in the marshes on the Elbe, below 
Blankenese. 
Drosera rotundifolia. Abundant in the bogs everywhere. 
Erigeron acris and canadensis. Both abundant on the Blankenese 
gravel hills sloping down to the Elbe. 
Eryngium campestre. Also abundant in the same locality. 
Helichrysum (Gnaphalium) arenarium. Also very common in 
the above station. 
Galeopsis ochreleuca I met with everywhere in cornfields. G. 
pubescens, also common in every field. 
Genista anglica and tinctoria I met with only in circumscribed 
extent on some ancient barrows or funereal mounds, called 
by the peasantry Hiinegraben (Huns’ graves), from the be- 
lief that they were erected by the ancient Huns, as monu- 
ments to their warriors slain in battle. On this supposition, 
which however, though supported by some Continental an- 
tiquarians, is opposed by others, the neighbourhood of my 
head-quarters must have been the scene of a considerable 
battle: for these barrows or tumuli exist there in consider- 
able numbers.—I may digress here for a moment to men- 
