268 BOTANICAL EXCURSIONS MADE BY 
Carex firma Agrostis alpina 
»  foetida is rupestris 
» montana Allosorus crispus 
»  higra Asplenium septentrionale 
Phleum alpinum Pseudathyrium alpestre 
»  Boehmeri Polystichum Lonchitis 
»  commutatum Polypodium rhceticum 
5 Michelii 
Some of the plants of the mountainous part near Ober-Aar 
Glacier :— 
Myagrum saxatile Euphrasia minima 
Gypsophila repens Tozzia alpina 
Silene acaulis Thymus alpinus 
Plantago alpina 
Salix herbacea 
» Lapponum 
»» prunifolia 
Orchis nigra 
Lloydia serotina 
Juncus Jacquini 
Epilobium alpinum 
a alsinifolium 
Galium sylvestre 
Valeriana montana 
= tripteris 
Scabiosa lucida 
Gnaphalium norvegicum 
Hyoseris foetida 
Tussilago alpina 
Sesleria czerulea 
Phyteuma hemispheericum 
" disticha 
Vaccinium uliginosum Poa alpina 
> itis-Idzea » Balfourii 
Primula farinosa yy AREA 
Soldanella alpina 5, Nemoralis 
On the low ground below the glacier we found Epz/obiuim 
vosmarintfolium. 
Thursday, toth August 1858. 
The morning was wet and mist 
y. After paying our bill at 
the Hospice, we started at 8. 
escended by a very rough 
and slippery path to the valley of the Rhone. We visited the 
famous glacier whence comes the arrowy Rhone, which here is 
