62 ON THE BOTANICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE 



The whole province of Entre Minho e Dourc^ 

 consists of shady cultivated vallies, in which some 

 plants of North Europe, grow along with many 

 beautiful ones peculiar to Portugal. Here are seen 

 Antirrhinum triornithophorum, Omphalodes lusi- 

 tanicum Tourn. Spergula subulata, Sibthorpia 

 Europaea, Aquilegia vulgaris. Upon arid moun- 

 tains are found the above mentioned Cisti ; on the 

 heaths, Erica umbellata, E. Daboecia, E. cincrea. 

 The more elevated districts of Beira, particularly 

 the shady well cultivated spots about Coimbra, 

 afford a similar Flora. 



The chain of the Marao-mountains is for the 

 most part dry and naked, and of course not so 

 rich in plants as the Gerez-mountains. plants of 

 North Europe are but scarce on the naked 

 spots, except Hieracium Pilosella and a few 

 more round the village of Campeam, where there 

 is a small wood of birch, oaks, and Cytisi. Thefe 

 latter, the largest and most abundant species of 

 which is as yet a non-descript, here attain a con- 

 siderable height. 



