Vegetation of Dahnatia. 13 



where, we find many plants which are confined to one peculiar 

 locality, and others which are more universally distributed : 

 some are restricted entirely to the inland districts, others bloom 

 only along the coast. Universally, it is the tuberous and bulbous- 

 rooted plants, the umbelliferous and syngenesious, which pre- 

 dominate. There are but few Leguminosse ; and some genera 

 of plants common with us are entirely wanting ; such as 

 Pedicularis, Sanicula, Swertm, Eriophorum, Drosera, &c. ; a 

 deficiency which, perhaps, arises from the dryness of the climate, 

 as these genera are mostly inhabitants of marshes. That the 

 flora of Dalmatia has been only examined by degrees, the 

 following will show : — Portenschlag found ten species of Cen- 

 taurea, to which Visiani added seven new ; and I possess twenty- 

 one in my herbarium. Portenschlag knew six /'nulae Visiani 

 added three, and I possess eleven. Of Medicago, the former 

 had seven species, Visiani added four, and I have twelve. 

 Portenschlag had nine species of Trifolium, Visiani fourteen, 

 and at present twenty-eight are known. Equally remarkable 

 are the Orchidese : Portenschlag knew three, Visiani did not 

 find even one specimen, and I have altogether seventeen differ- 

 ent species. 



It now only remains to indicate the new discoveries which 

 have been made, during the last year, by several excursions in 

 Dalmatia. ^rtemisz'a naronitana Visiani has been brought by 

 Pelten from the Naranta, where he found it flowering in the 

 month of September ; Arenaria gracilis Waldst. et Kit., dis- 

 covered by me upon the Biocovo, and which is quite new in 

 Dalmatia ; likewise (Salvia obliqua Waldst. et Kit.^ from the 

 heights near Karim ;• O'phrys speculum ; Genista florida, dis- 

 covered by Biasoletto at Pago ; and also Velezm rigida, at 

 Streteo, likewise new to the Dalmatian flora; Periploca grse'ca, 

 and a very small Plantago [P. miniita Miki), from the valley of 

 theNarenta; also, Cytisus fragrans Welden, C. Weldenx Visiani, 

 which was discovered by me, last autumn, at the foot of the 

 Biocovo, occupying large tracts, which, when it flowers, are 

 filled with the intoxicating perfume which it exhales. The 

 milk of the goats which browse upon this plant excites head- 

 ach in those who drink it. This arborescent shrub has also 

 another peculiarity, which is, that it bears leaves twice a year, 

 the last of which are much smaller, and more pointed, than the 

 first; and they remain green until late in the winter. Gentidna 

 crispata and flavescens Visia7ii, discovered by Professor Pelter 

 on the Biocovo, where it flowers in September ; /Milium chalce- 

 donicum, which I brought last year from the Velebit ; as well 

 as (Senecio cbrotanifolius, ^ndrosace vill5sa, ^chill^a Clavenn<^, 

 Mentha croatica (new in Dalmatia) ; as also Campanula tenui- 

 folia Waldst. et Kit., and div^rgens, from the Karban Mountains; 



