270 
niculata, Dianthus Carthusianorum, Di- 
anthus prolifer, Genista sagittalis, Lathy- 
rus sphericus, Caucalis daucoides, Bu- 
pleurum rotundifolium, Galium tricorne, 
Asperula arvensis, Fedia coronata and 
F. Auricula, Kentrophyllum lanatum, 
Anchusa Italica, Melampyrum arvense, 
Teucrium Chamedrys, Ophrys aranifera, 
Satyrium hircinum, and Bromus pinna- 
tus. In the moist meadows were Calepina 
Corvini, Lotus siliquosus, Valeriana dioi- 
ca, Borkhausia precor, Carex biligula- 
ris, Cladium Mariscus, and Schenus ni- 
gricans. Lathrea clandestina grows un- 
der some wallnut-trees near the river at St. 
Généroux. On the schistose rocks I ob- 
served Medicago orbicularis, Scleranthus 
perennis, Crassula rubens, Sedum Ande- 
gavense, Sedum rupestre, and Plantago 
subulata. Momordica Elaterium and Or- 
nithopus scorpioides grew on some dry 
banks near the Thouars. Helianthemum 
salicifolium,  Astrolobium sesamoides, 
Malva hirsuta, T, rifolium strictum, Hiera- 
cium pulmonarium, and Globularia vul- 
garis, I noticed only in the valley of La 
Cascade. In the same place was abund- 
ance of an Jris, which I suppose to be Z. 
pumila, but both its flowers and seeds had 
isappeared. 
On the 2nd of June I returned to Sau- 
mur, descending by the steam-boat to 
Nantes on a thoroughly wet day. The 
rainy weather continuing, prevented an 
excursion I had planned to some forests 
and springy ground between Pont Rousseau 
and St. Agnan. From the description I 
of the place, and of the 
tanizing ground about Nantes. A "wood, 
abounding with Jsopyrum thalictroides, 
lies in this direction, but this plant flowers 
in April, and apparently withers and dries 
a distance of about 
for three sous. The descriptions 
of Nantes boast of these bridges as worthy 
of notice; but, in fact, the whole Series of 
ACCOUNT OF A BOTANICAL EXCURSION INTO BRITTANY. 
alternate bridge and island forms the dirti- 
est and most disagreeable suburb of Nan- 
tes. The nextday I took a walk with Mr, — 
Lloyd on the Pré de Mauve, a meadow ex- _ 
tending for three leagues along the banks — 
of the Loire above the city, which early in 
the year produces great abundance of Fri- H 
tillaria Meleagris. The plants we found 4 
were Stellaria viscida, Sisymbrium Pyre- — | 
naicum, Cardamine parviflora, Campa- af 
nula Rapunculus, Gratiola officinalis, 3 
Trifolium incarnatum, and the two-headed E 
T. striatum, Orchis coriophora, and Carez z 
acuta. Above the meadow Rosa canina, E 
with very glandular fruit, Euphorbia Esu- 
la, and one specimen of Trifolium Miche- : 
lanum were found. : 
On the 6th I proceeded to Vannes. | 
There is a little public-house on the edge —— 
of a forest, between Pont Cháteau and : 
Roche Bernard, which might perhaps serve — 
as a point whence to visit the forest and 1 
the peat-bogs which can be at no great 
distance; or the Botanist might stop at 
Pont Château, as both there and at Roche E 
Bernard, the country is pleasantly varied, — 
and seems hitherto to have been unexplor- 3 
ed. The road, in general, is by no means — 
interesting. 
M is at the head of the Morbihan, : 
or little sea, an intricate gulf, full of creeks a 
and islands, the shores of which have in 
places considerable beauty at high e 
Here Mr. Lloyd came to me. We had fix 
upon this place of meeting, from the hes 
form, though false testimony of the gu 
books, that the celebrated druidical monu- 
ment of Carnac was in the neighbourhood, 
and this we intended should form our z 
object of attention. Our plants at be 
were Vicia lutea, Lathyrus Aphaca, €: 
Lapsana minima, among the corn ; e 
sica Cheiranthus, Ranunculus pns 
lus, Helianthemum guttatum, and L i 
angustissimus, on banks ; Dn of 
traphyllum, Viola lactea (V. lancifo he 
Thore, V. pumila of Duby), and ur E 
setacea, on heaths ; Scrophularia ee p 
donia in hedges ; and Carex biligularis 
the meadows. A 
At half-past nine we set out for Auray, Lo 
Fo Rao thet, Ste oa 
