BÉ 
ACCOUNT OF A BOTANICAL 
ceum, shores; I did not observe any where 
the E. vulgare. Herniaria glabra, sands 
of St. Aubin's Bay. Daucus maritimus ; 
the shining root-leaves, with broader seg- 
ments, lying on the ground, make me con- 
clude the plant of those shores to be the 
D. maritimus of the British Flora. Yet 
the root-leaves are often wanting, and as 
we trace it inland, the appearances are very 
ambiguous. The umbel of seeds is often 
flat, but sometimes hollow, even on the 
same plant. Statice arenaria, sands of 
St. Owen's and St. Brélade's Bays, and in 
the Quenvais. S. spathulata, rocks of the 
shore in several places. I saw no S. Li- 
monium. Allium spherocephalum, sands 
of St. Aubin’s Bay in great abundance, 
along with A. vineale, from which it may 
be distinguished, without flowers, by the 
orm stalks to which the offset-bulbs are 
attached. Asparagus officinalis, on the 
sea-slope of the hills among the furze be- 
yond St. Brélade, where it seems to be 
quite wild, and where it had evidently 
borne flowers. Juncus capitatus, on the 
bt of the slope, towards the sea beyond 
St. Brélade’s Bay. J. acutus, sands near 
St. Owen’s Pool. Alisma ranunculoides 
m several places. Polygonum Ravi? sandy 
shores. Silene conica, sands of the hill 
West of St. Hélier and St. Owen’s Bays; 
S. nutans and S. Anglica common. He- 
: mum guttatum, the Trichonema 
and Bartsia viscosa, moist ground, com- 
mon. Scrophularia Scorodonia, hedges in 
many places. Sibthorpia Europea, below 
St Saviours. Orobanche cerulea, on 
Sandy ground among the Lucerne, to the 
Teesdalia nudicaulis, 
Lepidium Smithii, St. Bré- 
lade, Cheiranthus sinuatus, sandy shores. 
Lotus hispidus, in several places. 
5 peg West of Jersey. Eu- 
Pork Portlandica, sandy shores. E. 
ras, Sands of St. Owen's Bay. Atriplex 
^ sandy shores, abundant. Asple- 
: Seer West of Jersey. 
» 27th I visited the National School, 
had the pleasure to find that the 
EXCURSION INTO BRITTANY. 279 
boys answered very well The clergymen 
of the place seemed to take much interest 
in this institution. Ata little before two 
I went on board the Sir Francis Drake, 
which was bound to Plymouth, and at half- 
past seven we arrived at Guernsey. There 
seems in this island more of level sand 
under water in the little bays, and less 
above the reach of the tide, than in Jersey. 
I gathered or observed in my walk of the 
following morning, Zrichonema Columne, 
Scirpus Savii, Cyperus longus, Polycar- 
pon tetraphyllum, Linum angustifolium, 
Mentha rotundifolia, Bartsia viscosa, 
ETT RIE aca Thbsend Sanaa 
rop f 7 
Raphanus maritimus ? Erodium moscha- 
tum, Lotus hispidus, Euphorbia Portian- 
dica, and Asplenium lanceolatum, and at 
six in the evening left the islands in the 
Ariadne packet for Southampton, where 
we arrived a little after seven on the fol- 
lowing morning. i 
Before concluding this notice, I will add 
some remarks on the inns and mode of tra- 
velling in Brittany, and of the sum required 
for such a tour. My whole expense was 
£48, during a tour of twelve weeks, or £4 
per week. It is not necessary to bargain 
at the French inns—I do not say that a 
skilful cheapener might not sometimes save 
a few sous, which he might probably ac- 
complish also in England, but in general 
the prices are more fixed and uniform than 
with us. The exceptions would, probably, 
be found in the English inns along the 
coast, some of which are very extravagant. 
But though the price of each apartment 
may be fixed, there are, at most of the 
hotels, rooms of different prices, according 
to their size, situation, and furniture, the 
usual charge for a good one being thirty 
sous per night. In many of the commercial 
* hotels the chambers are all of one price, 
which I believe to be pretty uniformly 
twenty sous per night, but a Botanist re- 
quires some space and conveniences for 
examining, drying, and arranging his plants, 
and if I except the Hotel de lEpée at 
I do not recollect any where to 
rtable and conveniently- 
In the vil- 
Quimper, 
have had a comfo 
furnished room for that sum. 
