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Hormimwi pyreiiaiaun^ Geniiana seven or eight species, verna 

 being the most plentiful. Two species of Daphne occurred, one, 

 D. c?ieonif?i, at 5,000 to 7,000 feet, the other, D. striata^ more 

 alpine. Between Eduardfelsen and the Monte Cristallo Glacier is 

 a narrow gorge flanked on each side by vertical precipitous rocks, 

 while the stony bed of a mountain stream, issuing from the 

 glacier, is between. Beyond this is the most perfect fernery ever 

 beheld. The ground is swampy, with a small trickling stream, but 

 the growth of Cystopteris montana^ Polystichum lonchitis^ 

 Polypodiujii robertia7ium^ and Asplsnium viride is marvellous. 

 At a similar place by the Sigmund's Brunnen, off another spur 

 of the Monte Cristallo, was found Cystopteris regia Presl. 



Above 7,500 feet the plants assume a thoroughly alpine 

 character. Edelweiss is more plentiful than in Switzerland. 

 Pri?7iula longiflora, Saxifraga androsacea^ S. sedotdes, Arnica 

 montana^ Achillea moschata and clavefinoa^ Sempervivum dolottiiti- 

 cujH, Potentilla mi?wna, aurea, nitida (with pink flowers), being 

 amongst the more noticeable, as well as many Caryophyllacea. 



In the alpine meadows, near Cortina, below the Tre Croci 

 Pass, and at the Platz Wiesen, below the Diirrenstein, occurred 

 Gentiana utriculosa, Cineraria alpestris, Cirsium erisithales, 

 Orobus luteus, Nigritella angustifolia, Festuca pumila, F. spadicea, 

 Myosotis alpestris, Paradisea liliastrum, known commonly as 

 St. Bruno's Lily, Scorzonera aristata, Arnica ino?itana, Crepis 

 a/pestris, Laserpitium latifolium and very many others. 



In the (comparatively speaking) low land (4,700 ft.) by the 

 Schluderbach Hotel occurred Primu la farinosa, Ge?ttiana verna, 

 Pyrola rotundfolia, uniflora, Aposeris fcetida, Daphne cneorwn, 

 Bellidiastriim viichelii, Biscutella saxatilis most abundant, 

 Moehringia viuscosa, polygonoides, Dianthus carthusia7ioruin, the 

 local Laserpitium peucedanoides, and several Hieracia. The chief 

 trees were Pinus mughus, P. ceinbra and the Spruce P'ir. Dwarf 

 Birches and many kinds of Alpine Willow were found up to 

 8,500 ft., most of the latter either by the Sigmund's Brunnen, 

 near Schluderbach, or on the ascent of the Toblinger Riedel, on 

 the way to those three most wonderful peaks, standing alone, 

 castellated, l^are, and precipitous, the Drei Zinnen. 



