EASTERN LIMIT OF THE MAQUIS 



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-^ its beaut}'-, but by its primitive character. 

 He admires, above all, the rock-\' 



cliffs rising abruptly from the 

 sea, with their frequent 

 contortions and their vary- 

 ing- mineralogical constituents, 

 r These include almost ever\- 

 imaginable kind of rock, from 

 porph^-ry^ serpentine and 

 granite rich in mica, to pure 

 quartz rock. In consequence of 

 a lower temperature and 

 increasing- huniidit\' a good 

 the Iberian -maritime region 

 here. Thus Qitercus coccift'ra (Fig. 

 Alypum (Fig. p. 207) and the 

 Lavatcras (Fig. p. 271) which we meet with so often on 

 the western Riviera, are not to be found. Yet Phiac/n'a 

 Lctitisciis (Fig. p. ,^49) grows at Chiavari and Euplwrhia 

 dcndroides is seen at Cinque Terre forming bushes the 

 height of a man; while well developed plants of C/'s/iis 

 mmispfliensis (Fig. p. S')) are to be found in certain spots. 

 But it is chiefh' the variet\- and interest of its ferns that 

 Mr. Christ praises in this district. 



The coast of the Gulf of Spezia is included in the 

 Riviera di Le\'ante; the broad bed of the river [Slagra, 

 which flows into the sea be\ond Capo Corvo, being 

 regarded as its eastern limit. In ancient times this ri\'er 

 separated Liguria from Itah'. The Alatiuis can be traced 

 as far as this. But the shelter from the north wind has 



man}' plants of 

 begin to disappear 

 p. 359), Globularia 



