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landlady stand by me while I was eating, and ask if I liked the 
food? Of course, I had to say it was delicious. The next day, 
with a gendarmes as a guide, carrying an enormous basket with 
a very little luncheon, I went to the summit, passing through 
large forests of Abies excelsa, and pastures full of the beautiful 
Gentiana ciliata. The rocks of the summit were covered with 
- lichens, the most striking of which were Biatora rupestris, var. 
calva, Verrucaria plumbea, V. Dufourii, Blastenia Agardhiana, 
B. nubigena, Caloplaca chalybea and Biatora Jurana. Having 
disposed of our luncheon, I soon managed to fill the basket, my 
box, and all my pockets to overflowing, to say nothing of two or 
three leaves of Cirsium ferox covered with a Puccinia, and several 
large agarics which I carried in one hand. The gendarmes did > 
not seem to mind the Cladoniew and Parmelie much: but I thought 
his countenance fell as he saw the Verrucarie and other. mine- 
ralogical plants going into the basket which I kindly allowed him 
to carry. Returning to Nyon in the omnibus I managed to in- 
commode my neighbors by the specimens in my coat pockets. In 
my lap was a heap of Cladoniw and Peltigeræ, and a worthy 
Switzer opposite got his feet entangled in the strap of my bo- 
tanical box, where were my choicest specimens, and I soon saw it 
moving towards the door bottom upwards with the cover open. 
But every one was restored to good nature by a young lady, just 
from Paris, who distributed a package of candy amongst the com- 
pany. 
An interesting locality for lichens is along the Arve above 
Geneva; but, at the time of my visit, the stones on which they 
grow were under water. Only in spring can one collect there 
with advantage. During his excursions in the higher Alps, M. Cas- 
imir De Candolle has made some interesting discoveries with 
regard to the height at which lichens grow. He found on the 
summit of Monte Rosa (15,217 ft. high) Amphiloma murorum. 
The upper part of the Schreckhorn (13,386 ft. high) is covered 
with lichens; so far as is known, however, only common species. 
