142 PLANTS COLLECTED AT OLYMPUS. 



the Limodorum, the Serapias cordigera and 

 Serapias lingua. Here also were collected many 

 fine species of Boraginece and Scrophulariacecs. 

 The Gladiolus imbricatus was abundant in the 

 fields, with Tragopogon porrifolius. On our jour- 

 ney from Gagse to Olympus we found the 

 beautiful Anthemis rosea in great profusion ; also 

 Poterium sanguisorba and Helianthemum gut- 

 tatum. At Olympus the Tamariw gallica and 

 Ononis Clierleri were in flower, with a large 

 yellow Phlomis and a Salvia, both new to us. 

 Here we found, growing abundantly among the 

 ruins, the interesting umbellifer Artedia squamata. 

 Our excursion to the Yanardagh, near Olympus, 

 introduced to us the very peculiar vegetation 

 of the serpentine hills there, and we gathered 

 fourteen species, which we did not meet with 

 elsewhere. Convolvidus cantabrica was in fine 

 flower near the fire. 



At Phaselis we found the large blue lupine 

 and the luxuriant Verbascum pyramidatum. The 

 ascent of the mountain pass to Saharajik filled 

 our vasculum with many interesting plants. A 

 beautiful veronica with deeply divided leaves 

 and large blue flowers, a fine crimson peony, 

 a fine species of Star of Bethlehem, the little 



