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the sea, surrounded by a very different vegeta- 

 tion from that we had left in the low country 

 and on the hills bordering the shore. At Stenez 

 we found many treasures, mixed with such com- 

 mon European plants as Erysimum alliaria and 

 Asperugo procumbens. Many curious cruciferous 

 plants were common here. One of them, 

 Moricandia arvensis was abundant in cultivated 

 ground. Glaucium violaceum grew in similar 

 localities. On the bare and barren parts of 

 the plain Scutellaria orientalis, Lithospermum 

 orientate, Onosma erecta, and Anchusw, (ccespi- 

 tosa, and parviflora f) were the characteristic plants. 

 They grew in little scattered tufts. On a hill by 

 Stenez we gathered some curious little Boraginece, 

 species of Myosotis and Echinospermum. During 

 our journey thence to Lake Caralitis, we passed 

 over some very high ground, where Prunus 

 prostrata filled crevices of rocks and was showy 

 with beautiful crimson flowers. A curious hoary 

 Anthemis, a Thesium, an Arabis, a dwarf Centaur ea, 

 and a pretty spreading Veronica grew near it. 

 Higher still, beside the snow on the summit 

 of the mountain above the lake, at an elevation 

 of more than six thousand feet, Anemone appen- 

 nina was found in abundance, with Scilla bifolia, 



