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Corydalis rutcefolia, Draba aizoides, and a pretty 

 blue Crocus. 



At Tangur we found Veronica triphyllos in 

 flower. In the Gule-Hissar an old friend met 

 us in the shape of Hippuris vulgaris. From 

 a high mountain above Cibyra, besides the 

 alpine plants mentioned as gathered above 

 Caralitis, a beautiful little fritillary, with rich 

 orange and brown flowers, an alpine Gaged 

 (G. spathacea of Professor Don's list, but scarcely 

 that species), a peculiar Alyssum, a white Draba, 

 and a Lithospertnum, were all found flowering 

 near the snow. 



Between Cibyra and Bubon we found the 

 common primrose and the dog violet in flower, 

 with some curious species of Silene, the Antliyllis 

 Ilermannii, two forms of Onobrychis and Caly- 

 cotome villosa. Balbura, both from its elevation 

 and the geological character of the neighbour- 

 hood, became an interesting botanical station, 

 and there we carefully compared the vegetation 

 of the serpentine with the limestone hills of 

 the highlands. Nearly fifty species, which we 

 had not met with before, were gathered in 

 this locality, many of them very curious. Near 

 Oenoanda we found a curious Linum with 



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