148 Nature jprotected 
Professor Thomsen bought 51 '87 acres 
of heathland near Mount Wilsede in 
the Liineburger Heide, for preserv- 
ing it. Professor Geisenheyner of 
Kreuznach collected money for pur- 
chasing a place with a pontic plant 
association near Waldbockelheim in 
the Nahe district \ This vegetation 
consists of : — Asplenium Ceterach, A. 
TrickomaneSy A. septentrionale, A. 
Ruta-muraria, Stipa pennata, Avena 
pratenszSy Air a caryophylleay Poa 
bulbosUy Carex humilisy Gagea pi^aten- 
szSy Allium sphaerocephalumy Dian- 
thus Carthusianoruryiy Alsine tenui- 
foliUy Cerastium semidecandrum van 
glutinosumy A lyssum montanuniy 
Reseda luteoluy Sedum aldunZy S. 
acrey S. refiexuniy Fragaria viridisy 
1 Geisenheyner, L. Ueber Naturdenkmaler, 
besonders im Nahegebiet. Allg. Bot. Zeitschr, 
fiir Systematiky Flo7'istiky Pflanzengeographie u,s,w, 
Jahrg. 1904, Nr. 10 und 11. Karlsruhe, 1904. 
