^66 Drs Hoppe aiid Hornschuch’s Tour to the Coast of the 
bably belonging to a Hyssop or Savory, Another plant that 
was plentiful throughout the whole Karst, but not in blossom, is 
Lotus Dorycnium (Linnaeus), a Salvia^ with the characters of 
S. pratensis, but with smaller inflorescence, and an unknown 
Rhamnus beginning to flower. Our entomological success to- 
day was also considerable. Within the blossoms of the Manna 
Ash were many Cetoriia^ and amongst them Cetonia metallica^ 
as also, Melolontha squamosa^ a small Bupi'estis^ and a multi- 
tude of Piezata. On the ground in the wood, we found Calo- 
soma Inquisitor,^ and under stones a beautiful specimen of Ca~ 
rabus cyaneus^ Scolopendra morsitans^ Scorpio europceus^ and 
our new Julus, In the evening we were refreshed by the grate- 
ful smell that proceeded from the Lonicera Caprifolmm, and 
from a Silene^ whose flowers, closed by day, were only now ex- 
panded. 
“ Hundsherg, May 14. — The weather is at this present time 
remarkably fine ; the great heat of day being in the evening 
mitigated by soft showers, whose influence gives luxuriance to 
the vegetable world, and new life and vigour to the insect crea- 
tion. Thus, our daily labour receives no intermission, for we 
find, indeed, that many plants lose their bloom before we can 
lay them out. The Silene which we gathered yesterday is 
Host’s S, noctijlora, a name which our yesterday’s experience 
proves to be applicable. We almost doubt whether this plant 
grows in the middle of Germany, and we believe that the indi- 
vidual to which this name is given by Hoffmann and Roth is 
another species. A remarkable circumstance which we here 
noticed is, that the Silene nutans yields, at night, a very agree- 
able scent. Perhaps this climate has a powerful influence over 
our vegetables, for in the north of Germany this plant exhales 
no odour, at least we have never experienced it ourselves, nor 
met with any writer who noticed the peculiarity. The Rhamnus, 
which so much raised our expectation yesterday, is R, rupestris 
of Scopoli. Host refers it to R. pumilus, to which it certainly 
does not belong. We will only mention the following charac- 
ters, until we can give, at some future time, other points of dif- 
ference. Rhamnus pumilus grows upon a wall on the Schloss- 
berg at Aschan, and is small, and a stunted specimen. In 
the same dwarfish manner, it inhabits the rocks of Sonnerwend- 
