Brs Hoppe and Hornschuch’s Tour to the Coast of the 
deal of trouble, we at length came to the wood itself, which is 
encircled by a wall, though it appears to be an hour long, and 
equally wide. 
“ On our entrance, we were agreeably surprised c by Flora’s pre- 
senting us with a couple of charming spring plants in blossom, 
the Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis), and Green Hellebore (Helle- 
boris viridis), which had taken possession of the soil by hundreds 
of specimens. After we had rambled through a considerable 
part of this, to us new, botanical field, we were enabled to form 
some judgment of its riches. The wood entirely consists of an 
1 Oak , which is unknown to us. It is of a middling size, at the 
most not exceeding 80 feet in height, and about a foot in the 
diameter of its trunk. This, together with its bark, and the 
spinous calyx of the fruit, which lay on the ground, proved to us 
that it was none of the usual species. 
The underwood consists principally of Hazel bushes; the 
ground is every where stony and plain, but yet has numerous 
cauldron-like pits, from 20 to 80 feet in diameter, and covered 
with bushes. The flat ground produces many plants, the shady 
pits still more, but at present few of these can be ascertained. 
The Puonia officinalis , which has already put out its leaves, is 
found in every part of the wood. Car ex humilis , Helens austra- 
Us % Globidaria vulgaris and Thlaspi preecox, of Wulfen, are in 
full flower. In the pits, and on their shady sides, flowered Ga- 
lanthus nivalis , Hepatica nobilis (Schrank), Anemone ranuncu- 
loides and nemorosa , Ornithogalum Persoonii, S cilia bifolia, and 
Dentaria enneaphylla. The most interesting plants to us were 
the Erythronium Dens Canis , Isopyrum ihalictroides, and a 
Pulsatilla. The first individual is a singular variety, with deep 
red petals, that are rolled back like those of the Martagon Lily . 
After we had dug up a great number of specimens, we gathered 
flowers to place as a bouquet in our hats. The. Isopyrum we 
here saw for the first time in our lives, and it consequently gave 
us no small pleasure. The Pulsatilla we do not know. It seems 
to be intermediate between P. vulgaris and P. pratensis , but 
distinct from both. The differences, however, appear chiefly to 
consist in the habit of the plant. In comparison with P„ vulgaris , 
® This belongs to the genus Hierochloe of Mr Brown ; another species of which, 
is the rare Uierbchloe borealis of Hooker’s Flora Scotica,. 
