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because the most common plants are here chap. 
.1. 
made interesting by the circumstances of their ^ 
locality and association. We had several fine 
views, from the openings of a narrow defile of 
the Balkan, as we began to descend towards a 
A non-descript species o? Periwinkle (Vinca, Liiui.) differing from 
the Vinca minor (which it resembles in size) in having blunt oval leaves, 
ciliated at the edges; and not inclining to lanceolate, or pointed, as in 
that species; and from the Vinca major also differing, in having the 
calyx scarcely half the length of the tube of the blossom, and the leaves 
regularly oval, not enlarging towards the base, and only about a fourth 
part so large : the stems measure from four to nine inches in length, 
and the largest leaves about an inch and a quarter. We have called it 
Vinca pumila. 
Vinca pumila, foliis ovalibus oblongo-ovatibusque obtusis, margine 
ciliutis; calycis laciniis corollce tubo dimidio brevioribus, cilialis. 
The others collected in this route were, 
The two- leaved Squill — Scilla bifulia, Linn. 
Dwarf Star of Bethlehem — Ornilhogalum namim, Sibth. 
Common Lungwort — Pulmonaria officinalis, Linn. 
Crowfoot-leaved Anemone — Anemone rnnunculoides, Linn. 
Meadow rue-leaved Isopyrum — Isopyrum thalictroides, Linn, 
Green Hellebore — Helleborus viridis, Linn. 
Ground Ivy — Glechonia hederaica, Linn. 
Pilewort Crowfoot — Ranunculus Jicaria, Linn. 
Common Violet — Vinlu odorata. Linn. 
Spring Vetch — Vicin, latltyroides, Linn. 
Rock Ragwort — Senecio rupeslris, Waldstein et Kilaibel. 
Barren Stvawherryr—Fmgaria slerilis, Linn. 
Spurge Adonis, or Pheasant's Eye — Adonis vcrnalis. Linn. 
Blue-bottle— On^aJtrea cynnus, Linn. 
Spring Crocus — Crocus vernus, Linn. 
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