BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 161 
of a Botanist renewed all his early ardour; and I cannot be 
too grateful for the valuable information which his perfect 
knowledge of the country enabled him to give me, and for 
the zeal with which he laboured to collect such materials as 
. might render my work complete. A herbarium formed by 
. him several years ago was exceedingly useful to me, and it is 
| from that collection that I cite many of the species growing 
in the environs of Malaga, and which I was not myself so 
fortunate as to find. 
: I may be allowed, too, to mention my obligations to an- 
i other resident in Malaga, Don Pablo Prolongo, a young gen- 
| tleman of great intelligence and information, who took a most 
. hearty interest in my pursuits, and materially aided my re- 
. Searches, both during my journey and after my return. 
. . Sometimes alone, and sometimes accompanied by one or 
. both of these friends, the first fortnight of May found me 
_ Constantly engaged in short excursions through the en- 
_ Yirons of the city. All the country is a vast garden at 
l this season, and not a spot can be seen, even in the Arroyos, 
| Which is not adorned with the silvery tufts of Paronychia 
argentea and nivea, mingled with Astragalus hypoglottis, 
1 Leobordea, Andryale Ragusina, Scrophularia canina, and the 
1 el gant purple-flowered Cleome violacea. "The fields and cul- 
. Uvated lands exhibit a still more varied vegetation. There 
. We may observe, amid abundance of Fumaria, Medicago and 
with many other plants, which we cultivate to adorn our - 
flower-beds, as Anthemis Arabica and Chrysanthemum corona- 
"um. The banks of the little streams, and similar damp 
“Pots, are covered with other species, Linum angustifolium, 
Junciformis, Silene muscipula, Lythrum Grefferi, and 
that Plant Samolus Valerandi, which may be found in almost 
‘very part of our world. ais | 
Vv 
OL. ty, | N 
iurus, the Garidium Nigellastrum, Salvia viridis, vum 
boa muricata, and Picridium Tingitanum, growing along O — 
; Very near the city, and on the sea-shore, stretches for x é 
three miles and more, up to the mouth of the Guadalhora, — 
Sreat uncultivated plain; it is called the Dehesilla. On its — 
