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topped here and there with calcareous rocks. I paid many 
visits to this locality, and found it rich in plants despite its 
| arid aspect. Among hundreds of other productions, I ga- 
_ thered Asperula hirsuta, Helianthemum marifolium, Convol- 
vulus linearis, and saxitilis From the clefts of the rocks 
sprung Campanula velutina, with downy foliage, Dianthus ser- 
rulatus, Hyacinthus serotinus, Polygala saxatilis, and a fine 
. yellow-flowered umbelliferous plant, Eleoselinum Lagasce ; 
. and finally, at an elevation of 500 feet, I began to find Pu- 
. toria Calabrica, very common throughout the mountainous 
. region of Andalusia, and which clothes the shelves of the 
. Tocks with a close carpet of elegant pink and white blossoms, 
. Shaped like those of jessamine. From these heights a noble 
. View is obtained over the Valley of Guadalmedina, dotted 
.. With the country-houses of the citizens, and also of Malaga 
; itself, stretching along the sea-shore, and surmounted with . 
. Xs gigantic cathedral. 
. Another and still more interesting excursion, which I ac- 
. Complished several times, was to the Cerro or Peak of St. 
Anthony. This mountain, about 1500 feet high, is sur- 
rounded by a rifted and conical rock, and forms one of the 
culminating points in the chain of hills which fringe the 
Coast between Malaga and Velez. To reach it, an hour’s 
Walk is required first in the direction of the latter town ; and 
shortly before coming to the village Del Palo, the traveller 
turns to the left, along the bed of an Arroyo, which soon 
opens into a delightful valley, enclosed between mountains, 
Where the Botanist may reap a rich harvest. Among the 
plants that rejoice in the moisture and coolness of the little 
brook, and grow there with peculiar vigour, Anthyilis cyti- 
*oides, Genista umbellata and spherocarpos, divide the soil 
with three species of Cistus, viz. Monspeliensis, albidus and 
crispus, the latter display unnumbered hybrid varieties, and We 
Open their lovely crumpled petals in the early hours of every — 
Morning. Aristolochia Boetica, Ruscus, and other twining 
Plants climb over the bushes of Prickly Pear and Evergre 
Rose, and form an impenetrable thicket. At the very | 
