164 BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
of the stream I noticed the rare Poterium agrimonüfolium, 
and some tufts of Ononis speciosa, the finest individual of the . 
genus, and which had probably been brought down with the 
rivulet from the heights of Colmenar, its almost exclusive 
place of growth. Pursuing the ascent, about half-way up, a 
kind of natural terrace is formed among the steep slopes, 
and here are two farms surrounded with gardens, planted 
with Orange and Lemon Trees, a smiling oasis amid the bar- 
ren rocks. In my excursions I often rested at one or other 
of these farms, and was always received with kindness by the 
worthy inhabitants, who regarded me as a friend after WE 
second or third visit, and showed me that frank hospitality. 
wbich is almost peculiar to the Labradores of Spain. I shall 
never forget the rustic courtyard, the springs gushing from 
fern-clad rock, and the lovely peeps of country view, which. 
were seen through the trees. Between this place and the 
summit, there are steep ascents and rocky shelves, covered 
with Chamerops, Ephedra distachya, Rhamnus lycioides, Cy- 
tisus Malacitanus, Olea Oleaster, Quercus coccifera, and Cistus 
Clusii. Amid this vegetation a few plants occur, indicative 
of a subalpine region, Phlomis lycioides, Biscutella saxatilis 
var. angustifolia, Leuzea conifera, Serratula flavescens, 97" 
Sideritis linearifolia. Everywhere grows the useful Sparte? 
(Macrochlca tenacissima) with its tufts of curled leaves, 4 
graceful silvery spikes that wave in the wind. I also 
thered, for the first time, Minuartia montana, Sedum giant 
ferum and Umbilicus hispidus, the latter with purple corollas 
it may be seen here and there, on the thin stratum of veg 
table soil that covers the surface of the rocks. VIT 
From the summit of the mountain I surveyed with deligh 
the extensive panorama of open sea, and the whole © 
stretching even to the Sierras of Mijas and Ronda; in 
extreme distance northward, the view is soon shut in by © 
summits, equally high as the Peak of St. Anthony, but 7 
so steep, and cultivated to their very tops with vines and ol 
There, in a north-east exposure, grow stunted bushes of 
Ulex australis, with plants which affect shade and cool 
