ZORRO Ore dés Sie ait ITI ae OS CU TETTE a a Breas venale OPERE ET IM 
.à peculiar growth, that of the Sweet P. otato (Convolvulus 7 us Be 
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such as Arenaria montana, Helianthemum origanifolium, and 
the elegant Iris fugax, whose petals shrivel up with extra- 
ordinary rapidity. Thick tufts of Silene velutina, having a 
woody and twisted rhizoma, adorn the perpendicular and in- 
accessible faces of the rocks, at the foot of which I gathered 
a scarce and new species of Fumaria, F. macrosepala ; I also 
noticed plenty of Cytinus hypocistis, a singular parasite, 
growing upon the roots of several kinds of Cistus. 
And now, after having given a general idea of the indige- 
nous vegetation of the environs of Malaga, it may be well 
to say a few words about the interesting plants which are 
cultivated there. In this clime, where frost and snow are 
nearly unknown, most of the tropical productions would 
succeed admirably ; and the very few which have been already 
introduced, are enough to show what may be done when a 
greater taste for flowers and horticulture shall prevail in the 
country. 
The plants in most general cultivation for adorning the bal- 
conies and terraces (or Azoteas), are Phaseolus Caracalla, and 
Hoya carnosa ; they bear the winter perfectly well, as do some 
parasitical Orchidee, brought to Cadiz, and often seen grow- 
ing suspended from the trellisses and gratings of the windows; 
they are called air-ffowers. In the gardens thrive the Schinus 
Molle, Mimosa Farnesiana, Datura fastuosa, and several kinds 
of Lantana and Jasmine. 1 much admired, in an enclosure 
near Guadalmedina, a Dracena Draco, upwards of twenty feet 
high, and a group of magnificent Bananas which could not be E. : 
excelled by any in their native country. The people called 
them Platanos, and assured me that their fruit ripens yearly. A 
much commoner tree is the Chirimoya, or Anona squamosa ; 
it is raised in many gardens, both at Malaga and Churriana, —— 
whence its delicious fruit is sent, as a rarity, to the interior of — 
Spain, and even to France. A lack of water for irrigation = 
must ever forbid the profitable culture of the Sugar-cane, in 
the environs of Malaga ; but this district possesses, in an er 
