BOTANICAL INFORMATION; 391 
From the summit, 3520 feet above the sea, we gained a 
noble panoramic view of the surrounding country. Malaga 
and its lighthouse might be descried towards the east, and 
beyond that city the mountains of Grenada; on the opposite 
side stretched the mountains of Ronda and the distant. rock 
of Gibraltar, its point wrapped in mist. But the spot which 
chiefly fascinated my attention and from which I could 
scarcely take my eyes, was the continent of Africa, which I 
beheld for the first time. I could plainly discern the forky 
summit that rises above Ceuta; and fronting me, several 
higher mountains, not however so clearly defined, because of 
the gradual widening of the strait. I have since been able to 
perceive the shore of Africa from Malaga even; but this can 
only be done when the weather is very clear and the gazer 
has the advantage of rather an elevated situation, such as is 
afforded by the Castle of Gibralfaro. à mors 
: The Sierra de Mijas, at whose western extremity I was 
_ posted, runs from. West to East as far as Torremolinos, one 
. league distant from Malaga. Its summits are rounded and 
_ the sides furrowed by numerous ravines, consequent on its 
de sandy formation. "Towards the south the slope is more rapid 
.. than on the north, and between it and the sea lies a country 
regularly intersected with undulating hills and little vallies 
through which passes the road, usually travelled, from Malaga 
to Gibraltar, past the Castle of Fuengirola. I found the 
high parts of the mountains covered with shrubs, many of 
. them similar to those of the plains, the elevation not being 
.8ufficient to produce, in this latitude, a total change of vege- 
tation. Ulex australis prevailed, mingled. with Rosemary, 
` Juniperus Oxycedrus, Cistus incanus, salvifolius, Monspelien- 
. Sis and atriplicifolius. A Helianthemum, with. white flowers 
and downy foliage, formed elegant little bushes ; and, com- 
: bined with most of the plants which I have already enume- 
_ fated, as belonging to the subalpine region, I noticed Bork- 
Adusia albida, Valeriana tuberosa, Carex gynobasis, Erysimum 
canescens, Orchis anthropophora, and Asphodelus: fistulosus. 
Tn the clefts. of rock which terminate the mountain on the 
