196 Botanical Notices from Spain. 



erectus, L., Evax pygmcBus, L., Ervum Ervilia, L., Asperula hirsuta, 

 Desf., Cachrys pterochlcena} DC, a small form of Scabiosa stellata, 

 L., Velezia rigida, L., Atractylis cancellata, L., Silenes, leguminous 

 plants, grasses, &c. On the vine-hills, near the convent of Los Angeles, 

 lying half a mile to the north of Malaga, occurs the beautiful Cleome 

 violacea, L., but not frequent; and on the neighbouring hills grow, 

 in addition to the above-mentioned plants, Cynara horrida, DC, Po- 

 dospermum calcitrapmfolium, DC, Scorzonera hispanica, L., Chlora 

 lanceolata, Koch, Linum strictum, L., L. tenue, L., Paronychia argen- 

 tea and nivea, Gnaphalium luteo-album, L., Andropogon hirtus, L., 

 Ononis picta, Desf., and others ; in fields in the neighbourhood of 

 the same convent, Scorzonera macrocephala , DC, and Phalaris no- 

 dosa^ L. ; and in clefts in the limestone rocks of the Cerro Coronado, 

 lying east of the convent, as well as on the rocks around the her- 

 mitages (Las Hermitas) lying to the west. Campanula mollis, L., C. 

 Erinus, L., Elaoselinum Lagascce, Boiss., which was just beginning 

 to unfold its umbels, Alyssum campestre, L., Umbilicus hispidus, DC, 

 Nigella damascene, L., var. minor, and various grasses. On the 

 northern acclivity of the lofty, steep and sterile hills, among which 

 the Rio Guadalmedina, flowing through Malaga, winds, occur in 

 plenty Coronilla juncea, L., Lysimachia linum- stellatum, L., Convol- 

 vulus moenanthus }Ijk., a small Stachys, Linum fruticosum, L., and 

 other mountain plants, and among them Orchis papilionacea, L., 

 which had already ceased flowering at the beginning of this month ; 

 on the southern acclivity I gathered here the pretty Leobordea lupi- 

 nifolia, Boiss. 



The Cerro S. Anton, which I visited twice, is a steep limestone 

 mountain, divided into two cones ; it lies one league east of Malaga 

 and a mile from the coast. On the way thither are found in the 

 hedges gigantic tree-like shrubs of Ricinus communis, L., also Ken- 

 trophyllum arborescens, Hk., and here and there Physalis somnifera, 

 L. Close to Malaga, on barren rocky acclivities below the castle of 

 Gibralfaro, grows Echinops Rufio, L., and near the English church- 

 yard the rare Statice cegyptiaca, L. On the south-west acclivity of 

 the S. Anton grow various species of Ononis, and on their roots 

 here and there the splendid black- red Orobanche fcetida, Desf. On 

 the western summit occur very rare Ervum Lenticula, Schreb., and 

 Minuartia montana, Loffl. The eastern summit is somewhat higher, 

 but has the same vegetation as the western, which descends toward 

 the west in escarped rocks, in the clefts of which grow Elceoselinum 

 Lagascce, Boiss., Rhamnus pumilus^ L., Lavatera maritima, Gon., and 

 Silene velutina. Pour. At the foot of these rocks, under low bushes 

 of Chamcerops humilis, is found the rare Fumaria macrosepala, Boiss., 

 the only locality hitherto known for this remarkable species. 



