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rich vegetation, the chief part of which however belongs to the gene- 

 ral Mediterranean flora. A number of leguminous plants, Cicho- 

 race<2, Anthemidece, Plantaginede, Malvacea, Caryophyliea and grasses 

 abound along the road- side and edges of the fields. Among the com 

 there were in flower Papaver Rhosas, P. duhium, Ornithogalum narbo- 

 nense, Vicia vestita, Boiss., and many other species of Vicia and Lathy- 

 rus, va.nousAllia,Fumarice, Convolvulus arvensis, Carduncellus cceruleus, 

 L., several Centaur ecB and Silene, Galium tricorne. With., Torilis 

 neglecta, Schult., T. nodosa, Gartn., Rhagadiolus stellatus, Tournef,, 

 Biscutella auriculata, L., Caucalis leptophylla, L., Medicago turbinata, 

 W., M. SphcBrocarpa^ BertoL, M, tribuloides. Lam., and grasses of 

 the genera Phalaris, Lolium, Festuca, Agrostis, &c. — In hedges and 

 on walls, Spartium junceum. Acanthus mollis, L., Elceagnus angusti- 

 folius, L., Sinapis virgata, Cav., Phagnalon LagasccB, DC, Umbilicus 

 erectus, DC, Asperula hirsuta, Desf., Bryonia dioica, L., Urtica mem- 

 branacea, Poir., various Cardui, Silybum Marianum, Notobasis syriaca, 

 Cass., Onopordon illyricum, L., Carrichtera Vellce, DC, and others. 

 In sandy places on the shore and dried sandy beds of streams, there 

 were in flower various species oiAndryala, Medicago littoralis, Rohde, 

 Alsine marina. Much., Stipa tortilis, Desf., Malcolmia tricuspidata, 

 R. Br., Astragalus pentaglottis, L., Erodice, Silence, grasses and the 

 like ; on the numerous vine-hills, Fumaria parvijlora, L., Ononis spi- 

 nosa, L., Valantia hispida, L., Orobanche minor, L., Crmcianella an- 

 gustifolia, L., Rumex scutatus, L., R, Acetosella, L., R. bucephalopho- 

 rus, L.; upon fallow land. Verbena supina, Clus., Anethum segetum, 

 L.; upon heaps of rubbish, Echium violaceum, L., E.plantagineum, L., 

 E. pustulatum, Sibth. ; in ditches and wet places, Ly thrum flexuo- 

 sum. Lag., Briza virens, L., &c. It would carry me too far to de- 

 scribe the vegetation of Malaga in all its varieties according to the 

 nature of the ground ; I will therefore content myself with mention- 

 ing here three localities, namely, the sandy and waste plain known 

 by the name of the Dehesilla, which lies between the city and the 

 Guadalhorce, — the hilly land encompassing the Vega of Malaga in 

 the north and east, and stretching far to the coast eastwards, — and 

 the Cerro San Anton, a lofty limestone mountain projecting above 

 this hilly land, and about 1500 feet high. 



Large portions of the Dehesilla, which I have many times visited, 

 sometimes alone, sometimes in company with my friend Prolongo, 

 are covered with Ononis Matrix, L., O. ramosissima, Desf., and Eu- 

 phorbia Paralias, L. On marshy places and around ponds grow 

 Juncus acutus and other species of this genus, as well as Carices, 

 Scirpus maritimus, L., and among them Chlora lanceolata, Koch, and 

 Samolus Valerandi ; in the drift-sand, Lotus aurantiacus, Boiss., in 

 great plenty, also Erodium hirtum, W., Festuca phleoides, Desf., and 

 other grasses, Anchusa calcarea, Boiss., /3. aspera, Centaurea sphcero- 

 cephala } L., and Thesium humile, Vahl., rare. In the much-intersected 

 hilly land, consisting chiefly of limestone debris and breccia, the 

 greater portion of which is covered with vines, occur Trifolium steU 

 latum, L., T. striatum, L., T. angustifolium, L., &c., Medicagines, Fi- 

 lago gallica, h., F. germanica, L., Phagnalon saxatile, DC, Micropus 



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