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clefts of sunny rocks a pretty Saxifraga in company with S. spathu- 

 lata, Desf., and Brassica humilis, DC. On the way back, I moreover 

 gathered on the southern edge of the summit Biscutella saxatilis, 

 Boiss. var. lanata, a pretty little variety with narrow woolly silvery- 

 white leaves, which is peculiar to these mountains, and at some hun- 

 dred feet below the summit a small Cerastium, as well as the rare 

 Arenaria modesta, Desf. 



On the 11th of June I set out from Canillas for the little town of 

 Nerja, lying on the coast, the road to which leads along the south- 

 west foot of the Sierra Tejeda and in part through its lower portion, 

 passing over a number of valleys and coombs. On moist, sTiady, 

 rocky spots Anarrhinum bellidifolium, Desf., grows here luxuriantly 

 in the valleys, constantly with blue flowers ; on sunny rocks Leo- 

 hordea lupinifolia, Boiss., and in the hedges Ruhia peregrina, L., and 

 other climbing plants. On shady rocks near the village of Salares 

 I found Scrophularia peregrina, L., in small quantity, and on sunny 

 hills between this place and Canillar de Albayda various Silence, He- 

 lianthemum lavandulcBfolium ? P., Ruta angustifolia, DC, and some 

 specimens of a narrow-leaved Iris which is different from J. Xiphium, 

 In the mountains between the villages of Competa and Frigiliana, 

 Adenocarpus telonensis, Gay, and Sarothamnus affinis, Boiss., occur 

 plentifully, as well as the splendid Orobanche foitida, Desf., on the 

 roots of various species of Ononis. Lastly I gathered on stony and 

 sunny spots at Frigiliana Cneorum tricoccum, L., and between here 

 and Nerja a pretty white-flowered Teucrium with dense, ovate heads 

 of flowers and longish white woolly curved leaves. 



The following day I travelled nine leagues further toward the east 

 through the ramifications of the Sierra Tejeda and Sierra de las Al- 

 mijarras, which here cover the whole coast, toward Motril, with the 

 view of seeking Celastrus europceus, Boiss., which I soon found be- 

 hind Nerja. It is a common shrub throughout the whole coast 

 mountains between Nerja, Almuiiecar and Motril, but it had now 

 neither flowers nor fruit, I have observed two varieties with respect 

 to the form of the leaves and the colour of the branches, which occur 

 promiscuously, namely one, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis subintegris, 

 cortice ramulorum purpureo ; and another, fol. subrhomboideis sinu- 

 a,to-dentati8, cortice griseo (the branch which is figured in the work 

 of Boissier is of this latter variety). Besides the above, the follow- 

 ing plants grow luxuriantly on these mountains : the Teucrium men- 

 tioned above, Artemisia Barrelieri, Boiss., Cneorum tricoccum, L., 

 plentiful, on isolated spots Buxus balearica, L., which is in fruit. 

 Beta maritima, L., and the splendid Nepeta tuberosa, Desf, Near 

 Almunecar is a remarkable tract on the coast thickly covered with 

 Aloe vulgaris. Lam., which was mostly out of flower. In the hedges 

 of the Vega de Montril Elceagnus angustifolia is common, Withania 

 frutescens is rare, and along the ditches everywhere flowers Senecio 

 Doria, L. In the environs of Motril I now observed various sea 

 plants in flower, especially Atriplex glauca, L., and the large bushes 

 of Salsola oppositifolia, Desf. ; and on the gypsum hills on the north 

 of the town on the road toward Grana,d^, ^ small Statice, together 



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