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of the Sierra del Molinillo, are woods, consisting of Pinus Pinaster, 

 Ait., Quercus Ilea:, L., and Q. lusitanica, Lamk. a./aginea, and under 

 them a luxuriant underwood composed of the shrubs common in 

 the south of Spain, among which I observed in the above-mentioned 

 hollow the beautiful white-blossomed Cistus laurifolius, L., and a 

 dwarf rose with small white blossoms in great abundance. The lower 

 part of the western declivity of the Sierra de Alfacar, as well as the 

 northern ridges known by the name of the Sierra del Rallo and de 

 las Navas, are thickly clothed with Lavandula Spica, L., which does 

 not occur in the Sierra Nevada even at the same elevation, but is 

 there supplanted by L. lanata, Boiss., as well as by various common 

 Cistineee, as C. albidus, C. crispus, C. monspeliensis, Helianthemum 

 guttatum, salicifolium, Fumana, &c. Under shady bushes occur not 

 rarely, throughout the whole range, Pceonia lobata, Desf., and LeU' 

 zea conifera, DC, and on the rocks of all the chains, reaching into 

 the alpine region, a number of the oft already-mentioned rock plants, 

 which are also found in all the mountain- chains of Granada ; espe- 

 cially Barkhausia albida, Cass., Saxifraga spathulata, Desf., Draba 

 hispanica, Boiss., Alyssum alpestre, L., Arabis auriculata. Lam., and 

 many others. On loose rocky soil of the western acclivity of the 

 Sierra de Alfacar occur Helianthemum origanifolium. P., Arenaria 

 Armeriastrum, Boiss., Thymus granatensis, Boiss., Satureja cuneifolia. 

 Ten., Convolvulus lineatus, L., and on shady rocks of the east side. 

 Ononis arragonensis. Also, on loose rocky soil along the crest. He- 

 lianth. piliferum, Boiss., and Haenselera granatensis, Boiss., a beauti- 

 ful Cichoriaceous plant, hitherto only found by Boissier in the Sierra 

 Nevada at a single locality, and which grows here in great plenty. 

 Under the shrubs on the oft-mentioned broad hollow between the 

 Sierra de Alfacar and Sierra de Jarana, I observed Geum sylvaticum, 

 Pourr., and Polygala rosea, Desf., in plenty; upon marshy meadows, 

 Spirtea Filipendula, L.; and on rivulets in woody dells, isolated 

 shrubs of Viburnum Lantana, L. 



The Sierra de Jarana consists of two parallel mountain- chains, 

 the western one of which forms lower, unusually steep and strangely 

 shaped rocks, which are characterized by their sterility ; the eastern 

 and higher chain rises in gentle slopes and presents a richer vege- 

 tation. I here found, among other plants, Adonis dentata, Del., 

 Tragopogon crociflorum, L., Scorzonera hispanica, L., Jurinea humi- 

 lis, DC, Matthiola varia, DC, Ononis arragonensis, Asso, Dianthus 

 brachyanthus, Boiss., Anthyllis erinacea, L., Ptilotrichum spinosum, 

 Boiss., and very rarely, Passerina elliptica, Boiss. 



A remarkably varied flora is found on the much lower but very 

 rocky Sierra de Huetor, which I had an opportunity of visiting on 

 the 8th of July, on my journey into the mountains of eastern Anda- 

 lusia. On the steep rock- walls of this mountain-chain grew luxu- 

 riantly Anthyllis tejedensis, Boiss., and a pretty orange -flowered Cen~ 

 taurea very plentifully ; and on sunny rocky soil occurred, from the 

 foot to the summit, the delicate Paronychia aretioides, Pourr., Re- 

 seda Gay ana, Boiss., and Pistorinia hispanica, DC, which also covers 

 the grassy levels of the summit in company with Serratula fiaves- 



