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leta on the left, and then the Mulayhacen more towards the 
rght.  Sheltered by such a lofty screen of successive eleva- 
tions, this coast enjoys a delightful climate, and produces many 
tropical vegetables, even coffee succeeding in some of the gar- 
dens. Frost is unknown at Motril ; and I was assured that 
the snow, which at this very period, was covering the higher 
parts of the Sierra de Lujar, never descended lower on its 
sides than to a point of which I calculated the elevation to be 
about 1500 feet. 
The first fruits of the Flora Boetica, which I now gathered, 
were such as not to diminish the hopes I had cherished. 
Among a host of other plants, I may mention the Ononis 
Sicula; Lavandula multifida, plentiful on the arid sandy sea- 
shore of Andalusia, and almost always in flower ; and Convolvu- 
lus altheoides, which graced the hedges with its lovely pink 
blossoms. I was also struck with a charming little leguminous 
flower, with prostrate stems and silvery foliage, that I have 
since described under the name of Leobordea lupinifolia, 
and still more with a curious shrub belonging to the 
Solanee, and having a most exotic aspect and greenish 
flowers; it is the Atropa frutescens of Cavanilles. The irri- 
gated fields between the town and the sea, presented an 
entirely different vegetation; there grow Emex spinosus, 
Lavatera Cretica, Fumaria capreolata and agraria, with 
several species of Silene; the banks of the streams were 
clothed with Ranunculus trilobus and R. muricatus; and 
finally, at the instant of embarking, I gathered Brassica Tourne- 
forti, already in fructification. 
Next day, after making but little progress, came another 
forced halt at Velilla, scarcely a dozen miles west of Motril ; 
and now my patience being wholly exhausted, I determined 
to leave my luggage on board the felucca, and to accomplish 
the remainder of the distance by land, in company of an 
Hidalgo of Velez, my fellow voyager. This was on the 15th 
day of our voyage; and we quitted the little craft, vowing most 
Solemnly not to set foot on board a Liaud again, and to 
abstain for ever from boiled rice. Being near Almunegar, we 
