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CANARY ISLANDS 



* Artemisia arborpscens, Valley of Orotava, 

 ('offea arabica, Lacuna, . 

 Lactuca sativa, Laiguna, 

 Convolvulus batatis, Lag^una, 



* Capsicum annuum, La|.'una, 

 Solanum tuberosum, LaL'uiia, 

 Thymus serphyllum, Laguna, 

 Lavandula spica, Lacuna, 



* Rosmarinus officinalis, Laguna, 

 Olea europea, Villa Orotava, 

 Laurus persea, Valley of Orotava, 

 Laurus cinnamomum, Laguna, 

 Artocarpus incisa, Laguna, 

 Musa paradisiaca, Santa Cruz, 



" sapientum, Santa Cruz, 

 A?ave americana, Matanzas, 

 Allium cejia. Villa Orotava, 

 Draccpna draco,* Villa Orotava, . 

 Phoenix dactylifera, Villa Orotava, 

 Zea mays, Chasna, 

 Secale cereale, Valley of Orotava, 

 Triticum aestivum, Chasna, 



* Hordeum murinum, Matanzas, 

 Avena sativa, Chasna, 



* Saccharum officinarum San Juan de la Rambia, 



Zoology. — In the present division, I propose to exhibit 

 a brief summary of the natural history of the animals 

 belonging to these islands, and for the sake of order, con- 

 tinue with a certain degree of systematic arrangement. 

 The first class that comes under consideration, is the 



Mammalia. These islands contain no wild animals at 

 present, except rabbits, t ferrets, t and a few wild goats § 

 in the more elevated parts of Teneriffe, and in Fuerte- 

 ventura, where they have been known from time immemo- 

 rial. The rabbits are of a much smaller size than those 

 of the same species in Europe, hundreds of which, are 

 destroyed every year by the ferrets. In Gomera, there was 

 formerly a species of small deer, (Cervus) but it is now 

 many years since it was exterminated. The present domes- 

 tic animals are horses, asses, mules, oxen, camels, goats, 

 sheep, swine, cats, and dogs. Of the latter, a fine, pow- 

 erful brindled variety yet exists in Lanzarote, the genuine 

 descendants of the breed formerly so numerous in a wild 

 state, as to have caused the name of Canaries to be given 

 to these islands, in allusion to which, the supporters of the 



*This tree, although a native of the East Indies, is also found on Gomera, Palma, 

 and Canary, 

 t Lepua coniculus. J Viverra furor. ^Capra hircus. Li^. 



