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places, vines. The streamlets coming from the Sierra and many other 

 springs water this soil, in itself fertile (and, as may be conjectured 

 from its general red colour, containing much oxide of iron), calling 

 fortli a tolerably rich vegetation, whicli however contains no rari- 

 ties. The sandy jjlaccs on the roads and under plantations are 

 overspread with the splendid Convolvulus althccoides, L., which of 

 itself is quite characteristic of this region ; the vine-hills with An- 

 chtisn itulica, L., Cijnoglossum cheirifolium, L., Psoralea bituminosa, 

 L., Gladiolus scgctuni, Gawl., Mcrcurialis tomentosa, L., Helianthema, 

 Silenrs, Sdlvire and Cichoracece. I obsened here also a flesh-co- 

 loured Orobanche, which however appears more abundant in the 

 higher regions. Among the corn, Arthrolobium ebracteatum, DC, 

 occurs plentifully in company with Scorpiurus venniculula, L., Hy- 

 pecoum procumbens, L., Papaver K/iwas, L., and a Bupleurum. On 

 shady, moist walls, Telephium Imperati, L,, is not uncommon, with 

 other Crassulacete, and Adianlum Capillus-Vencris, L., thrives every- 

 where in the crevices. Under luxuriant hedges of Rubus fruticosus, 

 Rosa canina, Loniccra CaprifoUum, Punica Granatum, L., Pistacia 

 Lentiscus, L., Myrtus conununis, &c., are found Vinca inedia, L., 

 Hyoscyamus albi/s, L., Smilax uspera, L., and other i)lantp, matted 

 together with Rubiacecc and Fumariu capreoluta, and overgrown with 

 Arundo Donax and Agave americana, which in many places had al- 

 readv shot up a flower-stem from G to cS feet high. I also found 

 jjretty al)undantly in such shady hedges an Antirrhinum, which ap- 

 pears to be different from A. majus and nolle, since it has very slender, 

 linear, channeled leaves, and a very long, almost twining stem ; it 

 must therefore be the variety angustifolium of tnolle, discovered by 

 Boissicr in Granada, l^he banks of the streamlets are densely co- 

 vered with thick bushes of Myrtus communis, Nerium Oleander, Ficus 

 Carica, L., &c. ; while the hillocks are clothed with Chamarops hu- 

 milis, L., Erica arborea, h., Daphne Gnidium. L., Retama sphcerocarpa, 

 Boiss., various dwarf oaks, Ulex australis, L., and Rosmarinus offici- 

 nalis, L. 



2. Upper warm region, from 500 to 2000 feet high, to the limit of 

 Ckamccrops hujiiilis. — Of cultivated plants, olives, wheat, and espe- 

 cially the vine, are universally grown. To this region belong the 

 calcareous uplands of the Sierra as well as the lower part of the 

 mountains. The soil is far less fertile, mostly very dry (as there are 

 few or no springs in this region), and clothed with low bushes, chiefly 

 comj)osed of Rosmarinus officinalis and Chamcerops humilis, and under 

 these Rhamnus lycioides, L., Juniperus Oxycedrus, L., Retama sphce- 

 rocarpa, Boiss., Pistacia Terebinlhus, L., Erica arborea, L., Linuni 

 fruticosum, L., Cisti and Helianthema. Of herbaceous plants occur 

 everywhere here, Stipa juncea. Ait., Macrochloa tenacissima, Kunth 

 (not yet in flower), the above-mentioned Orobanche plentifully, Bi- 

 scutella saxatilis, Boiss., y. angustifolia {B. Icevigata, L., var.), a La- 

 vandula, Linum, Leguminoscc and Cruciferce. On some places (castle 

 near Chiva, Barranco do Ballestero) I found Digitalis obscura, L., 

 and on very sunny slopes under bushes Dictamnus Fraxinella, Pcrs., 

 Ruta montana, L., and a Passcrina, but all three very sparingly ; while 



