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rich vegetation, the chief part of which however belongs to the gene- 
ral Mediterranean flora. A number of leguminous plants, Cicho- 
racee, Anthemidee, Plantaginee, Malvaceae, Caryophyllee and grasses 
abound along the road-side and edges of the fields. Among the corn 
there were in flower Papaver Rheas, P. dubium, Ornithogalum narbo- 
nense, Vicia vestita, Boiss., and many other species of Vicia and Lathy- 
rus, various Allia, Fumarie, Convolvulus arvensis, Carduncellus ceruleus, 
L., several Centauree@ and Silene, Galium tricorne, With., Torilis 
neglecta, Schult., T. nodosa, Giartn., Rhagadiolus stellatus, Tournef., 
Biscutella auriculata, L., Caucalis leptophylla, L., Medicago turbinata, 
W., M. Spherocarpa, Bertol., M. tribuloides, Lam., and grasses of 
the genera Phalaris, Lolium, Festuca, Agrostis, &c.—In hedges and 
on walls, Spartium junceum, Acanthus mollis, L., Ele@agnus angusti- 
folius, L., Sinapis virgata, Cav., Phagnalon Lagasce, DC., Umbilicus 
erectus, DC., Asperula hirsuta, Desf., Bryonia dioica, L., Urtica mem- 
branacea, Poir., various Cardui, Silybum Marianum, Notobasis syriaca, 
Cass., Onopordon illyricum, L., Carrichtera Velle, DC., and others. 
In sandy places on the shore and dried sandy beds of streams, there 
were in flower various species of Andryala, Medicago littoralis, Rohde, 
Alsine marina, Mnch., Stipa tortilis, Desf., Malcolmia tricuspidata, 
R. Br., Astragalus pentaglottis, L., Erodie, Silene, grasses and the 
like; on the numerous vine-hills, Fumaria parviflora, L., Ononis spi- 
nosa, L.., Valantia hispida, L., Orobanche minor, L., Crucianella an- 
gustifolia, L., Rumex scutatus, L., R. Acetosella, L., R. bucephalopho- 
rus, L.; upon fallow land, Verbena supina, Clus., Anethum segetum, 
L.; upon heaps of rubbish, Echium violaceum, L., E. plantagineum, L., 
E. pustulatum, Sibth.; in ditches and wet places, Lythrum fleruo- 
sum, Lag., Briza virens, L., &c. It would carry me too far to de- 
scribe the vegetation of Malaga in all its varieties according to the 
nature of the ground; I will therefore content myself with mention- 
ing here three localities, namely, the sandy and waste plain known 
by the name of the Dehesilla, which lies between the city and the 
Guadalhorce,—the hilly land encompassing the Vega of Malaga in 
the north and east, and stretching far to the coast eastwards,—and 
the Cerro San Anton, a lofty limestone mountain projecting above 
this hilly land, and about 1500 feet high. 
Large portions of the Dehesilla, which I have many times visited, 
sometimes alone, sometimes in company with my friend Prolongo, 
are covered with Ononis Natrix, L., O. ramosissima, Desf., and Eu- 
phorbia Paraiias, L. On marshy places and around ponds grow 
Juncus acutus and other species of this genus, as well as Carices, 
Scirpus maritimus, L., and among them Chlora lanceolata, Koch, and 
Samolus Valerandi; in the drift-sand, Lotus aurantiacus, Boiss., in 
great plenty, also Hrodium hirtum, W., Festuca phleoides, Desf., and 
other grasses, Anchusa calcarea, Boiss., (3. aspera, Centaurea sphero- 
cephala? L., and Thesium humile, Vahl., rare. In the much-intersected 
hilly land, consisting chiefly of limestone debris and breccia, the 
greater portion of which is covered with vines, occur Trifolium stel- 
latum, L., T. striatum, L., T. angustifolium, L., &c., Medicagines, Fi- 
lago gallica, L.., F. germanica, L.., Phagnalon savatile, DC., Micropus 
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