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clefts of sunny rocks a pretty Savifraga in company with S. spathu- 
lata, Desf., and Brassica humilis, DC. On the way back, I moreover 
gathered on the southern edge of the summit Biscutella savatilis, 
Boiss. var. anata, a pretty little variety with narrow woolly silvery- 
white leaves, which is peculiar to these mountains, and at some hun- 
dred feet below the summit a small Cerastium, as well as the rare 
Arenaria modesta, Desf. 
On the 11th of June I set out from Canillas for the little town of 
Nerja, lying on the coast, the road to which leads along the south- 
west foot of the Sierra Tejeda and in part through its lower portion, 
passing over a number of valleys and coombs. On moist, shady, 
rocky spots Anarrhinum bellidifolium, Desf., grows here luxuriantly 
in the valleys, constantly with blue flowers; on sunny rocks Leo- 
bordea lupinifolia, Boiss., and in the hedges Rubia peregrina, L., and 
other climbing plants. On shady rocks near the village of Salares 
I found Scrophularia peregrina, L., in small quantity, and on sunny 
hills between this place and Canillar de Albayda various Silene, He- 
lianthemum lavandulefolium? P., Ruta angustifolia, DC., and some 
specimens of a narrow-leaved Jris which is different from I. Xiphium. 
In the mountains between the villages of Competa and Frigiliana, 
Adenocarpus telonensis, Gay, and Sarothamnus affinis, Boiss., occur 
plentifully, as well as the splendid Orobanche fetida, Desf., on the 
roots of various species of Ononis. Lastly I gathered on stony and 
sunny spots at Frigiliana Cneorum tricoccum, L., and between here 
and Nerja a pretty white-flowered Teucrium with dense, ovate heads 
of flowers and longish white woolly curved leaves. 
The following day I travelled nine leagues further toward the east 
through the ramifications of the Sierra ‘Tejeda and Sierra de las Al- 
mijarras, which here cover the whole coast, toward Motril, with the 
view of seeking Celastrus europeus, Boiss., which I soon found be- 
hind Nerja. It is a common shrub throughout the whole coast 
mountains between Nerja, Almunecar and Motril, but it had now 
neither flowers nor fruit. I have observed two varieties with respect 
to the form of the leaves and the colour of the branches, which occur 
promiscuously, namely one, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis subintegris, 
cortice ramulorum purpureo; and another, fol. subrhomboideis sinu- 
ato-dentatis, cortice griseo (the branch which is figured in the work 
of Boissier is of this latter variety). Besides the above, the follow- 
ing plants grow luxuriantly on these mountains: the Teucrium men- 
tioned above, Artemisia Barreliert, Boiss., Cneorum tricoccum, L., 
plentiful, on isolated spots Buzus balearica, L., which is in fruit, 
Beta maritima, L., and the splendid Nepeta tuberosa, Desf. Near 
Almuiecar is a remarkable tract on the coast thickly covered with 
Aloé vulgaris, Lam., which was mostly out of flower. In the hedges 
of the Vegade Montril Eleagnus angustifolia is common, Withania 
Srutescens is rare, and along the ditches everywhere flowers Senecio 
Doria, L. In the environs of Motril I now observed various sea 
plants in flower, especially Atriplex glauca, L., and the large bushes 
of Salsola oppositifolia, Desf. ; and on the gypsum hills on the north 
of the town on the road toward Granada, a small ee together 
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