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of the Sierra del Molinillo, are woods, consisting of Pinus Pinaster, 
Ait., Quercus Ilex, L., and Q. lusitanica, Lamk. a. faginea, and under 
them a luxuriant underwood composed of the shrubs common in 
the south of Spain, among which I observed in the above-mentioned 
hollow the beautiful white-blossomed Cistus laurifolius, L., and a 
dwarf rose with small white blossoms in great abundance. The lower 
part of the western declivity of the Sierra de Alfacar, as well as the 
northern ridges known by the name of the Sierra del Rallo and de 
las Navas, are thickly clothed with Lavandula Spica, L., which does 
not occur in the Sierra Nevada even at the same elevation, but is 
there supplanted by L. danata, Boiss., as well as by various common 
Cistinee, as C. albidus, C. crispus, C. monspeliensis, Helianthemum 
guttatum, salicifolium, Fumana, &c. Under shady bushes occur not 
rarely, throughout the whole range, Peonia lobata, Desf., and Leu- 
zea conifera, DC., and on the rocks of all the chains, reaching into 
the alpine region, a number of the oft already-mentioned rock plants, 
which are also found in all the mountain-chains of Granada; espe- 
cially Barkhausia albida, Cass., Saxifraga spathulata, Desf., Draba 
hispanica, Boiss., Alyssum alpestre, L., Arabis auriculata, Lam., and 
many others. On loose rocky soil of the western acclivity of the 
Sierra de Alfacar occur Helianthemum origanifolium, P., Arenaria 
Armeriastrum, Boiss., Thymus granatensis, Boiss., Satureja cuneifolia, 
Ten., Convolvulus lineatus, L., and on shady rocks of the east side, 
Ononis arragonensis. Also, on loose rocky soil along the crest, He- 
lianth. piliferum, Boiss., and Haenselera granatensis, Boiss., a beauti- 
ful Cichoriaceous plant, hitherto only found by Boissier in the Sierra 
Nevada at a single locality, and which grows here in great plenty. 
Under the shrubs on the oft-mentioned broad hollow between the 
Sierra de Alfacar and Sierra de Jarana, I observed Geum sylvaticum, 
Pourr., and Polygala rosea, Desf., in plenty ; upon marshy meadows, 
Spirea Filipendula, L.; and on -rivulets in woody dells, isolated 
shrubs of Viburnum Lantana, L. 
The Sierra de Jarana consists of two parallel mountain-chains, 
the western one of which forms lower, unusually steep and strangely 
shaped rocks, which are characterized by their sterility ; the eastern 
and higher chain rises in gentle slopes and presents a richer vege- 
tation. I here found, among other plants, Adonis dentata, Del., 
Tragopogon crociflorum, L., Sgorzonera hispanica, L., Jurinea humi- 
lis, DC., Matthiola varia, DC., Ononis arragonensis, Asso, Dianthus 
brachyanthus, Boiss., Anthyllis erinacea, L., Ptilotrichum spinosum, 
Boiss., and very rarely, Passerina elliptica, Boiss. 
A remarkably varied flora is found on the much lower but very 
rocky Sierra de Huétor, which I had an opportunity of visiting on 
the 8th of July, on my journey into the mountains of eastern Anda- 
lusia. On the steep rock-walls of this mountain-chain grew luxu- 
riantly Anthyllis tejedensis, Boiss., and a pretty orange-flowered Cen- 
taurea very plentifully ; and on sunny rocky soil occurred, from the 
foot to the summit, the delicate Paronychia aretioides, Pourr., Re- 
seda Gayana, Boiss., and Pistorinia hispanica, DC., which also covers 
the grassy levels of the summit in company with Serratula flaves- 
