GIBBALTAR PLANTS. 151 



URTICEA^ Jtiss. 



Thelygonum cynocrambe, L. 



Cynocrambe alsinifolia, Ban*. 

 Hab. Mediterranean region of Europe. North of Africa. 



Parietaria diffusa, M. K. 



P. judaica, var. Auct non L. 

 P. qfficinalis, Desf. (Medical Officers' Report). 

 Hab. Middle and South of Europe. North of Africa. 

 OBS. A very common plant on the rock. 



Urtica urens,. L. 



Hab. Europe, Britain. North of Africa. 

 Urtica dioica, L. L<<- ic *. *-c-^<^ &t3&> 



Hab. Europe, Britain. North of Africa. 



OBS. I have not seen the Urtica pilulifera in Gibraltar. 



MORE.E, Endl 



Ficus carica, L. 



Vulg. Higuera. 

 Hab. South of Europe. Asia. Africa. 



OBS. The fig-tree is observed to grow in the fissures of the rocks 

 where there is scarcely any soil, and in places where it could 

 not have been cultivated. Several varieties of it are cultivated 

 in gardens, where the fruit arrives at great perfection, when 

 proper care is taken of them. There is a gigantic fig-tree in 

 Mr. Bracebiidge's garden, in the south ; its trunk measuring 

 48 feet in circumference, and supposed to be upwards of 200 

 years old. 



