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siflorum, Brot., and Serapias lingua, L. In shallow 

 pools, near the base of the hill, I found the Alisma 

 ranunculoides, which is more frequently met with in 

 the marshes near the rivers Gauderanque and Pal- 

 mones. Among other plants on this hill I gathered 

 Helianthemum monspeliaca, Thrincia tuberosa, and 

 the elegant Tulipa celsiana, De C. Miss Mann has 

 informed me that she has seen the Iris filifolia, Boiss., 

 on this prolific hill ; and Dr. Lemann has specimens 

 of the Scilla pumila from the same part. It appears 

 singular that the Queen of Spain's Chair should 

 abound with plants which have not a single represen- 

 tative on the rock of Gibraltar; and still more 

 strange that some of the plants of Gibraltar are not 

 growing on this hill, though they are scarcely three 

 miles apart. 



It is difficult to direct which way to proceed from 

 this interesting hill : on every side is a large and 

 perhaps unexplored locality, therefore the botanist 

 will here be guided by circumstances. There is a 

 pathway which will take him to St. Roque, through a 

 small village called Pindalista ; from thence he may 

 proceed through the mountain range till he reach the 

 Malaga road, which will bring him to St. Roque : or, 

 if he choose, he can extend his walk to the eastern 

 beach, and between Gibraltar and Estepona he will 

 meet with a considerable number of very interesting 

 plants, such as the Helichrysum staechas, Dorycnopsis 

 Gerardi, Boiss., Campanula Rapunculus, Z>., Gentiana 

 maritima, L., Teucrium spinosum, L., Daucus mari- 



