. The Canary Islands : their history, natural history and scenery : an account of an ornithologist's camping trips in the archipelago . (Picridium tingitanuni) were the most plentiful;whilst at the summit of the rim, growing amongst thecinders and ash, a small plant with a minute whiteflower was later identified as Micromeria the rim the crater walls fall steeply to form aperfect cup, the sides covered thickly with plants ofEuphorbia canariensis and Euphorbia balsamifera, theformer often sheltering the prickly-leaved curious plant known as the miniature D
. The Canary Islands : their history, natural history and scenery : an account of an ornithologist's camping trips in the archipelago . (Picridium tingitanuni) were the most plentiful;whilst at the summit of the rim, growing amongst thecinders and ash, a small plant with a minute whiteflower was later identified as Micromeria the rim the crater walls fall steeply to form aperfect cup, the sides covered thickly with plants ofEuphorbia canariensis and Euphorbia balsamifera, theformer often sheltering the prickly-leaved curious plant known as the miniature Dragon-tree (Kleinia neriifolid) was here seen growing veryplentifully. Paris daisies, the prickly Launea spinosa,and the bright green Plocama pendula were everywherein close association, whilst at the bottom of the craterseveral fig-trees were thriving, sheltered from everywind by the high walls of the cone. Extending forsome distance round the Montafieta, and covering thelower slopes, was the thick black sand—samples ofwhich, analysed at the Natural History Museum, werefound to consist of olivine, augite, basalt, with felspar. Vegetation inside the Rim of the Montaneta de Guimar.
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