GIBRALTAR PLANTS 13 



by Bourgeau from S. de Monchique, Algarve (No. 1872), and 

 S. de Guadarrama above Cbozas (No. 2218), also belong here. 



Calluna vulgaris Salisb. var. depressa, var. nov. Planta 

 prostrata, raniis tortuosis, dense intertextis ; racemis paucilioris. 



Plain east of Queen of Spain's Chair, near Gibraltar, abun- 

 dantly (No. 48). 



Its habit gives this variety a very distinct appearance, and no 

 other form occurs in the immediate neighbourliood, though the 

 type is abundant on the mountain itself and in other parts of the 

 district. 



Euphorbia gibraltarica N. E. Br., sp. nov. (§ Anisophyllum). 

 Herba annua, caulibus prostratis, tenuibus, a basi plerumque divari- 

 cate ramosis, ramis 8-12 dcm. longis, basi undique longe sed parce 

 hirsutis, apicem versus superne brevius puberulis, inferne glabris, 

 foliis oppositis, breviter petiolatis, 12-20 mm. longis, 6-9 mm. 

 latis, oblongis, basi obhque cordatis, apice rotundatis obtusisve, 

 sgepe macula lata fusca notatis, argute nee profunde serratis, 

 serraturis apiculatis, inferioribus longe sed inconspicue pilosis, 

 superioribus glabris aut basi longe ciliatis, stipulis minutis, libris, 

 triangularibus, circa 1 mm. longis, involucris in inflorescentite 

 furcibus solitariis et per 3 terminalibus, anguste obconicis, in 

 pedicello eis aequante aut superante sensim attenuatis, glabris, 

 glandulis 4, minutis, appendicibus suborbicularibus aut transverse 

 ellipticis, 0-5 mm. latis, intensius roseis ; capsulis 2 mm., globosis, 

 Isevibus, glabris ; seminibus 1-4 mm. longis, 0-8 mm. latis, nigre- 

 scentibus, subtetragonis, angulis tribus carina pallidiore obtusa 

 notatis, quaterno anguste canaliculate, foveolato-reticulato. 



On railway ballast at Second Venta, near San Koque (No. 2192). 



Near E. Peplis Linn., but differs greatly in seed and other 

 characters, and quite distinct from any European Euphorbia. 



Asphodelus serotinus, sp. nov. Herba rhizomae fibris elon- 

 gatis, carnosis, fusiformibus ; foliis ut in A. microcarpo, at Sfepius 

 glaucissimis ; caule lj-2 m., vulgo 1'5 m., graciliusculo, pallido, 

 glauco, saepe ramosissimo ; pedicellis nee sub anthesi nee statu 

 fructifero multo patentibus, paulo supra basim articulatis ; floribus 

 eis A. microcarpi similibus ; periantho 15 mm. longo, albo, vitta 

 olivea-viride lineato ; bracteis pedicelli articulum inferiorem cequan- 

 tibus, late lanceolatis, pallidis, vitta centrali fusca ; staminibus 

 perianthium aequantibus vel paullo longioribus, stylo multo brevi- 

 oribus, lilamentis ad medium usque minute puberulis, ungue 3 mm. 

 longo, latitudine quam longitudine paullo majore, valde ciliato, 

 faciebus subglabris ; capsula quam in A. microcarpo minore, 6 mm. 

 lato, 4^ mm. longo, valde pyriforme aut in collum pedicelli apice 

 hemisphaerico angustiorem contracto. 



Anthesis Aprili serotino, quo tempore A. microcarpus defloratus 

 est. Near A. microcarpiis Viv. but differs in time of flowering 

 (late April), altitude, and especially in the form of the capsule. 



Dried specimens look very like small-fruited forms of ^4. micro- 

 carpus, but there is no doulDt that it is quite distinct from any 

 form of that species growing in the neighbourhood of Gibraltar. 



