IV A FLORA OP GIBRALTAR AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 



are still doubtful, and where mentioned in the Flora are there 

 marked " ? " These corroborated species, if recorded by two 

 collectors, and a few which otherwise appear to be probably 

 correct, have been accepted, but the number excluded, although 

 definitely stated to have been gathered on the Eock, is still large. 



Charles de L'Ecluse, or Clusius, in Ear. Stirp. Hisp. Obs. 

 Hist. (1576) and Ear. Plant. Hist. (1601), cites the following 

 species for Calpe : there is another Calpe near Hifac in Valentia, 

 but with the exception perhaps of Crucianella maritima, all the 

 records here given appear to be for Gibraltar; they were collected 

 about 1565 : — 



Cytisus triflorus, Crucianella maritima? Diotis maritima, 

 Lavandula dentata, Teucrium fruticans, Boinulea Chisiana, 

 Narcissus niveus. The last species is given by Clusius as N. totus 

 alius alter, i. e. N. polyanthus, but Kelaart supposes, no doubt 

 rightly, that N. niveus is meant. 



PiTTON DE TouRNEFORT (1676-90) Collected in Spain. A MS. 

 catalogue of his species is among the Banksian MSS. in the National 

 Herbarium ; this contains a list of seventy-five species gathered 

 on the Eock, chiefly between the summit and Europa, three of 

 which had already been recorded by Clusius. The list is in 

 pre-Linnean nomenclature, and only the following are easily 

 identifiable. The list is headed ''In Monte Calpe, prcesertim 

 eundo ad virgincm Europce, turn in vertice," which seems in- 

 controvertibly definite, yet there are eleven species which I am 

 compelled to exclude as unconfirmed or improbable, and those 

 from only two-thirds of the list, which is all I can interpret : — 



Clematis cirrliosa, [Helleborus fmtidus] , Lohitlaria maritima, 

 Buta chalepensis, Pistacia Terebinthus, Anagyris fatida, Spar- 

 tiwn junceum, S.spinosum (probably Galycotome villosa), [Cytisus 

 hirsutus] (Willk. Prodr. iii. p. 454, thinks Argyrolohium argenteum 

 is meant), C. linifolius, [AnthylUs Barba-Jovis] , [Biserrula 

 pclecinus'] , Myrtus communis, [Medicago circinnata] , PetroseUnum 

 pcregrinum, Bupleurum fruticosum, Crithmum maritimum, Thap- 

 sia garganica. Ferula tingitana, Smyrnium Olusatrum, Fedia 

 gracilifiora, Asteriscus maritimus, Kcntrophyllum arborescens, 

 [Carthamus corymbosus] , [Stcehelina dubia] , [S. arborescens] , 

 [Arbutus Unedo], Cerinthe major, Vinca major, [V. minor] 

 (probably both were V. media), Scropliularia sambucifolia, 

 S. frutescens, Chmnarrhinum villosum, Lavandula Stoechas, 

 L. multifida, Calavilntha mcnthafolia, PJilomis fruticosa, Thyvms 

 hirtus, Acanthus mollis, [Laurus nobilis] , [Osyris alba), Aristolo- 

 chia batica, Theligonum Cynocrambe, Arisarum vidgare. Lis Sisy- 

 rinchium, Asparagus albus, Asphodelus fistulosus, A. viicrocarpus. 



Lieut.-Col. T. James, Eoyal Artillery, in his History of the 

 Herculean Straits, p. 338 (1771), gives a list of English names of 

 about three hundred species which grow or are cultivated on the 

 Eock, stating whether they grow on the front, back, top, or in 

 gardens. It is not always easy to identify these, many of the 

 names having been applied to more than one species. Colmeiro 



