12 A FLORA OP GIBRALTAR AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 



pendent of their spacing or width, which vary greatly. I. Eock 

 and North Front ! III. ii. Near Algeciras, P. L. 



[B. unclata L. Keported by Kelaart from the Eock; probably 

 synonymous with B. hatica Gay, which is reported from several 

 up-country stations.] 



\B. 2)ropinqua E. Br. {B. Gayana Boiss. ?). Sandy ground ; 

 very rare ; 5. Much more slender, with smaller more sessile 

 flowers, and much smaller pods. II. D. I have searched several 

 times in vain for it, but have seen none of the genus there. 



B. lutca L. Cultivated fields and roadsides ; locally common ; 

 4-6. Debeaux only admits var. minor Mull., but all the examples 



1 have seen are at least as tall, and often taller, than type — often 



2 feet high. I. K. Kelaart doubts its nativity, but it is usually 

 a weed of cultivation. III. i. Between Campamento and San 

 Eoque ! First Venta ! About Pinar de los Bigotes ! 



B. media Lag. Among bushes on rough ground and on 

 mountains ; common ; 2-6. Confounded with B. Phyteuma L., 

 but differs in sepals not accrescent after flowering, and filaments 

 subulate, not dilated upwards. I. West slopes, Avio, D. III. 

 i. and ii. ! In profusion on mountains after a fire ! 



B. Luteola L. Disturbed waste ground ; rather frequent ; 3-6. 

 Var, Gussonei Mull. {B. Luteola f. robusta Daut. & Deb.) is the 

 only form admitted by Debeaux, taller, up to 4 ft., with long 

 adpressed lateral branches and large flowers, but the type is more 

 frequent. I. ! II. Eare ! III. i. and ii. ! 



Astrocarpus Clusii J. Gay var. spatliulcBfoUus G. & G. Heathy 

 places ; frequent or common ; 3-6. III. i. ! ii. Palmones Pinar ! 

 iii. Palmones Village ! 



Caryophyllace^. 



Tunica veliUina Fisch. & Mey. Dry gravelly places, woods 

 and mountains ; frequent ; 4-6. III. i. Queen of Spain's Chair ! 

 Alcadeza ! Cork Woods ! ii. By railway in several places ! M. de 

 la Torre ! Mountains ! 



T. prolif era y^GQTp. Similar places; less frequent; 5-6. Stems 

 glabrous, leaf sheaths shorter. Perez Lara describes a third 

 species, T. (Kohlrauschia) p)i'netoyuvi, viith iutevmedi&te characters, 

 and suspects that the Queen of Spain's Chair plant, which he has 

 not seen, may belong to it. I. Mediterranean Steps ! Dockyard ! 

 III. i.! " In great abundance on the Queen of Spain's Chair and 

 Cork Woods," K. Neitlier species is abundant, but T. velutina 

 is certainly the commoner, ii. Near Cortijo Trinidad ! iii. Pal- 

 mones Sands ! 



iDianthus lusitanicus Brot. {teste F. N. Williams). Dry 

 heaths ; rare ; 6-7. Petals notched, not incised, leaves slender, 

 green. III. i. Between Malaga Gardens and S. Lorca ! 



D. Broteri B. & E. var. hrachyrihyllus Wk. Dry banks and 

 rocky places; rare; 6-7. Petals 'fimbriate. The var. is more 

 caespitose, leaves shorter, stiffer, and calyx shorter, with 8-12, not 

 6 scales. I. Bev. III. i. Lane beyond Bonel's Farm ! Lower 

 mountain region of San Eoque, D. 



