26 A FLORA OP GIBRALTAR AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 



0. plnnata Brot. Sandy ground ; locally frequent ; 6-7. 

 III. i. Cork Woods ! ? leaves only. ii. Palmones Playazo ! (Pro- 

 bably Schott's " near Algeciras "). iii. Palmones Sands ! 



0. Picardi Boiss. Loose sand ; locally abundant ; 4-7. Annual, 

 slender, diffuse, flowers rosy, tip of keel bright yellow. II. D. 

 III. i. Pine Wood Plains ! Alcadeza ! Foot of S. Carbonera, D. 

 ii. S. de Palma, Bev. iii. Palmones Sands ! Guadacorte ! 



0. Cossoniana B. & R. Light sandy soil ; occasional ; 4-6. 

 Much stouter and more erect than last, more leafy and with larger 

 flowers, 5-6 lines long. I. Sentry Fence on North Front ! II. 

 III. i. Andalucian racecourse ! ii. Behind Sandy Bay ! 



fVar. rotundifoUa Wk. has larger rounder leaflets. I. Rev. A 

 weed in Alameda Gardens ! Dockyard ! III. i. Near San Roque, 

 Bev. 



0. diffusa Ten. Dry sandy ground ; occasional ? 5-6. Differs 

 from last in smaller size and foliaceous floral bracts, but not 

 easily separable. I. Governor's Cottage {K., as 0. serrata Forsk., 

 probably this but not synonymous, see Deb. Fl. p. 59). II. Sea 

 sands on Neutral Ground near Catalan Bay, Boiss., K., D. III. i. 

 Between Gibraltar and San Roque, Salzm. ii. About Algeciras, Bev. 



0. mitissiina L. Damp grassy banks and stream beds ; frequent ; 

 5-6. Annual, much branched, suberect, flowers very small, close 

 set, rosy, bracts broad, white, with strong green nerves at base. 

 I. East side, K. Signal Station Road ! II. K. III. i. S. 

 Carbonera, D. Ditches at Campamento ! ii. By Railway ! 

 Carnero Hills ! 



0. filicaulis Salzm. Dry gravelly hills ; frequent ; 5-6. Much 

 like 0. Picardi, but grows in different soil, much less glandular 

 and more greyish-hirsute, racemes more elongate in flower, 

 standard brighter rose, wings and keel white, no yellow tip, and 

 broader calyx segments, not with long subulate points. III. i. 

 Bonel's Farm ! Queen of Spain's Chair ! Alcadeza Crags ! 

 ii. Carnero Hills ! 



0. Salzmanniana B. & R. Grassy places and ditches ; rather 

 frequent ; 5-6. A stout suberect annual, spikes long, dense, thick, 

 upper leaves trifoliolate, terminal leaflet very large, and bracts 

 trifoliolate. III. i. By the Cachon ! Railside beyond Almoraima ! 

 By Lajo below First Pine Wood ! Road between Campamento 

 and San Roque ! By the Lobo ! iii. By the Aguacorte ! 



0. alopecuroides L. Similar places ; rare ; 5-6. Resembles 

 last, and perhaps a variety. Larger, leaves and bracts all 

 unifoliolate, stipules larger and spike comose. III. i. About San 

 Roque, Brouss. 



0. TournefortiiGoss.? Sea sands; rare or error? 4-5. Near 

 next, but much larger and stouter ; leaves trifoliolate, corolla as 

 long as calyx. A conspicuous plant, not recorded by other 

 botanists. II. D. 



0. variegata L. Sea sands ; locally common ; 4-5. A small 

 annual, half-buried in sand, flowers bright yellow, twice as long 

 as calyx, and unifoliolate leaves. I. By Sentry Fence ! II.! III. i. 

 Linea ! ii. Sandy Bay ! iii. Palmones Sands ! 



