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i Var. erioclada DC. I. Sands about Gibraltar, Durand. 



0. reclinata L. var. minor Moris. Sandy and gravelly places ; 

 rare; 4-5. Flowers rose, soon pendulous, on long peduncles. 

 The var. has shorter corolla and pods as long as calyx. The 

 leaves in all I have collected are broadly oval or suborbicular. 

 I. Signal Station ! Princess Amelia's Battery ! Above Mediter- 

 ranean Tunnels ! II. Ji., D. 



0. yendida Desf. Grassy or rocky places ; occasional ; 3-5. 

 Habit of last, but flowers much larger, with yellowish, not rosy 

 or whitish, wings. I. Buffadero Gate to Monkey's Cave ! III. 

 ii. Near Upper x\queduct! Towards Saladillo ! Carnero Hills! 

 Sandy Bay ! 



0. imhescens L. Dry stony or sandy soil, especially dry water- 

 courses; frequent; 4-6. Flowers large, yellow, peduncles muti- 

 cous. I. Above Alameda Parade! Above WilUs's ! About Michael's 

 Cave, K. D., Bev. 



0. viscosa L. Similar places ; frequent ; 4-6. Like last, but 

 taller and much laxer, stems often red, peduncles longer and 

 awned. I. Michael's Cave ! Spur Battery ! Levant ! Above 

 Engineer Eoad ! III. i. and ii. ! 



Var. foetida Deb. has narrower leaves, larger flowers and 

 longer pods, about twice as long as calyx. III. i. Alcadeza Crags ! ? 

 By Cagancha below San Eoque ! ? Both these are perhaps as 

 near type as var. ii. Algeciras, Rev., Winkl. 



j; 0. crotalarioldes Goss. Similar places ; rare ; 5-6. Like last, 

 but all leaves unifoliolate and pods much inflated, much longer 

 than calyx. III. ii. Foot of S. de Palma at Algeciras, Winkl. 



fVar. ruhricaulis Wk. Elongate, with purple virgate branches 

 and smaller leaves. III. ii. Near Algeciras, Hegelm. 



f 0, breviflora DC. Eocky grassy slopes ; rare ; 5-6. Like 



0. viscosa, and often regarded as a variety, but corolla shorter than 

 calyx, and other differences. III. i. South slopes of San Eoque, D. 



0. ramosissima Desf. var. gracilis G. & G. (0. gibraltarica 

 Boiss.). This species and the next vary indefinitely, and it is 

 difiicult to fix on any characters by which to separate them. I 

 have regarded this as a dark green shrublet with very short 

 glandular pubescence, and narrow elongate leaves. All other 

 points seem unstable. The var. differs in its more slender virgate 

 habit, with smaller leaves and peduncles with longer awns. 



1. Catalan Bay ! Casual plants at Haynes's Cave and in Dock- 

 yard ! III. i. Linea ! Near Eocadillo ! iii. Palmones Sands ! 



0. Natrix L. var. media Boiss. Dry hills and sandy ground ; 

 occasional ; 4-8. As I understand it, a pale grey-green shrublet, 

 with very long viscid pubescence and broadish leaflets, racemes 

 more compact, the whole plant with the aspect of a large 

 0. puhescens. It does not appear to be confined to sand dunes. 

 The var. has smaller leaflets, often folded, and peduncles longer 

 than floral leaves. These characters bring it very near 0. ramo- 

 sissima. I. Boiss. ? ex Deb. Fl. p. 63. Boissier does not record 

 it from the Eock in Voy. Bot. K., D. III. i. Linea, K., Fl. p. 178, 

 not Neutral Ground, as cited by Debeaux. 



