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Var. hiisutus Koch is a more hairy variety. I. Dry grassy 

 slopes in south and west, K., D. 



iL. uliginosus Schk. Damp bushy places ; rare ; 4-6. Much 

 taller and stouter, tips of calyx teeth divergent in bud. III. ii. 

 By streamlet above El Cobre ! 



L. arenarius Brot. Dry sandy places, often in deep sand ; 

 locally common ; 3-7. Annual, with flowers inclining to orange, 

 styles bifid. I. K. ! II. Very abundant ! III. i. Towards 

 Pedrera ! 



Var. major Wk. By description this differs chiefly in size, but 

 L. canescens Kunze, cited as synonymous, is densely covered 

 with yellowish tomentum and looks very different. I. Jews' 

 Cemetery ! ? A glabrous plant as stout as L. uliginosus, with 

 the bifid style of L. arenarius, and differing from both in its long 

 narrow calyx tube, with teeth much longer than tube. 



L. angustissimus L. Sandy ground; rare? 4-6. Differs from 

 next in several unstable characters, the most constant being its 

 long slender fruit, 3J-5 times as long as calyx. Young examples 

 placed to L. liispidus may belong here. II. Damp sand, Boiss., D. 

 Ill, ii. Algeciras, ib. 



L. liispidus Desf. Sandy places, and in woods ; common, at 

 least locally ; 3-6. Fruit not more than 2| times calyx or less, 

 thicker than in last. The corolla often turns green after drying, 

 but this may not occur for months. III. i. Pindalista ! ii. Near 

 Cortijo Trinidad ! M. de la Torre ! Mountains ! iii. Guadacorte 

 and Guadarranque Marshes ! 



L. ijarviflorus Desf. Dry or wet places on heaths and open 

 mountain slopes; locally common; 3-6. Petals and fruit scarcely 

 longer than calyx. The corolla ultimately often turns green, as in 

 last, but this is not a constant character. I. Behind the Mount, 

 K. Probably the reference on p. 60 to L. angustifolius refers to 

 this. III. i. Bonel's Farm ! Alcadeza ! Pine Woods near San 

 Eoque, Wk. ii. Mountains ! 



Psoralea bitwninosa L. Eough or bushy places ; common on 

 Eock, much less so in Spain. It varies much in size. I. ! III. 

 i. Alcadeza ! ii. Algeciras ! In the mountains ! M. de la Torre ! 

 Carnero Hills ! 



Var. latifolia Moris (P. plumosa Echb., P. imlcBstina Mor.) is a 

 large form, which Perez Lara does not distinguish even as a 

 variety. I. ! III. ii. Algeciras, Bev. 



Galega officinalis L. Bushy places by streams ; rather com- 

 mon ; 4-5. III. i. Lajo Valley below Almendral ! A large mass 

 in field beyond Almorairaa, and elsewhere ! ii. and iii. ! 



Astragalus epiglottis L. Dry sandy places; rare ; 3-5. 

 Annual, with bicuspidate, centrifixed hairs, flowers very small, 

 whitish or pale yellowish, turning blue, in dense axillary, very 

 shortly peduncled heads. I. Lag., Winkl. III. iii. Palmones, Eev. 

 A. pentaglottis L. Dry gravelly places; occasional, or locally 

 frequent; 4-5. Flowers pinkish purple, in dense round heads, on 

 very long peduncles. III. i. Opposite Francia's Farm ! Carteian 

 Hills ! Between San Eoque and First Pine Wood ! North of San 



