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Roque ! ii. Eailside and adjacent fields near Algeciras ! Carnero 

 Hills ! 



iA. algarbieiisis Goss. Sand dunes ; very local; 4-5. Annual, 

 with yellow flowers in very short racemes on very long axillary 

 peduncles, racemes elongating in fruit, fruit obliquely ovoid, 

 apiculate, glabrous. III. iii. Sandy hillock west of Guadacorto 

 Marsh ! 



A. hamosus L. Dry gravelly places; rather frequent; 3-5. 

 Like next, but smaller and more diffuse, with falcate pods. I. ! 

 II. D. III. i. Slopes of Fort San Felipe, D. River bed above 

 Almoraima ! ii. Algeciras, Bev. iii. Near Salt Pans ! 



A. bceticus Li. Similar places ; equally frequent ; 4-5. I. Rock 

 and North Front ! II. ! III. i. About San Roque ! ii. Algeciras, 

 Bev. Carnero Hills ! 



[A. dej^ressits L., communicated to Kelaart by Lemann, was 

 probably an error, though he is usually accurate. It is not known 

 in the province, nor is it North African.] 



A. kisitanicus Lamk. {Phaca hcetica L.). Woods and shady 

 places ; rather rare ; 2-4. A large coarse species, with racemes 

 of large white flowers, and much inflated pods. [I. Cultivated ? 

 -ST.] III. i. Spanish racecourse, -D. ; not there now. Sandy fields 

 at San Roque, D., K. Cork Woods ! 



Biserrula peleciims L. Cultivated and fallow fields ; rare ; 

 3-6. Pods long, pendulous, scalloped. III. i. Near San Roque, 

 Brouss. 



Scorpiurus s^dcata L. Cultivated and rough fields ; abundant 

 as an aggregate ; 3-6. The type has spiny pods, the convolutions 

 all in one plane. The floral characters are quite unreliable. I 

 only cite stations where I have collected the varieties. I. Dock- 

 yard ! Europa Glacis ! 



Var. subvillosa P. L. Pod very similar, but convolutions very 

 irregular and not in one plane. As abundant as type. I. Levant ! 

 Sandpits ! III. i. Beyond Bond's Farm ! ii. Railside near 

 Algeciras ! 



Var. muricata P. L. Spines very short, or reduced to tubercles. 

 Decidedly rarer. III. i. Campamento Common ! Near S. Lorca ! 



S. vermiculata L. Similar places ; abundant in Spain ; rare 

 on Rock ; 3-6. Spines cylindrical and densely contiguous, covering 

 the whole pod. I. Rare, K. II. ! III. ! 



Coronilla glauca L. Bushy places and ravines ; frequent on 

 Rock; 1-3; rare in Spain; 3-5. I. Chiefly about Mediterranean 

 Steps, and above Lower Lines, scattered elsewhere ! III. i. 

 Ravine near Long Stables ! 



C. juncea L. Similar places ; locally common ; 3-5. III. i. 

 Cork Wood Crags ! 



[Hippocreins comosa L. is recorded from San Roque by Kelaart 

 only.] 



ill. unisiliquosa L. Grassy places; rare; 3-5. III. i. Orchard 

 by Arroyo Viejo, below Malaga Gardens ! 



H. nmltisiliquosa L. Dry places and cultivated soil; rather 

 common ; 3-5. I. ! III. i. and iii. ! 



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