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of material on which to climb. It is dwarf, erect, compact, and 

 little scabrous. 



[Galium gihraltaricum Schott fil. A doubtful species, des- 

 cribed in Deb. Fl. p. 95. Perez Lara thinks it may have been a 

 form of G. cavipestre.] 



G. ellipticum Willd. Shady valleys and mountain slopes ; 

 locally frequent ; 5-6. III. i. Woods near San Roque, Potcrr. 

 Almoi'aima, Reut. ii. Mountains ! 



[G. rubioides L. Kelaart was informed that this grew in 

 Gibraltar, but it has not been confirmed.] 



G. paliLstre L. var. elongatum G. & G. Marshes and ditches; 

 occasional or locally frequent ; 5-7. III. i. Cork Wood Sotos ! 

 Lajo Marshes! ii. Shore marshes near Algeciras, Bev. iii. 

 Guadacorte Marshes ! 



G. campestre Schousb. Cultivated and fallow fields; frequent; 

 5-6. I. P.L. III. i. Campamento Common! Alcadeza Crags ! 

 Around San Roque ! ii. Carnero and Algeciras Hills ! iii. Salt Pans ! 



[G. viscosum Vahl. {G. glomeratum Desf.) is recorded by 

 Kelaart from the Spanish Racecourse, doubtless in error for the 

 last.] 



G. divaricatum Lamk. Dry grassy or stony places ; rare ; 

 5-6. Very near next, but panicle broader, laxer, branches elon- 

 gate and filiform, leaves not reflexed. I. Pavon. III. i. San 

 Roque, Re2it., D. ii. Algeciras, i?eu. Upper Waterfall Valley ! ? 

 Perhaps G. parisiense. 



G. parisiense L. {G. anglicum Huds.). Similar places ; rather 

 rare; 5-6. III. ii. Algeciras Station! Between El Cobre and El 

 Saladillo ! 



Var. vestitum G. & G. has a hispid fruit. III. i. Campo 

 Common ! Railside beyond San Roque ! ii. Railside beyond 

 Algeciras ! 



G. Aparine L. Roadsides, gardens and hedges ; frequent ; 

 3-5. I. Chiefly in gardens ! Reclamation Road ! III. ! 



G. tricorne With. Cornfields ; rare '? 4-5. I. K. III. i. 

 Near Pindalista ! Almoraima ! 



G. saccharatum All. Dry hills, banks, walls, &c. ; very abun- 

 dant ; 1-4. Large specimens not in fruit resemble G. Aparine. 

 L! IIL! 



G. murale All. Walls, rocks and dry places ; very common ; 

 1-5. I. ! III. i. and ii. ! 



Vaillantia hispida L. Rocks and old walls ; rare ? 4-5. 

 Hispid, inflorescence dense, no horn on top of fruit. I. Near 

 Levant Battery ! 



W. muralis L. Similar places; locally very common; 2-5. 

 I. ! Sometimes shghtly hispid. My 300, from Catalan Bay, is a 

 very laxly branched form simulating Polycarpon tetryphyllum. 



Valerianae. 

 Valeriana tuberosa L. ? Stony or grassy places ; rare cr 

 error ? 4-5. Forms of this often resemble C. Calcitrapa, which 

 Kelaart may have mistaken for it. I. South and west slopes, K. 



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