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somewhat narrowed below. I suspect the two hybridise. III. i. 

 Queen of Spain's Chair ! ii. Mountains ! 



Conyza amhigua DC. Waste places, roadsides and gardens ; 

 frequent; 5-11. I.! III.! 



Aster longicaulis Duf. Marshes near sea ; locally rather 

 frequent ; 9-11. III. ii. Palmones Playazo ! iii. Salt Pans ! 



Pulicaria arahica Cass. var. hisjxmica Boiss. Damp and 

 waste places ; ditches and watercourses ; frequent ; 5-9. The 

 type is not found. A dwarf form is frequent, as at Palmones 

 Village. I. A few plants at waterworks on Willis's Road ! II. ! III. ! 



Var. percimans P. L. is biennial or perennant, stouter, branches 

 shorter, subpaniculate, leaves very long, and is, I think, frequent. 

 III. i. Railside near San Roque Station, and elsewhere ! 



P. dysentcrica Gaertn. f var. hispanica Wk. Marshes ; 

 locally frequent ; 7-9. The variety is puberulous, not woolly, 

 leaves flat, cordate, not undulate and acutely auricled. Often 

 3-4 ft. high. III. i. Cork Wood Sotos! ii. Algeciras, Bev. 

 iii. Guadacorte Marshes ! Salt Pans ! 



P. odora Eeichb. Heaths and sandy plains, and in woods ; 

 very common ; 5-6. III. ! 



Inula viscosa Ait. Eough stony ravines and watercourses ; 

 frequent; 7-11. I. ! II.! III.! 



fVar. laxiflora Boiss. has heads longly peduncled and distant, 

 in a lax panicle, and occurs frequently with the type. I. ! III. ! 



I. critJimoides L. Tidal rivers ; locally common ; 9-10. 

 III. ii. and iii. Palmones River, both sides ! Aguacorte River 1 

 Palmones Playazo I Salt Pans ! 



Asteriscus viaritimus Moench. Dry rocky places ; locally 

 abundant; 1-12, but chiefly 3-6. Varies much in size and habit. 

 Erect specimens look very like A. aquatimis, but it is perennial, 

 with the central head peduncled. I. ! III. i. ? Slopes of San 

 Roque, K., D. I strongly suspect that A. aquaticus has been 

 mistaken for it here. ii. Carnero Point ! 



■\A. brachiatus Jord. & Fourr. Similar places; rare? 3-6. 

 III. i. Algeciras, Bev. Probably at Carnero Point, whence my 

 specimens do not differ appreciably from last, of which this may 

 be only a slight variety. 



A. aquaticiis Moench. Dry fields; common; 5-6. Annual, 

 like A. s2n7ios2is, but with more divaricate branches; soft involucre 

 tips, and central head closely sessile. III. i. Carteian Hills ! 

 North of San Roque ! ii. Hills round Algeciras ! Carnero Hills ! 

 iii. Palmones Village ! 



A. spinosus G. & G. Dry hills and bushy places ; common; 

 4-6. I.! III.! 



Var. aureus Wk. Rays much wider. III. ii. As common as 

 type near Algeciras, but not seen elsewhere ! 



Peridercea fiiscata Webb. Cultivated and fallow fields, and 



roadsides; very common, 12-6. Pales between florets, tube of 



latter flattened and winged, prolonged into a cap over achene. 



I. Near Inundation, K. Notthere now I think. II. ! III. ! 



\Antliemis arvensis L. Sandy and gravelly heaths ; occasional 



