64 A FLORA OF GIBRALTAR AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 



T. tuberosa DC. Open grassy fields ; common ; 10-4. All 

 achenes with beak about half their length. III. i. and ii. ! 



T. maroccana Pers. Similar places ; rare ? 5. Annual, outer 

 achenes shortly, inner very longly beaked, but this is variable. 

 It may be only a first year's flowering of last. I. Frere. III. i. 

 Near San Eoque, Boiss. 



jLeontodon liispanicus Mer. var. psilocalyx Wk. Very hispid, 

 all achenes with pappus, not inner only. III. ii. Sandy hills 

 near Algeciras, Winkl. 



Helminthia echioides Gaertn. Hedges and bushy places ; 

 occasional; 5-9. Outer phyllaries cordate, as long as lanceolate 

 inner. I. Scud Hill, Dumbreck. Gibraltar, K. III. i. Abun- 

 dantly by San Eoque Eoad, K. ii. Algeciras, Rev. 



H. comosa Boiss. Similar places ; rather common ; 5-6. 

 Stem and leaves with much larger and more numerous asperities 

 on tubercles, outer phyllaries ovate or lanceolate, one-third as long 

 as inner. II. ! III. ! A dwarf form is abundant on Carnero Hills! 



Urospermum picroides Desf. Dry bushy, grassy and sandy 

 places ; common ; 3-5. 1. 1 II. ! III. ! 



Picris hieracioides L. Stony and rocky places ; rare ; 6-7. 

 III. i. Eoadsides near San Eoque, D. 



Podospermxim calcitrapifolium DC. Grassy places and by 

 ditches; occasional or frequent; 4-5. III. i. Carteian Hills ! San 

 Eoque ! Foot of Chair ! iii. Salt Pans ! Near Palmones Village, 

 often in a very dwarf form ! 



Scorzonera liispanica L. var, latifolia Koch. Cornfields ; 

 rare ? 4-6. Phyllaries very unequal, leaves broad. III. iii. 

 Between San Eoque and Algeciras, Winkl. 



fVar. glastifolia Wallr. has leaves about 2 lines broad, and is 

 the only form I have seen. It is frequent. III. i. and ii. ! 



Tragopogon porrifolms L. ? Sandy and grassy places ; rare or 

 next mistaken for it? 4-5. Flowers purple, achenes abruptly 

 narrowed into a long beak, pappus of all achenes plumose. 

 I. Brouss. An escape ? 



tVar. australis P. L. Leaves undulate, florets much shorter 

 than phyllaries, achenes gradually attenuate into a beak shorter 

 than fruit. III. i. Near San Eoque, D., who does not record next; 

 a possible error ? 



Geropogon glaber L. Cornfields and grassy places ; locally 

 frequent ; 4-5. Flowers pale purple, pappus of outer achenes of 

 5 short pales, not of hairs. III. i. Hills over San Eoque Station ! 

 ii. Eailside near Algeciras! Towards Sandy Bay! 



Hypockaris radicata L. Sandy places ; frequent or common ; 

 4-6. Tall, often 2 ft. high, scapes elongate, erectly' branched, all 

 achenes with beak longer than fruit. III. ! 



Var. heterocarpa Mor. has outer achenes not beaked. III. ii. 

 About Algeciras, Bev. 



H. Salzynanniana Coss. Sand-dunes ; very common ; 2-6. 

 Annual, flowers as large as last, phyllaries hispid or glabrous, 

 leaves usually hispid-ciliate. Sometimes regarded as a variety of 

 H. glabra, but very distinct. II. ! III. ! 



