70 a flora of gibraltar and the neighbourhood 



Apocynace^. 



Vinca media Hoffm. & Link. Banks and bushy places ; 

 abundant ; 12-4. I. ! III. ! With white flowers near Levant, 

 below Signal Station, and railside near Long Stables ! 



Nerium Oleander L. By streams and rivers ; very common ; 

 5-9. [I. Native, K.] I think this doubtful. III. ! 



ASCLEPIADACE.S;. 



■•'\Go')np}iocarpus fruticosus E.Br. Among bushes; rare; 5-6. 

 III. ii. At El Cobre, quite naturalized ! 



Gentianace^. 



Chlora perfoliata L. Hill slopes and banks ; occasional ; 5-8. 

 Cauline leaves connate for their whole width, calyx divided to 

 base, segments linear-subulate, shorter than corolla. I. Near 

 Signal Station Eoad! Catalan Bay, Ifwrs^ ! III. i. Upper Lajo 

 and Alcadeza I ii. El Cobre, both very slender forms ! Carnero 

 Hills ! iii. Palmones ! 



Var. sessilifolia Griseb. More slender, shorter, leaves longer, 

 more acute, scarcely connate except uppermost. Connects with 

 next through its var. lanceolata Koch. III. i. Woody places 

 about San Koque, D. ii. Algeciras, Bev. 



C. imperfoliata L. f. Similar places, partial to damp ; occa- 

 sional; 5-6. Lower and middle leaves not connate, flowers longly 

 peduncled, calyx segments broadly linear-lanceolate, connate at 

 base, longer than corolla. II. ! III. i. Bond's Farm ! iii. 

 Palmones Sands ! Guadacorte ! 



Gicendia filiformis Delarb. Eather damp sandy places ; locally 

 frequent ; 4-6. III. I. Bond's Farm and lower east slopes of 

 Chair ! ii. Near Palmones Pinar ! Eare in mountains 1 



fC pusilla Griseb. Similar places; rare; 5-7. III. i. Near 

 San Eoque, Ball ! ii. S. de Palma in Los Barrios district, Bev. 



Erythrcea maritima Pers. Dry grassy and sandy places ; 

 rather frequent ; 4-6. Flowers yellow. III. i. and ii. ! Not seen 

 north of San Eoque, but occurs in Algeciras mountains ! 



E. spicata Pers. t var. glauca Eev. Salt marshes ; locally 

 frequent ; 6-9. III. iii. Salt Pans ! Guadacorte marshes ! 



E. ramosissima Pers. [E. pidchclla Hornem.). Sandy banks 

 and grassy places, partial to damp ; locally frequent ; 4-8. Varies 

 much in habit. Starved forms from Guadarranque marshes may 

 be f. gracilis Daut. & Deb. III. i. Between Neutral Ground and 

 Guadarranque Eiver, D. ii. Hills round Algeciras ! Carnero 

 Hills ! iii. Palmones Sands and Marshes ! 



E. latifolia Sm. var. tenuiflora Hoffm. &Link. Similar places; 

 rare ; 4-8. Eesembles last, but much taller, much branched above 

 only, with subcorymbose inflorescence, leaves broader. Ill', ii. 

 Saline marshes and sands at Algeciras, Bev. iii. Guadacorte 

 Marshes ! 



\E. Barrelieri L. Dry or rocky hills ; rare ; 6-8. Distinct 

 from all in its long linear-subulate leaves, and large pedicelled 

 flowers. III. i. S. Carbonera, D. 



