72 A FLORA OF GIBRALTAR AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 



Calystegia sepium K. Br. Hedges and woods, perhaps often 

 planted; frequent; 5-7. [I. Hedges at St. Bernard's, but not 

 native on Eock !] III. ! 



Var. sylvestris Wk., flowers much larger, bracts very large and 

 overlapping. I believe frequent, but have not distinguished it. 

 III. ii. Damp places by K. Ancho near Algeciras, P. L. El 

 Cobre!? 



C. Soldanella'R.'Br. Sand-dunes by sea; local; 4-6. III. ii. 

 and iii. About Palmones, on both sides of River ! 



iCuscuta Eiyithymum L. On many low growing plants; rather 

 frequent ; 5-7. The type has corolla tube much longer than the 

 very broad short calyx segments, and does not, I believe, occur. 



fVar. angustata Engelm. has a very short corolla tube, the 

 lobes and calyx segments triangular, longly acuminate. I. Upper 

 and middle slopes ! III. i. Queen of Spain's Chair ! Carteian 

 Hills ! Alcadeza ! ii. By Algeciras Cemetery ! Carnero Hills ! 

 Common in mountains! 



Var. Kotschyi Engelm., differs from var. angustata only in 

 smaller heads of closely sessile flowers, and stouter stem. I. On 

 Bracliy podium pinnatmn, D. 



iVar. obtusata Engelm. has few-flowered glomerules, pedicels 

 longer than calyx, and broadly ovate calyx and corolla lobes. 

 III. ii. S. de Luna in Los Barrios district, Niks. 



BORAGINACE^. 



Hdiotropium europcsum L. Dry cultivated fields, roadsides, 

 and waste places; frequent; 6-11. Var. temdflora Guss. is the 

 commoner form in the province, and may be ours. I. Lighthouse! 

 By Kennels ! Above Devil's Gap ! II. Forms large beds, K. 

 I have not seen it there at all. III. i. By Francia's Farm! Near 

 Bond's Farm ! Rail near San Roque Station ! ii. Algeciras 

 Station, &c. ! iii. Palmones Village ! 



H. siqnnum L. Similar places, often on dried mud; rare? 

 flowers too late for my observations of its distribution ; 6-7. 

 III. i. In San Roque ! Roadside beyond Francia's Farm ! 

 iii. About Los Barrios Station ! 



Cerinthe major L. Roadsides and fallow fields ; abundant ; 

 2-5. The type has yellowish-green bracts, and either yellowish 

 or purple flowers, and is the sylvan form. I. Above Ince's ! 

 Sunnyside Steps ! North Front, i^rere. II. ! III. i. Cork Woods, 

 &c. ! ii. and iii. rare ! 



Var. purpurascens Boiss. Bracts as well as flowers dark 

 purple; much commoner than type in open ground. I. K. 

 II. K. III. ! 



Anchusa calcarea Boiss. Sandy fields; rare; 3-6. Flowers 

 small, violet purple, calyx shortly 5-fid. III. i. At Foot of San 

 Roque, Boiss, Wk., D. 



Var. scaherrima Boiss. is much more setose. III. i. With 

 type, ib. 



A. italica Retz. Fields; common; 4-5. I. Mediterranean 

 Road, but more abundant on lower parts, K. A specimen in herb. 



