78 A FLORA OF GIBRALTAR AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 



Var. albiflora Boiss. has petals white, spotted with violet. 

 I. Chiefly east side ! III. i. Queen of Spain's Chair, rare ! 



L. Munhijana B. & E. Sandy places; occasional? 2-5. Very 

 small, with yellow flowers, seeds with a thick wing. A species I 

 believe to be this, frequent in the stations cited, has very dark 

 seeds, with a dark, but scarcely thick wing. I have seen no 

 other specimens, but all allied species have pale seeds, with a very 

 pale diaphanous wing. III. i. Between Gibraltar and San Koque, 

 Schousb. Beyond Second Pine Wood ! ? ii. Between M. de la 

 Torre and Palmones Bridge ! ? iii. Palmones Sands ! ? 



[L. Haenseleri B. & E., like last, but seeds with a very pale 

 thin wing, is reported by Dasoi from the neighbourhood, but not 

 confirmed.] 



L. tristis Mill. Eocks ; locally frequent ; 3-6. Flowers 

 varying from dingy yellow to reddish brown. I. ! III. i. Alca- 

 deza Crags ! San Eoque, B. d B. 



L. melanantha B. & E. Eocks; rare; 3-6. Flowers almost 

 black, but often drying quite pale, leaves narrow, \ line or less, 

 calyx segments narrower. Scarcely distinct from last. III. ii. 

 Waterfall Valley ! 



Digitalis imrpurea L. var. tomentosa Webb. Woods ; locally 

 frequent ; 4-6. III. i. Almoraima ! Mountain Woods at San 

 Eoque, D. ii. Mountains! 



\Lafuentea rotundifolia Lag. Bushy rocky places ; rare ; 4-5 ; 

 not found recently. I. Brouss. 



Sibthorpia euroijcea L. Wet places in mountairrs ; locally 

 common ; 5-9. III. i. Foot of Alcadeza Crags ! ii. Eeaching 

 high up the slopes ! 



Veronica Gymbalaria Bod. Walls and stony places ; very 

 common ; 1-4. I. ! III. ! 



V. agrestis L. Sandy fields; rare; 12-3. Flowers axillary, 

 pale, calyx-lobes oval, capsule notch narrow, valves 4-6-seeded. 

 I. North Front, near Cemetery ! III. ii. Algeciras Station ! 



\V. persica Pourr. Similar places; rare; 1-3. Much larger, 

 flowers bright blue, capsule lobes broad, flattish, divaricate. 

 III. ii. Palmones Playazo ! 



V. polita Fries. Grassy places ; rather rare ; 3-4. Flowers 

 bright blue, calyx lobes broadly ovate, capsule notch broad, valves 

 7-10-seeded. III. i. Lajo Eiver bed ! Almoraima ! ii. Alge- 

 ciras Station ! 



V. arvensis L. Similar places ; frequent ; 2-5. Flowers 

 minute, blue, in bracteate racemes. I. North Front! III. i. 

 First Pine Wood ! Cork Woods ! ii. x^lgeciras Station ! 

 Mountains ! 



V. Anagallis L. Wet ditches ; frequent ; 4-6. A polymorphous 

 species. Mr. Druce refers specimens from Lajo Valley to the 

 segregate F. aqiiatica Bernh., known by its very spreading pedi- 

 cels and broad capsules, not narrowed below. Type V. Anagallis 

 L. has ascending pedicels and capsules narrowed below. I 

 cannot say which form prevails. III. ! 



V. anagalloides Guss. Similar places ; frequent in the 



