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fii. i^latiipliylla Baudo. Similar places; rare; 5. Annual, 

 like last, but flowers 1\ in. diameter, leaves 1 in. broad. III. i. 

 Rocky grassy places on south slopes of San Roque, D. 



A, linifolia L. Sandy places ; locally frequent ; 4-6. Perennial, 

 leaves linear or narrow lanceolate, flowers very large. I. Masson, 

 Finlaij\, B. cO B. II. D. III. i. Alcadeza Crags and Plain! 

 Cork Wood Crags ! ii. Palmones Playazo! iii. Palmones Sands ! 



Samolm Valerandi L. Wet places; frequent; 4-9. I. Caves 

 at Europa Point, K. Rocks over North Front, D. II. ! III. ! 



Plumb AGIN ACE^ . 



Armeria macro2)lujlla B. & R. {A. bcetica var. stenophylla, 

 Boiss.). Heathy places; locally frequent; 4-6. Leaves long, 

 very slender, in dense tufts, calyx lobes truncate, mucronate. 

 I.? Finlajjl Willcl, teste Wk., Masson. III. i. Cork Woods! 

 Pine Wood Plains ! 



A. bcetica Boiss. Grassy places; locally frequent; 3-6. 

 Leaves shorter and broader, calyx lobes acuminate, cuspidate. 

 III. i. Bond's Farm ! Linea and Campamento, Frere. ii. and iii. ! 



Var. hirta Boiss. has leaves and calyx ribs more hirtulous. 

 II. or III. i. Sands near Gibraltar, Willd., D. ii. Sandy Bay I ? 



Statice ferulacea L. Salt marshes ; locally frequent ; 5-7. 

 Leafless, flowers at ends of branches, outer bracts and calyx 

 longly aristate. III. i. Rare on Bond's Farm ! ii. Algeciras, 

 Rev. iii. Guadarranque Marshes ! Aguacorte ! 



S. diffusa Pourr. Similar places ; rare ; 6-7. Like last, but 

 flowers fewer, at base of branches, bracts and calyx not longly 

 aristate. III. ii. Near Algeciras, Nilss. iii. Palmones, Nilss. 



S. virgata Willd. Similar places ; rare or error ? 6-10. 

 Leaves narrow spathulate, panicle with many barren branches. 

 I. Sands and rocks by shore, Lagima? Possibly the next 

 mistaken for it. 



S. simthulata Desf. var. emarginata Boiss. Rocks by shore ; 

 locally abundant ; 5-6. Dense tufts of rigid spathulate emarginate 

 leaves, no sterile branches. I. From Europa Point to Monkey's 

 Cave I Beyond Catalan Bay ! III. ii. Algeciras, Bev. 



S. hjchnidifolia Gir. Muddy salt marshes ; locally common ; 

 5-6. Radical leaves few, large, oblanceolate. III. i. Above 

 Guadarranque Ferry ! ii. Palmones Playazo! iii. Guadarranque 

 Marshes ! Recorded by Nee as S. ovalifolia Poir. ? 



S. sinuata L. Sandy slopes and rocks near sea ; locally 

 common ; 4-6. I. Europa Point to Governor's Cottage ! III. i. 

 Sands at foot of S. Carbonera, Wk. ii. Algeciras, Bev. 



Plantaginace^. 



Plantago Psyllium L. Dry slopes and fields ; very common ; 

 3-5. The common form is var. dcntifolia Wk., with broader 

 leaves, with 2-3 rather long teeth each side, but I think the type 

 with entire or denticulate leaves also occurs. I. ! II. ! III. ! 



P. amplexicaulis Cav. Similar places ; rare ; 3-6 ; Annual, 

 stems 1-4 in., leaves mostly basal, linear lanceolate, petioles short. 



