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broadly amplexicaul, and large subglabrous flowers. III. ii. 

 Algeciras, Winhl. 



[P. Laflingii L. was reported in error to Kelaart from the Kock.] 



P. Lagopus L. Similar places ; frequent ; 4-6. Like 

 P. lanceolatum but annual, with very longly villous calyx. Var. 

 lusitanica Ball differs chiefly in the quite unimportant character 

 of taller scapes, and is inseparable from the type. I. Windmill 

 Hill!, and elsewhere in the south, De6. III. i. San Eoque, D. 

 ii. Near Algeciras, Nilss. iii. Near Los Barrios Station ! 



Var. vaginata W.-Dod (P. vaginata Vent. Jard. Cels. t. 29) has 

 a long stem sometimes 1 ft. high. It is as common as type or 

 var. lusitanica, and is connected by every intermediate. I.! III. ! 



P. lanceolata L. Grassy places ; frequent ? 3-5. Perennial, 

 corolla and calyx glabrous. II.! III. i. Opposite Francia's Farm 

 and elsewhere ! ii. About Algeciras ! Carnero Hills ! The form 

 is usually var. erioi)hylla Dcsne., but I have seen type. 



P. Bellardi All. Dry sandy places ; very common : 4-5. A 

 low annual, with short thick spikes and grey pubescent leaves. 

 I. Willis's ! South and west slopes, K., D. III. i. ! 



P. Serraria L. Eather damp clayey soil ; abundant ; 4-5. 

 Leaves bright green, glabrous, remotely coarsely dentate, spikes 

 long, cylindrical. I. Windmill Hill ! II. ! '? III. ! 



f P. maritima L, ? Salt marshes ; rare ; 4-5. Leaves very 

 narrow, usually entire, capsule 2-seeded. III. iii. My 2060 from 

 near Los Barrios Station may be this, but the leaves are rather 

 broad and have one or two teeth, the capsule is 2-seeded, but this 

 sometimes occurs in P. Serraria. 



P. Coronopits L. Sandy ground ; abundant ; 1-12. Fairly 

 constant in character in our region. I. ! II. ! III. ! 



Var. crithmifolia Wk. (P. Geratophyllum Hoffm. & Link.) is 

 larger, with bipinnatifid leaves, and a broader rachis. I. Catalan 

 Bay ! Sentry Fence ! Governor's Cottage ! 



P. major L. Chiefly in vegetable gardens ; occasional ; 3-9. 

 I. K. III. ! 



[Nyctaginace^.] 



\Mirabilis Jalapa L. is more or less established above Devil's 

 Gap, at Sandpits, and in gardens.] 



Amaranthace^. 



Amaranthus albus L. Eoadsides and gardens ; occasional ; 

 6-9. Pale green, with sessile axillary spiny clusters. III. i. 

 Near Punta Mala ! Eailway near Second Venta ! A weed of 

 cultivation elsewhere! 



A. Blitmn L. Similar places; rare; 5-9. I.? "Gibraltar," 

 Brouss. without precise locally, but perhaps not on the Eock. 



A. cJilorostachys Willd. Waste and cultivated soil; rare; 12-5. 

 Dark green, with dense terminal and lateral spikes, floral bracts 

 spinose. III. i. Gardens at First Venta! ii. Algeciras Station ! 



A. defiexus L. Similar places; frequent; 1-12. Prostrate, 

 with short axillary and terminal spikes, bracts muticous. Leaves 



