a flora op gibraltar and the neighbourhood 93 



Aristolochiace^. 



Aristolochia hcetica L. {A. glauca Desf.). Eough bushy places; 

 abundant on Eock, rather rare in Spain ; 11-5. I. ! III. i. Cachon ! 

 Alcadeza Crags ! First Pine Wood ! ii. Carnero Hills ! Alge- 

 ciras, Rev. 



A. longa L. Woods and open grassy places ; frequent ; 2-5. 

 I. K. III. i. Upper part of Campo Common ! Carteian Hills, 

 &c. ! ii. and iii. ! 



[A. rotunda L. has a globose tuber, and a closed sinus to the 

 leaves. I. K. Never confirmed.] 



Euphorbiace.e. 



'■'■'■Ricinus communis L. var. africanus Mill. Waste places near 



buildings ; occasional. The var. is a shrub. I never saw it 



annual. I. Keclamation Eoad! Sandpits! Lower Lines! III. i. 



San Eoque ! Puente Mayorga ! Almoraima ! ii. About Algeciras I 



Mercurialis elliptica Lamk. Heathy ground ; locally frequent ; 



3-5. Shrubby, erect and stiff, quite glabrous, leaves subcoriaceous, 



rather finely crenate. III. i. Second Pine Wood to Long Stables ! 



f If. BevercJioni Eouy. Bushy places and in woods ; locally 



common ; 1-6. Perennial, straggling, flaccid, leaves deeply 



incised. III. ii. All over mountains ! Near Cachon Farm ! 



Lobo Valley ! 



M. annua Lt. Waste places; abundant; 1-12. Very variable 

 in size, and in colour and shape of leaves. The complete female 

 appears rare. I. ! III. ! 



Var. amhigua Duby is as common as type. I. ! III. ! 

 Crozoijliora tinctoria A. Juss. Cultivated ground ; rare ; 6-8. 

 Annual, with some look of a Heliotropium, but very different in- 

 florescence. III. i. Opposite Francia's Farm I By First Pine 

 Wood ! iii. Guadacorte ! 



Euphorbia Peplis L. Sands near sea ; rare ; 5-9. Leaves 

 obliquely truncate at base, seeds large, smooth. II. Hurst ! 

 III. i. Sand dunes, Brouss., Duf., dx. iii. Palmones, D. 



■\E. gibraltarica W.-Dod in Journ. Bot. 1914, 13. Sandy or 

 gravelly places ; rare ; 5-9. Like last, but leaves larger, blotched 

 with reddish black, smaller capsules, and small blackish, 3-keeled, 

 foveolate seeds. III. i. Eailway at Second Venta ! 



E. Chamasyce L. fvar. canescens Boiss. Sandy or gravelly 

 places ; locally frequent ? 5-9. Much smaller, seeds tetragonous, 

 reticulate rugose. I. In small patches all over the Neutral 

 Ground, and cannot fail to attract attention, K. In Fl. p. 70, 

 Kelaart says the station is the North Front. I have not seen 

 it in either, but it is easily overlooked. III. i. Sand Desert, D. 

 Eailway near Second Venta ! 



E. adenocarpa Guss. Cultivated fields ; occasional ; 4-5. 

 Tall annual, glands entire, capsule and seeds quite smooth. 

 III. i. Between San Eoque and S. Lorca ! ii. Near Cortijo 

 Trinidad ! 



E. verrucosa Lamk. Damp woods and meadows ; rare ; 4-6. 

 Perennial, 6-12 in., glands entire, capsule with cylindrical warts. 



