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seeds smooth, leaves finely serrulate, glabrous. III. i. San 

 Koque, Fritze. 



\_E. flavicoma DC. Heathy places ; rare ; 4-6. Like last but 

 shorter, capsule warts hemispherical, leaves closely serrate. 

 I. Dasoi'}] 



\E. rupicola Boiss. Bushy rocky slopes ; locally abundant ; 

 12-6. Shrubby, much branched, 2-4 ft. or more, involucral 

 leaves bright yellow, capsule densely warted. I. Chiefly Mediter- 

 ranean Steps and Middle Hill ! A form with densely pubescent 

 leaves occurs at the former place ! III. i. Alcadeza Crags, a 

 much less branched form ! ii. Mountains ! ? 



E. puhescens Vahl. Marshes ; common ; 3-8. Stout, little 

 branched ; very villous, glands entire. III. ! 



■\E. iMrococca Brot. Dry fields ; common ; 2-5. Small, 

 dark green, annual, glands entire, capsule with wavy wings. 

 I. Near Michael's Cave ! III. ! 



E. Helioscopia L. Eoadsides and waste places; common; 

 1-5. I.! II.! III.! 



E. exigua L. Fields and grassy places; abundant; 2-5. 

 Leaves acute. III. ! 



Var. retusa L. Similar places ; more abundant. Leaves 

 shorter, retuse. Looks distinct but intermediates occur. III. ! 



Var. tricuspidata Koch. Leaves dilated and tricuspidate at 

 apex. III. i. Between Gibraltar and San Koque, D. Malaga 

 Gardens ! ? ii. Beyond Carnero Point ! ? 



E. Peplus L. Eoadsides and waste places ; very common ; 

 1-5. Fovese of seeds four on back and three on sides. I. ! III. ! 



E. peploidcs Gouan. Similar places; common? 2-4. Like 

 last but usually smaller, seeds with three foveae on back, two on 

 sides. I.! II.! III. i. San Koque, D. ii. Algeciras, i?a//. 



E. falcata L. Similar places ; rare '? 4-6. Kather like 

 E. Peplus but leaves broader, acute, capsule deeply sulcate and 

 keeled, seeds transversely sulcate. III. i. Beyond Linea Cemetery ! 

 Cruz del Padre Ventura ! Pinar de los Bigotes ! iii. Kailside 

 near Guadacorte ! 



E. medicaginea Boiss. Sandy fields and gravelly slopes ; 

 abundant ; 3-5. Annual, with bright yellow involucral leaves, 

 glands bicornate, seeds black with white reticulate ribs. I. About 

 Willis's ! III. ! Often forming large yellow masses in fields ! 



E. segetalis L. Cultivated fields and woods ; rather rare ? 

 3-6. Annual, dull glaucous green, capsule granulated on back, 

 seeds ashy grey, irregularly foveolate. [I. Wrongly attributed 

 to Von Martins by Kelaart.] III. ii. Slopes above Waterfall 

 Valley ! I think I have seen this elsewhere, but it closely 

 resembles E. terracina externally, and I may have taken it for that. 



E. portlandica L. Kough bushy places and woods ; locally 

 common ; 3-5. Perennial, with closely imbricated dark green 

 leaves, capsules granulated and seeds foveolate. I. From Europa 

 to above Mediterranean Koad! II. K., D. III. i. Sand dunes 

 and Spanish racecourse. K., D. ii. Mountains over Pelayo ! 

 I Var. intermedia Porta & Rigo. A tall very stragghng form. 



