100 A FLORA OF GIBRALTAR AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 



Almoraima cancl Long Stables! North slopes Alcadeza Crags! 

 About San Eoque, Wk. 



0. coriophora L. var. Polliniana Keichb. f. [0. fragmns Poll). 

 Hedges; very rare; 4-5. Flowers rather small, livid purple, in a 

 dense spike. III. i. A plant or two by railside beyond Almoraima ! 



0. lactea Poir. (0. variegata All. var. acuminata Boiss.). 

 Eough slopes; rather rare; 2-3. I. Below Signal Station! Spy 

 Glass ! i. Grassy places in woods near San Eoque, Wk. 



0. longicruris Link. Similar places ; very rare ; 3-4. Allied 

 to 0. Simia Lamk. I. '? West slopes, Schott. 



0. laxiflora Lamk. var. longibracteata "Wk. Marshy ground ; 

 very common; 3-5. The var. has a dense spike, with bracts 

 longer than ovary, the lowest foliaceous, and is alone recorded, 

 but I think type is found frequently. III. ii. and iii. ! No note 

 from i., but I believe it occurs. 



to. pakistris Jacq. Woods; very local ; 4-6. Flowers much 

 paler, lower lip 3-lobed, the central largest and longest, usually 

 divaricately lobed. III. ii. Upper Waterfall Valley ! 



0. longibracteata 1M\. Woods; rare; 3-4. Leaves very large, 

 sepals connivent, flowers large, lip rose-purple, spotted, 4-lobed, 

 the two central divaricate. III. i. S. Carbonera, Frere. ii. x\lge- 

 ciras, Frere. 



fO. cordata Willd. Eough shady slopes; locally rather fre- 

 quent ; 2-4. Flowers green, leaves broadly ovate, cordate. 

 I. Upper Eock from Lower Union Gallery to Mediterranean 

 Steps ! Eocks above Catalan Bay ! III. i. Cork Wood Crags, 

 rare ! ii. Waterfall, rare ! 



Ophrys aranifera Huds. var. atrata Eeichb. Eocky slopes ; 

 rare; 3-4. Lip longer than sepals, subtrilobed, blackish purple, 

 basal bosses conical, sahent. I. South and west slopes, Frere, 

 Schott, D. A specimen from the Eock by Lemann, labelled 

 0. aranifera, is 0. fusca ! 



0. tethredinifera Willd. Grassy and bushy slopes; locally 

 rather frequent ; 2-4. Eather like next but shorter, with a 

 shorter spike. I. Communicated, K. III. i. Queen of Spain's 

 Chair ! Carteian Hills ! North of San Eoque I ii. North of 

 Algeciras ! El Cobre ! Carnero Point ! 



0. apifera Huds. Watercourses and marshes ; rather common ; 

 4-5. Occasionally almost white. I. About Willis's ! Glacis, a 

 single specimen ! South slopes, D., Bev. III. i. Carteian Hills ! 

 Campamento Common ! Long Stables ! ii. ! iii. Guadacorte ! 

 Salt Pans ! 



0. Scolopax Cav. Dry bushy places ; rather rare ; 4-5. 

 Eather like last, but flowers much smaller, usually white, rarely 

 pale rose. III. i. Near San Eoque Station ! S. Carbonera, D. 

 By Arroyo Viejo near Patxot's farm! Alcadeza Crags! ii. About 

 El Cobre ! Hills west of Algeciras ! 



O.bovihyliflor a hink. Grassy places ; frequent ; 2-4. Flowers 

 greenish, lip dark, wdth very acute bosses. I. One or two specimens 

 near Signal Station ! II. ! III. i. Path to First Pine Wood, and 

 on neighbouring hills ! ii. Common, to Carnero Point ! 



