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0. Speculum Link. Similar places ; rave ; 3-4. Lip with 

 a large dark blue shining patch, and a papillose fringe. I. Two 

 specimens below Signal Station ! III. i. Path to First Pine 

 Wood ! Cork Wood Crags ! ii. S. de Palma, Wk. 



0. ftisca Link. Eough and grassy slopes ; locally rather 

 frequent ; 1-3. Lip narrow, dark, with very narrow yellowish 

 edges. I. West slopes! III. i. North of San Eoque, occasional! 

 Carteian Hills ! ii. Algeciras, Frere. 



0. lutea Cass. Similar places ; rather frequent on Eock, rare 

 in Spain ; 2-4. Lip broad, with a broad yellow margin. I. North- 

 west slopes to Signal Station ! Debris slopes over North Front I 

 III. i. Queen of Spain's Chair, common, K. I have never seen 

 it there. Malaga Gardens ! ii. Near Sandy Bay ! Hills near 

 Algeciras K. iii. Guadacorte ! 



■\Neotinea intacta Eeichb. [Aceras derisiflora Boiss.). Woods ; 

 rare ; 4-5. Spikes dense, unilateral, flowers small, pinkish white. 

 III. i. Queen of Spain's Chair, rare, K. ii. Between Waterfall 

 Valley and Pelayo ! 



Spiranthes autuvinalis Eich. Eocky places ; rare ; 10-11. 

 Leaves broadly oval, after flowers, flowers yellowish white. 

 I. From Willis's to Signal Station ! 



\S. cestivalis Eich. Damp grassy places ; very rare ; 5-6. 

 Leaves lanceolate, contemporary with white flowers. III. i. 

 East slopes Queen of Spain's Chair ! ii. Beyond Waterfall ! 



Epipactis atroruhens Schultz. Woods ; rather rare ; 4-6. 

 Flowers rather deep red, lip with crisped plicate bosses. III. i. 

 First Pine Wood ! ii. Mountains ! 



CephalantheraensifoliaHich. Woods; rare; 3-4. III. [i. Boca 

 de Leon, Hurst !] , beyond our limits, ii. Slopes south of Waterfall ! 



ILimodoruviabortivtimSw. Woods; rather rare ; 4-6. Whole 

 plant lavender and white. III. i. Near Long Stables! Majaram- 

 bout Woods ! ii. Waterfall Valley ! 



Iridace^. 



Gladiolus segetum Gawl. Cornfields ; rather rare ? 4-5. 

 Flowers large, distichous, middle perianth segment twice as 

 broad as lateral, seeds not winged. Confounded with next, and 

 certainly not our common species. I.? K. III. i. Fields by Lajo ! 

 Pinar de los Bigotes ! ii. Near railway beyond Algeciras ! 



G. communis L. Hills, bushy places and fields ; very common ; 

 4-6. Flowers much smaller, unilateral, middle segment not much 

 broader than lateral, seeds broadly winged. I. ! III. ! Eeaches 

 high up the mountains ! 



Iris Sisyrinchium L. Dry fields and roadsides ; common ; 

 2-4. I.! II.! III.! 



I. Fontanesii G. & G. Grassy places ; very rare ; 4-5. 

 Eesembles /. Xiphium L., with large blue flowers. III. ii. Near 

 upper aqueduct ! Eailside near San Bernabe ! One or two plants 

 in each place. 



17. filifolia Boiss. Eough heathy and bushy slopes ; frequent 

 and locally common ; 4-5. I. Upper Eock from north to south I 



