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rocky slopes ; locally common ; 5-6. Habit of last, but rather 

 more slender and glaucous, often taller, bracts broad, fruit small, 

 much narrowed in lower third, 3 lines long by 2| wide. Flowers 

 much later. III. i. From Alcadeza Crags near Second Pine Wood 

 to Boca de Leon ! 



A. cerasiferus J. Gay. Similar places; locally very common; 

 2-4. Eaiely branched, spike very dense, bracts broad, pale, 

 filaments smooth except claw, which is four times as long 

 as broad, fruit depressed globose, umbilicate at base, 7 lines 

 long by 8 wide, valves thick, central ridge faint. III. ii. 

 Mountains ! 



iVar. albus Baker. Similar places; local; 2-4. Doubtfully 

 distinct, occasionally with a long erect branch or two, bracts very 

 dark, fruit globose, not umbilicate, 5 lines long by 6 wide. I. About 

 Levant ! III. ii. Occasional with type ! 



Allium pcmiciilatum L. var. pallens G. & G. Sandy and stony 

 places ; occasional ; 5-7. Stamens simple, perianth segments 

 truncate, pale, with green or olive band, often turning rosy on 

 drying. The type (not recorded) has rose flowers. I. Old walls, 

 Bev., K., D, III. i. About San Koque and S. Carbonera, D. By 

 Lajo ! Alcadeza Crags! Path to Malaga Gardens! ii. Near 

 Cortijo Trinidad ! iii. Behind Palmones Village I 



iA. spkcerocei^lialum L. Sandy ground ; rare ; 6-7. Leaves 

 semicylindrical, heads small, compact, flowers deep crimson, ovoid, 

 petals connivent at tips, anthers exserted, middle cusp as long as 

 lateral, and half as long as claw, auxiliary bulbs often some way 

 above main bulb. I. Catalan Bay ! Levant ! III. i. Rail beyond 

 Almoraima ! 



\A. rubro-vittatum Boiss. & Heldr. Rocky places; rare; 6. 

 Slender, 4-6 in., bulb small, leaves semicylindrical, flowers white 

 with red band. III. ii. S. de Palma, Bev. 



A. Ampeloprasumh. Stony ground; occasional; 5-6. Stout, 

 bulb large, with many small bulblets, leaves flat, flowers white in 

 type. III. i. Between S. Lorca and Alcadeza Crags! Almoraima 

 Soto, a field full ! ii. Railside beyond Algeciras ! iii. Salt 

 Pans ! 



tVar. atropurpureum Regel has dingy purplish flowers, locally 

 common. I. ! 



A. roseicm L. Rough bushy places ; rather frequent on Rock, 

 occasional in Spain. Flowers large, pale pink, few, in a loose 

 umbel. I. ! III. i. Almoraima ! Alcadeza Plains ! ii. Railside 

 near Algeciras ! M. de la Torre ! Carnero Hills ! 



A. neaiJoUtanum Cyr. Fields and hedges; rare; 3-4. Like 

 last, but perianth more spreading, pure white, stem trigonous. 

 [I., A'. Kelaart was uncertain as to the name.] III. i. San 

 Roque, D. 



\A. nigrum L. Fields and grassy places ; occasional ; 4-5. 

 Stout, heads dense, flowers dingy pink, perianth stellately spread- 

 ing. III. ! Very common north of San Roque ! 



\A. Moly L. var. stramineiim W.-Dod {A. stramineum Boiss. & 

 Reut.). Mountain slopes ; locally frequent ; 4-5. Flowers large, 



