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yellow, in a lax umbel. Leaves narrower and flowers paler than 

 in type. III. ii. Mountains ! 



A. Cliamcemoly L. Marshy places ; very local ; 11-2. Very 

 dwarf, flowers white, leaves long, flat, spreading. III. ii. By 

 railway near Algeciras ! 



A. siibvillosum Sa\zm. Sandy ground ; rare; 1-2. Like last, 

 but much taller, leaves densely ciliate. 111., Nee, Navarro, ii. Lane 

 at Pahnones Playazo ! 



A. triquetrum L. Bushy places ; very common; 2-4. I.! III.! 

 [A. vineale L. and A. itrsinmn L. reported to Kelaart from the 

 Eock have never been confirmed.] 



■•'-Nothoscordum fragrans Kunth. Sandy places ; occasional ; 

 4-6. Flowers creamy white, with a red band ; no alliaceous 

 odour. I. Bruce's Farm ! III. i. Campamento Village ! ii. 

 Palmones Playazo ! 



COLCHICACE^. 



Colchicum Bivonce Guss. (C. autunmale L. var. gibraltaricuiii 

 Kel.). Eough slopes; locally frequent or common? 9-10. 1. 

 Middle and upper slopes ! III. i. Behind Campo Cemetery ! 



JUNCACE^. 



Juncus acutus L, Sandy or muddy ground, chiefly near sea ; 

 common ; 3-5. Very pungent and rigid, heads terminal, dense, 

 capsules very large. I., Ayala. By Sentry Fence ! II. ! III. ! 

 Malaga Gardens ! 



J . maritimus Lamk. Similar places; locally abundant; 5-7. 

 Tall and rigid, heads terminal, much laxer and longer, capsule 

 smaller. III. i. Linea, K. ii. Palmones Playazo ! About Alge- 

 ciras ! iii. Salt Pans ! Aguacorte ! 



/. stthulatus Forsk. (/. multiflorus Desf.). Muddy places near 

 sea ; locally common ; 5-7. Leaves not septate, inflorescence 

 lax, flowers not in clusters. III. ii. Behind Sandy Bay ! Near 

 Eeina Cristina Hotel ! iii. By Eailway ! Tidal Elvers ! Salt 

 Pans I 



Var. or sp. afl". My 2200, with short capitate inflorescence, 

 from marsh near Algeciras, may be a new species allied to this ! 



J. Tenageia L. fil. Marshy and sandy places ; locally common ; 

 4-5. Annual, slender, inflorescence very lax, capsules small, sub- 

 globose, dark brown. III. i. Hills near San Eoque, Ball ! 

 ii. Marshes in Waterfall Valley ! iii. Palmones Sands ! 



J. bufonius L. Damp roadsides, streams, &c., very common ; 

 4-5; III.! 



Var. fasciculatus Koch, with two or more flowers in a cluster, 

 is commoner than type. II. Eare, K. III. ! 



t/. foliosus Desf. Similar places ; rare '? 4-5. Leaves more 

 numerous, broader, 1 line or more, sepals with two black lines on 

 back. III. ii. Marsh south of Waterfall Valley, and in a valley a 

 mile north of it ! 



J. glaucus Ehrh. By streams ; occasional ; 5-7. Wiry, stems 

 leafless, inflorescence lateral, basal sheaths very shining, dark 



