108 A FLORA OF GIBRALTAR AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 



brown. III. i. By Lajo ! Almoraima Soto ! ii. Below EI 

 Cobre ! Near Las Corzas ! Carnero Hills ! iii. Salt Pans ! 



J. effusus L. Similar places ; rare ; 5-8. Habit of last, but 

 soft, stems finely striate, flowers greenish, usually in a diffuse 

 panicle, capsule not mucronate below style. III. ii. At and 

 beyond Waterfall ! 



Var. compactus Hoppe has dense compact inflorescence. 

 III. ii. Below El Cobre ! 



/. conglomeratus L. Similar places ; rare ; 5-8. Near last, 

 but stem finely striate and rugulose, inflorescence dark, compact, 

 and capsule mucronate below style. III. ii. Below El Cobre ! 



/. ohtusiflorus Ehrh. Marshes and by streams ; frequent, 

 locally abundant ; 5-6. Stem leafy, leaves septate, inflorescence 

 with very divaricate branches, perianth segments whitish, all 

 obtuse. III. i. By the Cagancha ! Near First Venta ! By Lajo ! 

 Cork Wood Sotos ! ii. Palmones Playazo ! iii. Guadacorte 

 Marshes ! 



1/. sylvaticus Keichb. fil. Similar places ; rare '? 6. Leaves 

 septate, panicle branches ascending, perianth segments all very 

 acute, pale. III. ii. Near Waterfall ! 



fVar. confertus Lge. has heads more compact. III. ii. Valley 

 above Waterfall ! 



J. lamin-ocarims Ehrh. Similar places ; occasional or frequent ; 

 5-7. Like last, but branches ascending, perianth segments very 

 dark, outer acute, inner obtuse. I beheve more general than my 

 records show. III. i. Lajo below First Pine Wood ! ii. ByLobo 

 behind Sandy Bay ! 



J. striatus Schousb. Similar places and in fields ; rather 

 common ; 5-7. Stems subsolitary, short, leaves septate, much 

 compressed and striate, inflorescence blackish. Like last, but all 

 perianth segments acuminate, with spreading tips. II. ! III. ! 



/. Fontanesii J. Gay. Marshy places; occasional or frequent ? 

 5-7. Habit of last, but usually in larger patches, less leafy, 

 perianth green or reddish, with long acuminate tips. III. i. By 

 Lajo ! Marsh near Second Venta ! Seen, I think, in several other 

 places, but no records kept. 



f /. supinus Moench. Similar places ; locally frequent ; 6-8. 

 Dwarf, caespitose, leaves filiform, septate, heads small. Very vari- 

 able in habit. III. ii. Waterfall Valley ! 



iVar. uliginosiis Both, is a lax procumbent rooting form. 

 III. ii. With type ! 



\J. pygnicsus Eich. Sandy ground ; very rare ; 4-5. Annual, 

 very small, stem-leaves 1-3, glomerules several, perianth segments 

 green, adpressed. II. ! 



f /. capitakis Weig. Similar places ; occasional or frequent ; 

 4-5. Dwarf annual, stems leafless, glomerules sohtary, perianth 

 segments dark, tips spreading, very acute. III. i. Bond's Farm ! 

 Near Punta Mala ! Almoraima, P. L. ii. Near Algeciras, Nilss. 

 S. de Palma, Bev. 



jLuzula Forsteri DC. Woods ; locally frequent ; 2-3. III. i. 

 First Pine Wood I Cork Woods ! ii. M. de la Torre ! Mountains ! 



