a flora of oibraltah and the neighbourhood 109 



Cyperace^. 



Cypems capitatus Vand. {C. schosnoides Griseb., Schcenus mucro- 

 natus 1j.). Sand-dunes; locally common ; 4-6. I. Catalan Bay ! 

 North Front ! II. ! III. i. Linea ! ii. Sandy Bay ! Palmones 

 Playazo ! iii. Palmones Sands ! 



G. rotunclus L. (C olivaris Targ.-Tozz.). Eoadsides and waste 

 places; rather frequent ; 4-12. I. Below Lunatic Asylum ! North 

 Front ! In the town, K. II. K., D. III. ii. Algeciras Station 

 and south of the town ! iii. Sands by Palmones Kiver, Boiss., 

 Wk. Salt Pans ! Guadacorte ! 



■'• G. escidenkis Ii. Similar places ; rare? 7-9. Taller, spikelets 

 paler, shorter, distichously set. III. ii. Sea sand by Palmones 

 River and Algeciras, Rev. 



G. longus h. Wet places ; type rare; 3-8. III. i. Almoraima 

 Soto ! A form with few, small, pale spikelets. 



Var. hadius C. B. Clarke. A tall stout plant, very common. 

 II.! III.! 



■\Pycreus Mmidtii Nees {Cyperus Eragrostis Wk. non Vahl., 

 G. turfosus Salzm., G. pallescens Deb. non Desf.). Marshes ; rare ; 

 5-7. Short, leafy, leaves shorter than stem, the involucral shorter 

 than rays, rays 4-5 long and 2-3 subsessile, spikelets rather dark, 

 lanceolate. III. i. Alcadeza Crags ! Soto Gordo ! ii. Salt marsh 

 near Algeciras, Eev.\, erroneously named Gyperus pallescens Desf. 

 iii. Near Palmones, Bev., probably this. 



P. flavescens L. {Gyperus Gussonei Gasp.). Marshes ; rare? 

 5-7. Annual, tufted, short, slender, spikelets pale, subcapitate. 

 III. ii. Algeciras, Bcv. 



P. globosus Reichb. Damp sandy places ; very rare ; 6-8. 

 Heads dense, globose, whitish. III. i. A single clump near ford 

 between San Roque and Pinar de los Bigotes ! 



Eleocharis palustris R. Br. Pools and wet places ; common ; 

 3-6. II.! III.! 



f^. mnlticaulis Sm. Damp heathy spots; occasional or locally 

 frequent ; 3-6. III. i. Queen of Spain's Chair ! ii. Waterfall 

 Valley ! 



Schcenus nigricans L. Similar places ; locally common ; 2-5. 

 III. i. Foot of Chair both sides ! Arroyo Viejo ! Alcadeza Plains ! 

 ii. By Miel ! Beyond Carnero Point ! 



Scirpus cernuus Vahl. [S. Savii Seb. & Maur.). Streams and 

 wet places ; rather frequent ; 3-7. III. i. Cork Wood Sotos ! 

 ii. Palmones Pinar and Playazo ! Mountains ! iii. Salt Pans ! 

 Guadacorte Marshes ! 



Var. Valilii Lge. has larger solitary heads, with shorter bracts. 

 III. ii. Near Algeciras, Fritze. 



S. lacustris L. Marshes ; locally plentiful ; 4-7. III. i. Be- 

 tween Almoraima and Long Stables ! iii. Guadacorte Marshes ! 



S. sp. Pools ; very local ; 5-7. Stems very tall, pale, sub- 

 cylindrical, inflorescence diffuse, branches 7-8, very unequal, each 

 with 3-8 unequally pedicelled heads, umbellately set, 2|-3 lines 

 long. Near S. Uttorale Schrad., but stem not triquetrous. Pro- 



