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bably a new species, but my speciinens are too young to describe 

 fully. III. i. Campo Common ! 



S. Holoschanus L. Sandy places ; very common ; 4-6. 

 II. ! III. ! 



Var. axistralis Koch has smaller fewer heads, and grows with 

 the type. III. ! 



S. maritimus L. Pools and ditches, and by rivers ; very 

 common ; 3-6. II. ! III. ! 



Var. compactus Eeichb. fil. is a form with sessile heads, hardly 



worth distinguishing. It grows frequently wnth type. II. ! III. ! 



\Fuirena pubescens Kunth. By streams ; rather rare ; 5-6. 



III. i. East slopes Chair! ii. Waterfall Valley ! Slopes towards 



El Saladillo ! S. de Palma in Los Barrios district. Rev. 



\Rynchospora glauca Vahl var. pauciseta Turrill in Journ. Bot. 

 1914, p. 14. Wet places ; very local ; 6. Caespitose, with lax 

 elongate inflorescence, on very long flaccid stems. An acquisi- 

 tion to the Flora of Europe. The variety also occurs in Algeria 

 (sp. herb. Kew. labelled P. laxa E. Br. !). The type is widely 

 spread. III. ii. Above Waterfall ! 



Carex divisa Huds. Sandy grassy places ; frequent ; 1-5. 

 I. North Front! II. ! III. ! Eare north of San Eoque. 



C. vulpina L. Bushy places and by water ; frequent or com- 

 mon ; 3-6. II.! III.! 



G. divulsa Good. Banks and bushy places ; frequent ; 3-5. 

 I. Below St. Bernards. III. ! Some forms look like C. muricata 

 L., which is recorded from the neighbourhood by Pourret {ex 

 Colm.), but I think ours is all C. divulsa. 



\G. panicidata'L. Swamps; locally common ; 1-4. III. i. In 

 most of the Cork Wood Sotos ! Below S. Lorca ! 



C. distachya Desf. {C. Linkii Schk.). Dry bushy places; 

 frequent? 2-4. Spikelets mostly androgynous, some female on 

 long slender stems from base, utricles glabrous, stems 12-18 in., 

 leaves J-^ line wide. I. Slopes below Middle Hill ! Frequent 

 on Windmill Hill ! ? Perhaps C. Halleriana. III. i. Queen of 

 Spain's Chair ! ii. Palmones Pinar ! The species has been 

 confounded with C. ambigua, C. depressa, and C. Halleriana. 

 One of the four occurs in Cork Woods, Alcadeza and Herring 

 Bone Crags, M. de la Torre, and in the Waterfall Valley ! 



\C. ambigua Link. Similar places; rare? 2-4. Like last but 

 shorter and less erect, leaves |-1 line broad. III. i. Queen of 

 Spain's Chair ! 



\C. acuta Fr. By streams; locally common; 3-4. III. ii. 

 By Miel above Algeciras ! Also, I think, in some neighbouring 

 streams. 



C. glauca Scop. Damp, usually clayey spots on hills ; the 

 type rare ; 3-5. III. ii. Near upper aqueduct, Algeciras ! 



Var. sermlata Ball, with less exserted peduncles, and narrow 

 fruit tapering at both ends, is common. III. i. and ii. ! 



C.pendula Huds. (C maxima Scop.). Wet places in woods ; 

 locally frequent; 4-5. III. i. Cork Wood Sotos! ii. Mountains! 

 Hills near Carnero Point ! 



