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C. hispida Willd. Damp places ; frequent ; 4-5. III. ! 

 Var. anacantha G. & G. has very acute but hardly acuminate 

 glumes. III. iii. Guadacorte Marshes ! (1399). 



iC. depressa Link (C. hasilaris Jord.). Dry bushy places ; 

 rather rare ; 2-4. Resembles C. ambigua, but spikelets all 

 unisexual, and utricles slightly pubescent. III. i. Queen of 

 Spain's Chair ! ii. Hills above Algeciras, Ball. There is a 

 specimen from Algeciras at Kew without collector's name! 



C. Halleriana Ass. Similar places ; rather rare ; 2-4. Like 

 last, but taller and more slender, with pubescent utricles. 

 I. Mediterranean Road ! III. i. Queen of Spain's Chair ! 



G. distans L. Marshy places; very common; 4-6. III.! 

 C. B. Clarke unites this with G. Hornschuchiana Hoppe, which I 

 think also occurs. 



Var. bcetica Auers. has green, not fuscous, glumes. III. i. 

 About San Roque and Gibraltar, Wk. ii. S. de Palma, Bev. 



iC. binervis Sm. Similar places ; occasional; 3-6. Like last, 

 but utricles with two strong green lateral ribs. III. i. Almoraima 

 Soto ! ii. S. de Luna, Nilss. iii. Guadacorte ! 



■\G. punctata G&nd. Marshes; rare; 2-4. III. i. Soto Gordo! 



iG. extensa Good. Marshes near sea; locally common; 4-6. 

 III. ii. Palmones Playazo ! iii. Palmones Marshes, a form with 

 very remote lower spikelets ! 



fC. Icevigata Sm. Damp woods and by streams; locally fre- 

 quent; 3-5. III. i. Almoraima and other Sotos! ii. Mountains 

 to top of El Frayle Ridge. Near Pelayo I 



Gramine^. 



\Leersia hexandra Sw. Swamps ; rare ; 6-7. III. i. Spring 

 above Pindalista ! ii. ? Near Algeciras, Bev. Probably same 

 station as next. iii. Guadacorte Marshes! 



Phalaris brachystachys Link. Cornfields ; very common in 

 Spain ; 4-6. Annual, spikes about twice as long as broad, both 

 scales below florets very short. I. Above Alameda ! III. ! 

 Probably the species recorded by Masson as P. canariensis L. 



P. minor Retz. Dry waste places ; probably common ; 4-6. 

 Like last, but spikes longer, one scale below florets one-third 

 length of pale. I. Reclamation Road ! Near Willis's ! III. ! 



P. paradoxa L. Cornfields ; rather frequent ; 4-6. Spikes 

 usually half enclosed in upper sheaths, some or all spikelets 

 aborted and indurated. III. ! 



P. carulescens Desf. (P. bulbosa Cav. non L.). Damp clayey 

 spots ; common ; 4-6. Tall, perennial, with bulbous root. III. I 



Var. major Wk. (sub P. bulbosa) is the taller form, often 4 ft. 

 or more ! 



Anthoxanthum ovatum Lag. Dry fields ; abundant and very 

 variable ; 4-5. III. ! 



\Plileum pratense L. Dry fields; rare; 4-6. I. K. III. i. 

 S. Carbonera, D. 



fVar. nodosum Gaud, is decumbent, with swollen lower nodes 



