118 A FLORA OP GIBRALTAR AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 



Chair ! Campamento Common ! Pine Wood Plains ! ii. Hills 

 south of Algeciras ! Mountains behind Saladillo ! 



P. trivialis L. Damp and clayey places ; common ; 4-6. 

 II. ! III. ! 



Briza minor L. Grassy places ; very common in Spain ; 5-6. 



I. ? K. No confirmation. III. ! 



B. maxima L. Similar places ; very common in Spain, frequent 

 on theKock; 5-6. I.! III.! 



Melica minuta L. (ilf. aspera Desf.). Eocky and stony places ; 

 common on the Rock, less so in Spain; 4-6. The type is usually 

 short, up to 12 in., with rather small subsimple panicle, and 

 involute leaves, but it varies greatly. I.! III. i. Queen of Spain's 

 Chair ! ii. Carnero Hills ! Waterfall Valley ! 



Var. arrecta (Kunze) has more erect panicle branches, and 

 more unequal glumes, the outer longer than the florets. I. East 

 slopes among Cliamcerops, Wk. ! Middle Hill ! (483). 



Var. latifolia Coss. {M. major Sibth. & Sm.) is much taller, 

 with broad flat leaves and a large panicle. It is the form of bushy 

 places. I. ! III. ii. Waterfall Valley ! S. de Palma, Eev. 



Var. pyramidalis (Bertol.) has a spreading pyramidal panicle. 



\M. ciliata L. Similar places ; frequent on the Rock, occasional 

 in Spain ; 4-6. Panicle spiciform, lower pale longly silky. I. ! 

 III. i. San Roque, Masson ! 



Var. major Ball (i¥. MagnoUi G. & G.) is a large form with 

 lobate and interrupted panicle. I. Above Willis's! Probably 

 elsewhere. III. i. West slopes Chair ! ii. Carnero Hills ! 



[M. nutans L. is reported near Gibraltar by Cabrera {ex Colm.).] 



Cutandia (Sclerochloa) maritima Benth. Sand dunes near the 

 sea; rather local; 4-6. Spikelets and panicle branches often 

 divaricate, pales very acute, keeled. I. Beyond Catalan Bay 1 



II. East shore ! III. iii. Palmones Sands ! 



Scleropoa (Desmazeria) loliacea G. & G. Roadsides and waste 

 places ; locally frequent on the Rock ; 4-6. Panicle compact, 

 with erect subsessile spikelets, pales obtuse, not keeled. I. 

 Governor's Cottage ! Catalan Bay ! Glacis ! III. ii. Algeciras, 

 Winkl. 



S. rigida Griseb. Similar places ; common ; 5-6. Panicle 

 smaller, rigid, with spreading pedicellate spikelets, pales as last. 

 I. ! III. i. and ii. ! 



^birojMs (Dactylis) littoralis Pari. Sandy shores; occasional? 

 5-8. Leaves many, short, stiff, distichous, spikelets 5-11-flowered 

 in a lobulate spiciform panicle. I. A'. III. i. Between Gibraltar 

 and San Roque, D. 



\Dactijlis glomerata L. Rough bushy places ; very common ; 

 5-7. A most variable species, of which the type has not hitherto 

 been recorded. I. ! III. i, and ii. ! 



Var. australis Wk. (D. hisjpanica Roth.) is shorter, with a 

 denser subsimple panicle, lower pale with deeper, rounded, not 

 acute lobes, with shorter mucro. It is as common as type. I. ! At 

 foot of Gibraltar, Sahm. ! III. ii. Waterfall! 



