A FLORA OF GIbRALTAR AND THE NEIGHHOURHOOD 119 



[Var. juncinella Boiss. is a smaller, more slender variety, 

 with more puberulent, emarginate lower pale, and is, I believe, 

 frequent.] 



Danthonla decumbens DC. Chiefly in watercourses on moun- 

 tains ; locally frequent ; 4-6. III. i. Queen of Spain's Chair ! 

 ii. Frequent in mountains ! 



Molinia caridea^ioenGh. Watercourses; local; 7-8. III. i. 

 North-east slopes Chair ! ii. Valley beyond Waterfall ! 



Cynosurus echinatus L. Bushy slopes ; common ; 5-6. I. ! 

 III.! 



C. clegans Desi. Similar places ; very local; 5-6. III. ii. At 

 the Waterfall 1 



Lamarchia aurea Moench. Eoadsides, walls, and waste places; 

 rather frequent ; 3-5. I. Walls in the town ! Dockyard! Engi- 

 neer Road ! III. i. Campamento village ! ii. Walls in Algeciras! 

 iii. Palmones village ! 



Vulpia Myiirus Gmel. Grassy and rough places ; frequent ? 

 4-5. Leafy to top, panicle long and narrow, upper glume not 

 awned. III. i. and ii. ! 



V. sciuroides Gmel. Similar places ; common ; 4-5. Stem 

 longly naked at top, panicle short, dense. Not always easily 

 distinguishable from last. III. i. and ii. ! 



Var. longearistata Wk. (F. BroteriB. & R.) has more numerous 

 florets, and a longer awn to lower glumes. III. i. Almoraima, 

 Boiss. San Roque, D. ii. S. de Palma, Bev. 



V. ciliata Link. Sandy places; rare? 4-5, Panicle long and 

 narrow, silky-villous, partly enclosed in uppermost sheath, pedicels 

 very short, lower glume not more than one-fifth as long as upper, 

 pales longly ciliate. I. K. II. On the Isthmus, Wk. ! III. i. 

 S. Carbonera, D. Almoraima, Wk. 



V. uniglumis Dum. Similar places; rare (but abundant in the 

 province P. L.) ; 4-5. Both glumes awned, the lower one-tenth 

 as long as upper or less. Habit of Bromits madritensis. III. i. 

 Near Gibraltar, Von Martius. 



V. geniculata Link. Stony and rough places ; very common ; 

 4-5. Very variable, I have seen it 4ft. high by the Lajo. 

 I.! Massonl III.! 



fVar. conferta Coss. & Germ, is a dv/arf condensed form. 

 I. Europa Flats I 



V. Alopecuriis Link. Sandy ground; very common; 4-5. 

 Spikelets on shorter pedicels, larger, and with more numerous 

 florets than in last. I. Cave Guard, K. II. ! III. ! Near 

 Gibraltar, Salzm ! Masson ! 



Var. lanata Boiss. with subsiniple raceme and very silky- 

 villous pales seems as frequent as type. II. ! III. ! 



f Var. sylvatica Boiss. has elongate strict raceme, spikelets with 

 7-9 florets, and awn twice as long as pale. III. i. Cork Woods 

 above San Roque, Boiss. I believe I hiave gathered this by the 

 Lajo below Second Pine Wood. 



Festuca ampla Hack. Grassy hills ; rare ; 5-6. Ctespitose, 

 slender, leaves flaccid, setaceous, convolute. III. i. Queen of 



