GIBRALTAR PLANTS. 161 



Smilax mauritanica, Desf. 

 Sm. nigra, Willd. 

 Sm. catalonica, Lam. Diet. 



Hab. South of Spain. Corsica. Sardinia. South of 

 Italy, Greece. Asia Minor. North of Africa. 



OBS. Not so common as the last species. Found generally 

 in the neighbourhood of Aristolochia glauca, near the Me- 

 diterranean-stair, entwining itself among branches of Bhamnus 

 Oleoides and leaves of Chamaerops humilis. 



Ruscus hypophyllum, L. 



Laurus alexandrina vera, Ban*. 

 Vulg. Laureola. 



Hab. South of Spain, Italy, Greece. North of Africa. 



LILIACE.E, De C. 



Fritillaria pyrenaica, L., (Webb). 

 Fr. meleagris, Desf. 

 Fr. messanensis, Rafin. 



Hab. South of Spain, Sicily, Calabria. North of 

 Africa. 



OBS. Very rare in Gibraltar ; only a few specimens were gathered 

 by Dr. Lemann in 1840. This tribe of plants, though rather 

 common in Andalusia, has no other representative on the rock. 

 The beautiful Tulipa celsiana is found in great profusion on 

 the Queen of Spain's Chair. Both plants are usually found at 

 an elevation of between 2,000 and 3,000 feet. 



Ornithogalum unifolium, Gawl. 



Hab. Gibraltar, (Auct). Portugal. 



OBS. I place this plant here upon the authority of authors (see 

 London's Encyclopedia of Plants), though I have not seen a 

 single specimen of it on the rock ; but as it is found in great 



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