106 A FLORA OF GIBRALTAR AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 
rocky slopes; locally common; 5-6. Habit of last, but rather 
more slender and glaucous, often taller, bracts broad, fruit small, 
much narrowed in lower third, 3 lines long by 24 wide. Flowers 
much later. III. i. From Alcadeza Crags near Second Pine Wood 
to Boca de Leon! 
A. cerasiferus J. Gay. Similar places; locally very common; 
2-4. Rarely branched, spike very dense, bracts broad, pale, 
filaments smooth except claw, which is four times as long 
as broad, fruit depressed globose, umbilicate at base, 7 lines 
long by 8 wide, valves thick, central ridge faint. III. i 
ins ! 
tVar. albus Baker. Similar places; local; 2-4. Doubtfully 
distinct, occasionally with a long erect branch or two, bracts very 
dark, fruit globose, not umbilicate, 5 lines long by 6 wide. I. About 
back h type! 
Levant I. ii. Occasional with t 
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Lajo! Alcadeza Crags! Path to Malaga Gardens! ii. Near 
Cortijo Trinidad! iii. Behind Palmones Village ! 
lateral, and half as long as claw, auxiliary bulbs often some way 
above main bulb. I. Catalan Bay! Levant! III. i. Rail beyond 
Imoraima! 
tA. rubro-vittatum Boiss. & Heldr. Rocky places; rare; 6. 
Slender, 4-6 in., bulb small, leaves semicylindrical, flowers white 
with red band. III. ii. §. de Palma, Rev. 
; mpelopraswm L. Stony ground; occasional; 5-6. Stout, 
bulb large, with many small bulblets, leaves flat, flowers white in 
type. III. i, Between 8. Lorca and Aleadeza Crags! Almoraima 
se a field full! ii. Railside beyond Algeciras! iii. Salt 
ans 
+ Var. atropur ureum Regel 8 
common. rt pureum Kegel has dingy purplish flowers, locally 
A, roseum Li. Rough bushy places ; rather frequent on Rock, 
occasional in Spain. Flowers large, pale pink, few, in a loose 
umbel. I.! III. i. Almoraima! Alcadeza Plains! ii. Railside 
near Algeciras! M. dela Torre! Carnero Hills! 
A. neapolitanum Cyr. Fields and hedges; rare; 3-4. Like 
last, but perianth more spreading, pure white, stem trigonous. 
i, &, elaart was uncertain as to the name.] III. i. San 
tA. nigrum L. Fields and assy places; occasional; 4-0. 
Stout, heads dense, flowers Shae pak patent stellately spread- 
ing. III.! Very common north of San Roque ! 
+A. Moly L. var. stramineum W.-Dod (A. stramineum Boiss. & 
Reut.). Mountain slopes ; locally frequent ; 4-5. Flowers large, 
