A FLORA OF GIBRALTAR AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD ili 
July to October comparatively few species have their normal 
flowering period, though quite a considerable number linger on 
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flowering plants must then be sought in shady spots and water- 
courses 
studying the records of the earlier botanists, and have been 
struck by the number of species recorded by them which have 
been disregarded by later writers, and consequently not embodied 
me. At the same time it must be borne in mind that few 
botanists have drawn any hard and fast line between the flora of 
the Rock proper and that of the surrounding country, and the 
-am unable to make use of the 
citations of this author, which contain other obvious errors. 
even to Linneus: I do not think any of these ever visited the 
Rock, but cite specimens they have seen. eps 
I have given the lists as I find them, merely substituting, 
where possible, modern for ancient nomenclature, though i 
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from the Rock. I strongly incline to the former view, and have 
consequently made many exclusions, shown by square brackets. 
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“Gibraltar.” A few of the records serve to corroborate species 
had already excluded, while others, shown in round brackets, 
