Tab. 6967. 

 VICIA Denessiana. 

 Native of the Azores Islands. 



Nat. Ord. LEGUMiNosiE. — Tribe Vicie^;. 

 Genus Vicia, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. PL vol. i. p. 524.) 



Vicia (Cracca) Denessiana ; perennis, scandens, sericeo-pilosa, caule sulcato sub- 

 tetragono, foliis sessilibus i'oliolis alternis et suboppositis ad 16-24, jugis 

 oblongis obtusis mucronulatis subtus sericeo-pubescentibus, stipulis semi- 

 sagittatis serratis, racemis foliis subajquilongis densifloris, pedunculo rachique 

 robustis, floribus pollicaribus versicoloribus, calycis dentibus tubo multo bre- 

 vioribus, vexillo abbreviato alis ultra medium subreflexis breviore, leguminibus 

 breviter stipitatis 2-pollicaribus lineari-oblongis acutis planis comprewsis, 

 seminibus parvia funiculo semilunari. 



V. Dennesiana, Watson in Godman Nat. Hist, of Azores, p. 154. 



Y. Durneriana (erore pro Dennesiana), Drouet, Cat. Flore des Ileg Aeores, p. 90. 



This is one of the very few plants endemic in and pecu- 

 liar to the Azores, and like the Campanula Vidalii (Tab. 

 nostr. 4748) it is most restricted as to area. The late 

 Mr. H. Watson, in his contribution to Mr. Godman's 

 interesting work quoted above, says of it, " This is a 

 remarkable plant in itself, and in its history so far as is at 

 present known ; for chance alone seems to have saved it 

 from becoming an extinct species almost immediately after 

 it became known at all. It was found by Mr. Hunt 

 (British Consul for the Azores) on the mountains at the 

 east end of the Island of San Miguel, growing upon damp 

 earthy precipices, but in one spot only, from which it has 

 since disappeared through a landslip. At the time of 

 writing this page (Mr. Watson says) the letter from Mr. 

 Hunt which conveyed a more detailed account of the 

 discovery and disappearance of the Vic la has been itself 

 unfortunately lost or mislaid. Mr. Hunt unsuccessfully 

 sought for the plant elsewhere in the same neighbourhood, 

 and°no other collector has found it in any of the isles." 

 Mr. Watson goes on to say, that it has flowered with him 

 at his garden, Thames Ditton, Surrey ; and cultivated 

 specimens have been distributed to Botanists, labelled with 



nov. 1st, 1887. 



