PLANTS OF MADEIRA. 293 



tubo longioribus. Corolla carina rostrata vexillum alasc^ue exce- 

 dente. Stamina diadelpha, ^, Stigma capitatum; stylus rectus^ 

 subtus dente suhulato prodticto Jissus, Legumen lomentaceumy lineare, 

 rectum, cylindraceum, istjimis scspisdme st7'angulato-moniliforme torn- 

 losum, septis inter semina transversis pluriloculare. — YldMidd plerumque 

 maritim^B Macaronesiansc sc. Maderenses aut Canarienses, prostrato- 

 fruticulosce, humileSy microp'hyll<s ^ argentece v. glaucescentes ; floribus 

 citrinis Inteis aurantiacisve sape atro-piirptirascentihns, — Noinen ferat 

 in honorem J. A. Pedroso, Insulam Portum Sanctum plantis pluri- 

 mis foris introductis tarn usu quam ornatu prsestantibus (e. g. Tama- 

 rix anglica ? Webb, et MesembryantJiemum edule, L.) locupletantis, a 

 suis seque ac ab alienis botanophilis ob egregiam humauitatem plan- 

 tarumque studiositatem optime merentis. 



* Flores solitarii, axillares. 



7. Pedrosia Porto-sayidana, Lowe. — P. sericeo-argentea suffrutescens, 

 caulibus diflPuso-prostratis v. humifusis adscendentibus, stipulis folio- 

 lisque lineari-lanceolatis, floribus solitariis axillaribus sessilibus, caly- 

 cibus amplis persistentibus villosis, leguminibus calyce vix longiori- 

 bus villosis tereti-moniliformibus articulis globosis. 



Hab. In rupestribus maritimis Portus Sancti vulgatiss. 



Mores inter folia latentes subinconspicui sat vero magni atro-purpurei 



sc. carina citrino-virescente alis vexilloque nigris. Legumina parva, 



2— 6-sperma, calyce fere inclusa. 



Discovered first in 1828, but omitted in my 'Primitiae* and 'Novi- 

 tiae/ from uncertainty regarding some of its essential characters. 



8, Pedrosia argentea, Lowe.— P. sericeo-argentea hirsuta, caulibus dif- 

 fuso-prostratis elongatis adscendentibus rigidis lignosis frutescenti- 

 bus, stipulis breviter petiolulatis foliolis ovali-rotundatis, foliis petio- 

 latis foliolis obcordato- v. obovato-cuneatis retusis nervo saepe excur- 

 rente mucronulatis, floribus solitariis (rarissime binis) subsessilibus, 

 leguminibus distincte pedicellatis longis rectis cylindricis hirto-sub- 



puberulis 12-50-spermis. 

 Hab. In cacumine montis Pico de Facho Portus Sancti, et in Tnsulis 



Desertis, 



(LoL 



546) in Its much larger leaflets, clothed like the whole plant with long, 

 close, silky hairs, and in its stouter, more robust, and woody habit. 



