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Vernacular ‘‘ Escabon.” 
e ty ecimen was collected in 1778 by Francis Masson, 
the first collector sent out by Kew, and is at the Natural History 
Museum, South Kensington. 
4, Cytisus palmensis, Hutchinson, sp. nov.; C. proliferus, 
var. palmensis, Christ in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. ix. 120 (1887). 
ruter laxe ramosus, usque ad 10 m. altus; rami elongati, 
brevissime pubescentia ; petioli 1-1-5 cm. longi, basin versus com- 
planati, molliter tomentosi. Flores albi, in ramos breves axil- 
lares apice foliatos 3-4-natos dispositi; pedicelli graciles, 1-1-5 
cm. longi, pilis longis et brevibus dense tomentosi. Calys cir- 
citer 1 cm. longus, extra molliter pubescens, labio superiore 
breviter et acute bilobato, inferiore parum longiore acuto. 
Vewillum orbiculari-obovatum, breviter unguiculatum, fere 2 cm. 
longum et 1-4 cm. latum, apice minute emarginatum, dorso 
rotundatae, uno latere auriculatae, ungue ciliato 5 mm. longo, 
lamina 1-5 cm. longa basin versus minute ciliata; earinae petala 
aliis simillima sed paullo breviora. ubus staminalis 1 cm. 
longus. Ovarium pilosum, stylo curvato parce pubescente. 
Fructus oblongus, 4-4-5 cm. longus, 1-1-3 cm. latus, subappresse 
pubescens. Semina oblongo-ellipsoidea, 5 mm. longa, nigra, 
nitida, basi arillo crasso cupulare 1°75 mm. alto crenulato cir- 
cumdata. 
Canary Isnanps. La Palma: Borders of woods above the 
Barranco del Carmen, Christ; Dolores, Christ; La Banda, above 
Argual, at the foot of the cumbre towards the Caldera, Lowe; 
Lomo de Tagasaste, Caldera, Sprague and Hutchinson 436. 
Vernacular ‘‘ Tagasaste.”’ 
This plant is evidently confined in a wild state to the island 
of Palma, where it is extensively cultivated as a fodder plant 
(vide supra). 
5. C. stenopetalus, Christ in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. ix. 162 
(1887); Pitard et Proust, Fl. Canar. 151. T'eline stenopetala, 
Webb. in Webb et Berth. Phyt. Canar. ii. 37 (1836-50).  Genista 
stenopetala, Webb. I.c. t. 45. Telinaria stenopetala, Presl. Bot. 
Bemerk. 49 (1844). Cytisus maderensis, Briq. Les Cytis. des 
Alpes Marit. 137, partim (1894), non Masf. 
Canary Istanps. La Palma: Barranco del Rio, Webb; in 
the woods at El Monte de Barlovento, May, 1858, Lowe 342; 
between Garafia and Barlovento, Feb., 1888, O. Kuntze. 
Gomera: El Monte, Hermigua, Apr. 1861, Zowe 117. 
Hierro: Monte de Savinosa, June, 1845, Bourgeau 90; El 
Golfo, May 1855, Perraudiere; Lowe 202. , 
Vernacular ‘‘ Gacia.”’ : 
Briquet (l.c.) says this species occurs in the Cape Verde 
Islands, but the writer has not seen any specimens from there. 
