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Forbesiane. N. O. Leguminose. 
TAB. DCCLVII. 
Lotus purPurevs, Webb. 
Caule frutescente, ramis diffusis, foliis appresse pilosis viren- 
tibus, stipulis ovatis cum acumine, foliis late ovatis v. obo- 
vatis obcordatisque, calyce urceolato distincte bilabiato, 
dentibus lineari-lanceolatis apice setaceis labii superioris 
longioribus, inferioris dente intermedio lateralibus duplo 
longiore, carina vexillo obtusiusculo subbreviore alis ob- 
longis breviore. Webb, 
Lotus purpureus. Webb, Spicil. Gorgon. in Hook. Niger Voy- 
P- 149, Tab. VI. 
Has. In fields and among groves of Euphorbia Tuckerana, St. 
Nicholas, one of the Cape de Verd Islands. Forées. 
This species, though very distinct, is allied to L. macran- 
thus, Lowe, (L. Portosanctanus, nob. in Steud. Nomencl.) 
of which the flowers are pale purple. Those of our plant 
have the keel and standard rose-coloured, and the wings 
tipped with deep purple. Some of the leaflets are as much 
as 4 lines long, by 21 wide. Webb 
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Wig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Vexillum. £3. Ala. f 4. Carina 
gnified., 
= ¥. 6: ium :—ma 
