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Sarothamnus B.ETICUS. 



S. ramis cylindraceis, striatis; foliis 3-foliatis , foliolisque peduncu- 

 latis, obovatis, summis rarius simplicibus ; calycis labio inferiore 

 5-dentato; carina alis breviore; stylo glabro, ovario elongato piloso; 

 leguminibus 



Hab. In montosis circa Alcald, et ex cl. Rambur in pluribus 

 Baetica? collibus. 



SOROTIIAMNUS VIRGATUS. 



S. ramis inferioribus cylindraceis, striatis, cinereis, ramulis angula- 

 tis ad folia nodulosis ; foliis 5-foIiatis , scssilibus , mox deciduis , 

 foliolis linearibus , superioribus simplicibus ; calycis labro inferiore 

 5-dentato , dentibus saepius obsoletis ; corolla ampla ; ovario cylin- 

 draceo , pilosiusculo, leguminibus 



Hab. In collibus Baelicis ex herbariis Ramburiano , et Haen- 

 seleriano. 



Obs. These iwo latter species are very nearly allied to S. patens 

 and to S. scoparius Wimm. but appear sufficiently distinct from both , 

 though S. virgatns may perhaps prove a southern variety ef the lat- 

 ter. S. Bccticus approaches very near to 5. patens but is certainly 

 different. It differs likewise from S. arborens (spartum arboreum 

 Desf.) by the shape of its calyx , its ovary, and its leaves, which are 

 not fasciculated as in that species, its more striated branches, and 

 other points. 



Chasmone argentea. E. Mey. 



Hab. In provinces Bsetica et Tarraconensi vulgaris. 

 Adenocarpus Telonensis. Gay. 



Hab. In collibus siccis circa Malacam, et alibi in Baetica. 



Adenocarpus Boissieri. 



A. decorticans. Boiss. Not. sur VAb. Pinsapo. pag. 9. 

 Hab. In yallibus calidioribus montis Sierra Nevada. 



Obs. As the verb decortico can only be used in an active sense the 

 epithet decorticans is inadmissible. Since then it must be changed, 

 this splendid species cannot well receive a more appropriate appel- 

 lation, than that which I give it, in honour of the author from whose 

 labours we learn so much of the beautiful region it inhabits. It is 

 indeed truly astonishing that an European plant of almost arboreous 

 stature with spikes of flowers sometimes a foot in length should so 

 long have escaped detection. Its place in the linear series is close 

 to A. Hispanicus, to which, though very entirely distinct, it approach- 

 es the nearest. 



Ononis viscosa. Lamck. 



Hab. In agro Tarraconensi. 

 Ononis ramosissima. Desf. 



Hab. In arena littoris Baetici frequens. 



