92 
16. GEEANIACEJ3. 
5 dark veins or lines, 3 only reaching up the limb, immaculate 
ohovate-oblong entire or merely a little erose at the edges, the 
2 upper rather smaller. Barren fil. lanceolate acuminate mem- 
branous or petal-like ; fertile not much longer. Anthers black. 
Stigmas short bright gr. Carp, narrow-oblong strigose below 
the 3 or 4 oblique ribs at top on each side beneath the smooth 
groove or furrow. Beak enormously and singularly large in 
proportion, 3-4 in. long slender and finely acuminate slightly 
angular minutely pubescent. — PI. extremely variable in size and 
luxuriance rarely exceeding or even attaining a ft. in height ; 
often dwarfed down to a single st. an in. or two high, when 
the enormous length of the beak becomes peculiarly striking. 
Seed-1, undivided indistinctly 5-lobed with very shallow notches. 
Cavanilles’ figure is from a pi. with immature half-grown fr. 
having the beak only 1^ in. long ; but is otherwise highly cha- 
racteristic of the Madeiran pi. 
** Malacoidcce Webb. L. scarcely divided, 3-5-lobate ; cot.- 
leaves entire. 
4. E. malacoides (L.) Willd. 
Softly pubescent somewhat grey or hoary ; st. prostrate or pro- 
cumbent ; 1. cordate obtuse toothed or crenate slightly and very 
obtusely lobed all undivided, the uppermost oblong ; stip. large 
ovate membranous ; ped. 4-6-fl. ; pedic. in fr. strongly reflexed ; 
cal. in fr. loosely erect not close-pressed ; pet. equal a little longer 
than the shortly owned sep. ; claw ciliate ; Jil. smooth lanceolate 
rounded and simple (not toothed) at the base ; carp, obliquely 
1 -ribbed at top below the groove or with the lower edge as well 
as upper margin of the groove sharply raised and prominent ; 
beak 3—4 times the length of cal. rather long and slender smooth. 
— Buch 196. no. 333? ; DC. i. 648 ; Presl 210 ; WB. i. 24 ; Koch 
156. Ger. malacoides (L.) Cav. Diss. 4. 220. t. 91. f. 1 ; Desf. 
ii. 107, 8 ; Brot. ii. 74. — Mad. reg. 1, 2, ccc ; PS. reg. 1, 2, rrr. 
Roadsides and waste ground in sunny places about Funchal, 
the Gorgulho Fort, Praya, the Piedade near Cani^al, &c. chiefly 
below 500 ft. and near the sea. PS. near the S.W. point 
(Ponta de Malhado) and in the Serra Dentro. Nov.-May. — 
Whole pi. more or less pubescent, pale dull greyish-gr., though 
sometimes in shady places scarcely perceptibly hoary, with soft 
flaccid foliage. St. diffusely prostrate long and trailing 1-2 ft. 
long, the ends ascending, sparingly branched, light shining gr. 
pubescent especially beneath in a thick downy lino. L. little 
more than an inch long and £ in. broad, ovate or ovate-oblong, 
the lower as broad as long, the upper more oblong, all un- 
divided slightly shallow-lobed and toothed. Stip. and br. large 
conspicuous dry pale brown. FI. small inconspicuous. Sep. 
shortly awned hairy-pubescent with strong dark gr. ribs or 
