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uniform gr. slightly shining softly velvety, ped. many-fl. ; pet. 
obovate-wedgeshaped unequal uniform red. — DC. i. 659; Spr. 
iii. 58. Ger. inquinans (L.) Cav. Diss. 4. 243. t. 106. f. 2. 
“Dill. Hort. Elth. t. 125. f. 151.” — Shr. per. Mad. reg. 1; cc. 
Sea-cliffs for about a mile out of Funchal to the E. along the 
Caniso road, and elsewhere amongst thickets of Cactus every- 
where on the S. coast and for some distance up the Ravines, 
completely naturalized. Throughout the whole year. — A low 
shr. 1-3 ft. high with thick short stiff fleshy or juicy gr. branches. 
L. 3 or 4 in. diam. thickish softly tomentose light grass-gr. but 
usually with a reddish tint, being powdered with the fine rad tufa- 
dust of the soil which clings tenaciously to their velvety surface, 
staining the fingers when rubbed or handled. FI. bright scarlet, 
throat or claw of pet. white. Pet. f, the 2 upper rather smaller ; 
2 of the 7 fertile stam. very short. — L. with an acid not aro- 
matic scent when rubbed or bruised, unpleasant to some people ; 
not staining the fingers except by their dustiness ; varying in 
summer more, in winter less, densely velvety or tomentose. — 
P. Bentinckianum DC. i. 664. of English gardens, and very fre- 
quent in those of Madeira, scarcely differs except in its some- 
what thicker more tomentose or greyish 1., and larger more bril- 
liant intense-scarlet fl. In cold or wet winters I have seen it 
pass completely into the wild or naturalized pi. above described. 
fff3. P. GRAVE OLENS Ait. MdlvClS. 
“L. palmately 7-lobed, 1. oblong obtuse toothed with the 
margins revolute, umbels many-fl. subcapitate, spur twice as 
short as the cal.” — DC. i. 678; “Herit. Ger. t. 17.” G. tere - 
binthinacemn Cav. Diss. 4. 250. t. 114. f. 1. — Shr. per. Mad. 
reg. 1, 2 ; ccc. Used everywhere in ornamental clipped hedges 
about gardens and Quintas. The Mount, Camacha, Palheiro, 
S. Antonio, Machico, &c. &c. Throughout the year. St. 1-3 
ft. high diffuse but stiff and bushy, scarcely succulent. L. softly 
and thickly pubescent pale gr. Fl. in thick crowded tufts 
uniform pale dull pink not handsome. PI. with a strong dis- 
agreeable though subaromatic scent. 
ttf4- P. Glutinostjm Ait. Malvas. 
u L. cordate hastate-5-angular toothed viscose smoothish, 
umbels 2-4-fl., spur a little longer than the cal.” — DC. i. 679; 
BM. t. 143. Ger. viscosum Cav. Diss. 4. 246. t. 108. f. 1. — Shr. 
per. Mad. reg. 1, 2 ; ccc. A frequent outcast of gardens and 
used for hedges everywhere about country houses. — St. dif- 
fusely spreading 2-4 ft. long. L. large sinuate like oak-leaves 
highly glutinous or viscous, dark gr. with a darker blackish 
waved broad zone. Fl. large and handsome more or less pale 
pink or rose, the 2 upper pet. larger and broader, spotted, and 
streaked with dark purple. PI. with a strong but to many 
