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large leafy spreading and dilated after fl., equally 5-partite, the 
divisions linear-acuminate entire ; pod erect turgid oval short 
compressed 2-seeded half the length of the enlarged cal. ; seeds 
globular or ovoid strongly granulated marbled black and tawny- 
rufous. — Lowe Nov. p. 25 or 547. O. villosissima Desf. ii. 147, 
t. 192 ?, DC. ii. 163 F O. Dehnhardtii Ten. FI. Nap. iv. 110 ? — 
Herb. ann. Mad. reg. 1, r ; PS. reg. 1, 3, r ; ND. rrr. Brazen 
Head ; P ta S. Louren^o about the Piedade, and on the summit 
of the Illieo dos Embarcadores. April, May. — St. stoutish or 
robust very numerous 6-12 in. long cespitose branching from the 
crown of the long tough simple slender whitish root, and spread- 
ing all round in a fiat thickly leafy tuft. Lfts. dark yellowish- 
gr. rather large 3-9 lines long, 2-5 broad, sometimes oblong- 
oval not twice as long as broad, firm subcoriaceous or stiffisli, 
strongly many-ribbed or nerved, regularly sharply and finely 
toothed all round quite or nearly to the base ; the teeth 8-12 on 
each side the midrib, strong sharply produced acuminate formed 
by the numerous strong excurrent nerves. FI. small dull purple 
produced singly from each axil throughout nearly the whole 
length of the branches, the lower shortly pedicelled, upper quite 
sessile. Cal. large and leafy especially in seed, open bell- 
shaped with a very short tube and 5 equal ensiform or lanceo- 
late-acuminate spreading or erecto-patent strongly 1-ribbed 
divisions, the 4 upper straight or subascendent approximate or 
laterally imbricate, the lower one remote and subdeclining or 
deflexed. Standard pale purple pubescent outside longer than 
the paler wings which are equal to the keel ; the latter white 
tipped with purple. Pods light yellowish-brown very short 
and abrupt, 2 or 3 lines long and about half as broad. Seeds 
nearly or quite 2 mill, in diam. mottled or streaked with black 
on a pale-y. or chestnut ground, considerably larger and some- 
what less finely or closely granulated than in O. reclinata L., 
subglobose very slightly or not at all compressed and not at all 
reniform, the radicle not being at all prominent. — In spec, 
gathered before the seeds were ripe, the latter are decidedly 
compressed and orbicular. Hence the term “ compresso-rotun- 
datis” in Novit. 547. 
T wo forms or var. may be distinguished : 
a. densely viscose-pubescent; st. procumbent or prostrate; 
lfts. short broadly oval or obovate, 3-6 lines X 2-4; stip. some- 
times indistinctly toothed. — Mad. rrr. Cani^al about the Pie- 
dade ; P t0 S t0 , cc. 
/3. smoother more robust or succulent and erect, st. ascending 
or decumbent ; lfts. oblong-oval 3-9 lines X 2-5 ; stip. distinctly 
toothed. — Mad. r. Brazen Head, P ta S. LoureiiQo on the Illieo 
dos Embarcadores. — A mere luxuriant form of a, due to soil and 
situation. 
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