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gradations in size and shape of pods, length and direction of 
their spines, &c. In its extreme form of least development and 
utmost divergence of the latter, the pods considerably resemble 
those of 31. minima Desr. y, but are much larger. It has oc- 
curred only in P t0 S t0 growing sparingly amongst beds of a. 
31. denticulata Willd. (EBS. t. 2634) differs in the 2-3- (not 
4-5-) whorled smaller flattened or subdiscoidal less firm or softer 
thinner or more membranous strongly and distinctly reticulately 
lacunose or pitted pods, and less leafy luxuriant or succulent 
habit. It has not occurred in either the Madeiran or Canarian 
group. 
The 2-4- or 3-whorled-fruited form or var. ( = 31. lappacea 
DC. 1. c. no. 46 ; Seub. 1. c. no. 367 = ? 31. denticulata y. lappacea 
WB. 1. c. = 3I. denticulata a. tubercidata (short-spined) and ft. 
lappacea (long-spined) Moris FI. Sard. i. 447. tt. 47, 48= ? 31. 
denticulata ft. lappacea Koch Syn. ed. 2. 181) has not occurred in 
Madeira. Both Lamarck and Brotero appear to include it under 
their respective syn., 31. lappacea Lam. and 31. ciliaris Brot. 
Although I have thus included Webb’s var. y. lappacea with 
the other tricyclous-podded syn. above mentioned, in deference 
to his char. “fr. minore subtricyclo,” yet his collector Bour- 
geau’s pi. in BH. and HH., ticketed “ 31. denticulata W. var. 
lappacea, Canaria, Barr 0 de la Angostura, Mart. 1846, Pi. Can. 
no. 384,” has the pods distinctly pentacyclous, and is precisely 
31. lappacea a. macracantha i. e. 31. denticulata ft. macracantha 
Webb. Nor have I myself ever met with his u subtricyclous ” y. 
in any of the Canary Islands. 
4. M. ciliaris Willd. 
Not quite smooth succulent robust leafy ; stip. large deeply la- 
ciniate and fringed ; lfts. large obovate or obcuneate finely and 
sharply toothed upwards, puberulous beneath; ped. 2-3-fl.awned, 
1 or 2 fl. fertile ; keel longer than wings ; pods very large glo- 
bose or ovoidal thickly lmiry-webbed and spinose , of 6-8 turns ; 
spines crowded numerous long and slender straight divergent in- 
terlacing hairy not hooked at the tip ; seeds large black reniform. 
— I)C. ii. 180. no. 70; Moris Fl. Sard. i. 452. t. 51 ; Bourg. ! PI. 
Can. in BII. no. 80, Teneriffa, S. Diego. 31. polymorpha D. Cilia- 
ris Desf. ii. 212. M. intertexta \\ i 1 1< 1 . , !)(’. ii. iso. no. 75, and 
‘‘LI. Fr. iv. 640” (not All. which = M. Echinus DO.).— -Herb, 
aim. Mad. reg. 1, r. Cornfields about the Fort and abovo the 
(( Crater ” at the E. end of the Praia to the W. of Funchal. 
May. — J labit like 31. lappacea : distinguished by its partial hairi- 
