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stipulary spines at base of petioles ; lfts. oblong-oval or elliptic ; 
rac. drooping and with the pods smooth. — Brot. ii. 486 ; DC. 
ii. 261.— ^Tr. per. (1. deciduous) Mad. reg. 1, 2, c or ■§. In public 
walks and gardens chiefly about Funchal, the Mount, Camacha, 
&c. March, April. — A tr. 30 or 40 ft. high with deciduous 
odd-pinnate 1. of 5-10 pairs of rather large stipelled smooth 
lfts. 1-1 2 ~ in- long, 1-f or 1 in. broad, and lax drooping short 
rac. of pure w. fragrant fl. appearing in early spring before the 
1. and perfuming the air in their neighbourhood. Bearing the 
sea air better than most tr. in Mad., it is well adapted ^for plant- 
ing near the beach ; but affords rarely more than a scanty shade. 
Though its roots run generally near the surface, throwing out 
frequent suckers, it shows no disposition to become truly 
naturalized in Mad. 
A few tr. of B. dubia Fouc., DC., with pale blush-pink fragrant fl. 
formerly existed about the Quinta do Valle ; and B. hispida L., 
a shr. with hispid st. and rac. of deep-rose-purple scentless fl., 
also occurs sometimes in gardens. 
Tribe VI. Hedysarece. 
* Fl. umbellate. L. odd-pinnate. 
15. Arthrolobium Desv. 
1. A. EBRACTEATUM (Brot.). 
L. all pinnate ; lfts. elliptic-oblong in 3-7 lax or distinct 
pairs, equal, the lowest remote from the st. ; stip. minute in- 
distinct • ped. about as long as the 1. mostly 2-3-fld . ; pods 
falcate slender filiform. — “ Desv. Journ. Bot. 3. 121, t. 4. f. 10;” 
EBS. t. 2844 ; Bab. 86. Astrolobium ebracteatum DC. ii. 311 ; 
Seub. Fl. Azor. 49. no. 390. Ornithopus ebracteatus Brot. ii. 
159 ; Brot. Phyt. Lusit. i. 168, t. 68 ; Spr. iii. 325 ; WB. ii. 
117. — Herb. ann. Mad. reg. 2, 3, ccc ; reg. 1, occasionally. 
Mountain pastures, especially near rills or water-courses, every- 
where. At the mouth of the Rib. da Janella near the sea. 
May- July. — Nearly or quite smooth and of a full or darkish gr. ; 
sometimes a little puberulous upwards. Root with several 
knobs or tubers at the crown. St. 6-12 in. long numerous 
spreading all round prostrate filiform straight rather stiff and 
hard mostly reddish or purplish. Lfts. in about 6 pairs distant 
and distinct, each 3 or 4 lines long and half as broad. Stip. 
very minute and inconspicuous adnate to the petiole, obsolete 
or wanting altogether in the upper 1. Ped. slender filiform 1-2 
in. long 1-4-fid. without any 1. or 1ft. at the top. Cal. -teeth 
many times shorter than the tube, triangular-ovate. Fl. small 
golden-y. inclining to or. Pods very smooth and shining mostly 
