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25. LEGuainrosjE. 
source for fodder, if cult, as a crop. First noticed by the late 
Dr. C. Lemann, then by myself, and again, after many years, 
recently by the Barao de Paiva and S r Moniz. March, April. — 
A large coarse stragglingbranched copiously leafy pi. with dark- 
gr. foliage. St. 1-2 ft. long stout and robust round striate 
often purplish. Stip. free from the petiole but partially com- 
bined with each other round the st., membranaceous ovate acu- 
minate. L. 5 or 6 in. long ; lfts. 1 in. long, 2-3 lines broad, 
quite smooth above, adpressedty pubescent beneath like all the 
rest of the pi. FI. ochroleucous pale very small and incon- 
spicuous crowded in small 2-6-tlowered shortly stalked spikes. 
Cal. clothed with black hairs; the teeth linear-subulate as long as 
the tube. Peduncles angular erect about 1 in. long, in fr. 1-2 in. 
solitary. Standard pale dull greenish-v. much longer than the 
wings which again are longer than the keel. Pods 1 in. long, 
\ in. broad, short thick oblong prismatic subcompressed and 
hollow or broadly channeled on the outer or lower indexed 
suture-side, shining though finely adpresso-pubescent ; when 
ripe becoming roughish, especially along the rounded thickened 
or tumid edges of the channel, and of a pale light yellowish 
colour, with a short strong sharp hooked beak. Seeds 4 in 
each cell large squarish much compressed with a strong notch 
or sinus at the hilurn , pale brown or tawny-y. smooth. 
Tribe VIII. Viciece. 
+++21. Cicer L. 
tffl. C. arietinum L. Grdo de bico. 
Glandular-pubescent ; 1. mostly odd-pinnate ; lfts. in many 
pairs ovate-lanceolate sharply serrate equal ; stip. ovate coarsely 
and irregularly toothed ; cal. but slightly gibbous at the base, 
its teeth as long as the wings of cor. — Desf. ii. 168 ; Brot. ii. 165; 
Buch! 197. no. 394; BM. t. 2274; I)C. ii. 354; Koch 212; Wight 
Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 1. t. 20. — Herb. ann. Mad. and PS. reg. 1, 2, c. 
Amongst com and in waste ground here and there occasionally ; 
towards the Praia, to the E. of Funchal, &c. Frequently 
cult, as a crop. April, May. — Sparingly branched and chiefly 
from the base, the branches distichous or spreading in one 
plane, 12-18 in. long; the 1. also regularly distichous and with- 
out tendrils, rendering the habit altogether peculiar. Wliolo 
pi. dark gr. glandulose-pubescent and with an acid taste when 
applied without bruising to tin; tongue. Lfts. ovate oblong or 
elliptic acute at both ends sharply and strongly serrate. Stip. 
ovate strongly sharply and coarsely toothed. Ped. 1-fld. very 
much shorter than the 1. 2-bracteolate at top. FI. solitary mo- 
derately large about 5 lines long dull purple with darker veins, 
