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cal.-teeth, by the oval lfts. of the lower 1. and shorter much 
broader elliptic or oblong lfts. of the middle 1., and lastly by its 
pliant ( molles ) flexuose stems ; 3rdly, from both by the linear- 
subulate cal.-teeth longer than the tube, by its almost always pu- 
bescent rarely smooth pods, its linear-acute stip. the lower only 
being semi-hastate, and lastly by the numerous hairs covering 
the stems and 1. — PI. pale gr. varying much in the size and 
number of the fl.” — Thus, with the pods and seeds of-E. gracile, 
it has more the aspect, the fl., and shorter broader lfts. of E. tetra- 
spermum L. 
In the Canaries I have observed both E. gracile (Loisel.) and 
E. pubescens DC. (with shortly aumed or awnless ped. and alto- 
gether pubescent), but mytE. tetraspermum L. ; and Mr. Carruthers 
and the Rev. W. W. N ewbould assure me that Bourgeau’s Cana- 
rian ex. both in BH. and HIT. of his PI. Canar. no. 599, “ Vida 
tetraspermum Moench (Phytogr. Canar. 2. pag. 99) Teneriffe : in 
campis san Roque, Maio 1845,” are not, as I had hastily supposed, 
E. gracile (Loisel.), but certainly identical specifically with Solan- 
der’s left-hand spec, of his V. gracilis, i. e. with E. pubescens 
DC. /3. 
8. E. TETRASPERMUM L. 
Nearly or quite smooth branched climbing rampant; lfts. linear- 
oblong obtuse mucronulate in 3-5 or 6 pairs, the tendrils forked 
or simple ; stip. semi-sagittate the upper sometimes simple linear- 
acute ; ped. 1-2-fld . filiform awnless as long as the l . ; sep. very un- 
equal shorter than the tube, the 2 upper shortly triangular or half- 
ovate, all shorter than cor. ; pods mostly smooth subcylindric 
3-5 -seeded ; seeds globose even marbled or speckled, hilum linear- 
oblong elongate = i circumf. of seed. — Desf. ii. 107 (in part); EB. 
t. 1223 ; Sm. E. Fl. iii. 288 (in part) ; Ilook. Br. El. (ed. 5) i. 89 ; 
DC. ii. 367 (excl. var. /3.) ; Koch 218 ; a. Gren. et Godr. Fl. Fr. 1. 
474; Buch ! 197. no. 392; Errum tetraspermum L. var. latifolia, 
pedunculis unifloris — forte distincta species — Madeira 1777, Fr. 
Masson, Sol! in BH. Vida tetrasperma u Moench,” Bab. 82. — 
Mad. Fr. Masson 1777 ; not lately noticed. — I have never observed 
in Mad., but may have easily overlooked amidst a profusion of 
E. gradle (Loisel.), this common English hedge and cornfield 
weed. It is inserted on the authority of the spec, in BI1. above 
referred to, which aftercareful examination is pronounced by my 
very exact and obliging friend Mr. Carruthers to be merely a 
trifling var. of E. tetraspermum L. as originally determined by 
Solander. I am also indebted to JNl r. Carruthers for the following 
description of this typical ex . : — u Quite smooth. Tendrils simple 
unbranched. I fits, all oblong smooth obtuse 5 lines long, 2 broad, 
in 2-3 possibly more pairs. Stip. simple undiv ided elongated-tri- 
