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angular. Ped. 1-fld. awnless 1-11 i Q - long i n as long as or a 
little longer than the 1. including the tendril. FI. none remain- 
ing in the spec. Cal. and sep. smooth. Sep. with membranous 
margins, the 2 upper triangular shorter than the tube, the 3 others 
elongate-triangular not or scarcely longer than the tube. Pods 
2-3-seeded smooth, 3^-4^ lines long by 11 line broad.” 
E. tetrcispermum L. may be known from the common Mad. 
E. gracile (Loisel.) by its mostly forked tendrils, more numerous 
(in mostly 4-6 pairs) shorter and broader blunt mucronate lfts., 
shorter awnless 1-2-fld. ped., much smaller fl., distinctly unequal 
sep., 3-5- mostly 4-seeded pods, and seeds with a linear-oblong 
hilum twice as long proportionately to the circumference as in 
E. gracile. 
9. E. CAPREOLATTJM Lowe. 
Subpuberulous branched slender climbing rampant; lfts. oblong 
or linear-oblong obtuse mucronate, in mostly 5 or 6 irregular 
remote pairs, the tendrils much branched and twining ; stip. 
semi-sagittate or simple, small narrow- oblong or linear, acu- 
minate withering : ped. many-flowered as long as or longer 
than the 1. ; cal. -teeth much shorter than cor., shorter than 
their tube, the 2 upper triangular-ovate broad and short con- 
verging ; pods oblong compressed quite smooth faintly reti- 
culate 3-5-seeded ; seeds subquadrangular, oblong slightly com- 
pressed, even; hilum linear very long. — Vida capreolata Novit. 
23 or 545. — Herb. ann. Mad. reg. 3, rr. ND. rrr. Wooded 
banks and cliffs in ravines, Mad., as at the head of Rib. de S ,a 
Luzia, in the Serra d’Agua under Pico Grande ; Rib. da Metade, 
de S. Jorge, do Seixal, &c. ; ND. at the top near the ruined 
house, a single pi. May-August. — Whole pi. slightly pubes- 
cent more or less, only in ND. examples nearly smooth, of a 
full not at all hoary gr. St. very long spreading extensively 
over bushes or hanging 3 or 4 yards down rocks, slender spa- 
ringly branched ribbed or angular. Lfts. 2-6 pairs remote 
alternate or very irregularly paired, mostly 4-8 lines long and 
1-2 lines broad, sprinkled, especially beneath, with short ad- 
pressed hairs. Stip. hairy, either simply acuminate or 2-toothed 
at the tip, otherwise quite entire except the toothlet at the 
base when they are semisagittate ; soon turning red, then 
brown and dry. Stipels and bractlets none, or minute and 
deciduous. Rac. stalked secund, about 10-15-fld. FI. 4-5 
lines long, pale lilac or cream-colour, white and hoary with 
pubescence in the bud. Ped. in fi. about the length of the 1., 
in fr. twice as long, subpubescent. Pedic. short thickly pubes- 
cent or hairy. Cal. submembranaceous thin pale or yellowish- 
gr. pubescent campanulate slightly compressed, f -toothed ; 2 
upper teeth broad and short acute or even cuspidate approxi- 
