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25. LEGTJMINOSiE. 
ascending to the Chapel of N. S. dasNeves, Dr. C. Lemann, April 
1837; Calheta in the Rib. de S. Bartholomeo April I860, Lowe; 
Ladeirada Cruzinha, Fayal, Sr. J. M. Moniz, Sept. 1860. — Habit 
and foliage more like that of a Lathyrus or Ervum (particularly 
E. gracile, Loisel.) than a Vicia ; whole pi. apparently smooth 
to the naked eye, but minutely puberulous when closely ex- 
amined. St. 1-3 ft. Jong very slender and wiry loosely branched 
and rampant. Lfts. remarkably long and narrow, 9-18 or 20 lines 
long, ^-1 line broad, regularly pectinate, broadest from the middle 
downwards, mostly finely acuminate and cuspidate, sometimes 
abrupt or retuse and mucronate, a few only of the lowest broader 
and shorter oblong-obcimeate or obovate-obcordate. FI. as in 
V. conspicua, but somewhat smaller, and I have never seen them 
more than binate, the lower solitary. Pods 15-20 lines long, 
2-2^ broad, dark coffee-brown or black, somewhat knobbed. 
Seeds 2^-2f mill, in diam. in my Calheta ex. 
Very distinct in form of lfts. and habit from its near ally V. 
conspicua, as expressed indeed by its first discoverer in the fol- 
lowing words : u The very narrow-leaved Vicia which I ga- 
thered on the sea-cliffs east of Funchal, differs from any var. of 
the common V. sativa L. in having the broadest part of its lfts. 
towards the base. This is never the case in the other, however 
narrow the lfts. of some of its varr.” (Lemann in litt., Lond., 
May 24, 1844.) Afterwards however Dr. Lemann was led by 
Mr. Bentham’s high authority to regard it decidedly as a mere 
var., — an opinion to which I am not prepared at present to assent. 
5. V. LUTEA L. 
Robust succulent leafy somewhat hairy ; st. at first prostrate 
slender wiry, then ascending stout succulent scarcely climbing; 
lfts. in 5-8 pairs oblong mucronate or elliptic-lanceolate; stip. 
small, darkly branded beneath, simple ovate entire, the lower 
hastate or 1-toothed at the base ; fl. nearly sessile solitary 
large conspicuous; cal. smooth, the 2 upper teeth shorter, 3 
lower longer than the tube ; all finely acuminate ascending ; 
standard notched, smooth outside ; pod short oblong broad and 
flatly compressed, mostly bulbous-hairy, spreading or deflexed, 
4— 6-seeded ; seeds orbicular compressed smooth even. — EB. t. 
4K1; Desf.ii. I ( >5; Brot. ii. 161; Buch! 197.no. 391; Sm. E.Fl.iii. 
284; DC.ii.368; WB. ii. 108; Koch216: Bab. 84. — Herb. per. 
Mad. reg. 2, £. Grassy banks in ravines. Apr.-July. — Subvarr. : 
a. purpurascens ; fl. pale sulphur, streaked and tinged more or 
less with v.-purple. — Oayados Ravine beyond Camacha abun- 
dant; W. Bank of the Rib. de Joao Gomes near Funchal, Dr. 
C. Lemann ; with still more decidedly purple-tinged fl., Rib. de 
S. Joao, Funchal, Sr. J. M. Moniz. — Somewhat smooth, dark 
