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39. CRASSTTLACE-E. 
Ranunculus cortuscefolius Willd. mentioned supra p. 4, it cannot 
be conclusively affirmed from this mixture in BH. of the two 
sp. on one sheet so to be. It will be better, however, under 
the circumstances, to subjoin the diagnosis of S. subvillosum : 
S. herb. ann. s. hapaxanthum pusillum glanduloso-puberulum, 
caule tenui e basi erecto nudo deorsmn glabro sursum pani- 
culatim laxe dicliotomo-ramoso ; fol. rhomboideis v. spathu- 
latis basi in petiolum cuneato-attenuatis sparsis caducis gla- 
briusculis lucidis viridulis margine integro epunctato ; fl. ma- 
jusculis laxis aureis plerumque longiuscule pedicel! a tis ; pani- 
culae laxjB foliosse subpauciflorae ranaulis patentibus v. deflexis 
tenuibus flexuosis pedicellisque ffiiformibus, calycibusque brac- 
teisque glanduloso-puberulis ; cymis simplicibus laxe corym- 
boso-paniculatis ; pet. 8-10 ovato-lanceolatis sepala duplo ex- 
cedentibus ; squamis hypog. palmato-fimbriatis. — Aichryson 
villosum Bourg. ! (non Webb) PL Can. no. 443 (non Semperv. 
villosum alior.) et Aichr. immaculatum Webb MSS. ejusd. ! 
no. 1277 (ex itin. 2 do ) in BH. et HH. — PI. 2-4 v. 5 poll, alta 
tenuis pusilla, inter S. villosum Ait. et S. punctatum C. Sm. 
quasi media, huic propior. Variat caule omniiio ramisque 
deorsum foliisque omnibus glabris. — Hab. in convalle S li Se- 
bastiani Ins. Can. Gomerae sat. vulg. 
§ 2. Patinaria Lowe. Herb, or suffr. bienn. or subper., nearly or 
quite stemless and unbranched except in fl. L. imbricate in 
close rosettes. Fl. y. Hypog. glands simple notched retuse 
or lunate. 
4. S. glandulosum Ait. Ensaido de Pasta or Pastmha. 
Herb, bienn. once-flowering more or less glandular-pubescent 
mostly viscid, stemless before fl. ; 1. rhomboidal-spathulate or 
obovate-ligulate inconspicuously or irregularly fringed with 
short subremote often clavate or capitate subcartilaginous cilia, 
bright gT. closely imbricate in a flat or discoidal sessile radical 
rosette lasting till the appearance of the single central succulent 
branched fl.-stem ; fl. large and numerous in 2-3-cleft cymes on 
rather long lax spreading or declining stalks or branches form- 
ing a large thick or close subcorymbose panicle ; pedic. cal. br. 
and floral 1. glandular-pubescent; pet. 10-15 mostly 11-13 Lan- 
ceolate ; hypog. glands shortly spathulate or wedgeshaped re- 
tuse. — Ait. Ilort. Kew. (ed. 1) ii. 148; Haw. Syn. 100; Buch 
197. no. 300; DC. iii. 411. S. glandulosum and S. talmlceforme 
I loll in J. Bot. i. 21 ( not A tahulccforme Haw.). S. patina Lowe 
MSS. olim. — Herb. 2-3-ennial Mad. reg. 1, 2^ 3, ccc; PS. reg. 
1, 4 , 4; CD. reg. 1, £. Seaeliils and perpendicular rocks, sides 
of ravines, walls, &c. everywhere in Mad. especially in the north. 
l Ho S t0 sparingly, on the N. coast, at l Ho dos Frades, and on the 
principal rocky peaks, P. doFacho, do Castello, de Juliana, &c. 
July, Aug. — Hoot slender long tortuous and wiry striking deep 
