Hab. ubique vulgatiss. inter vineta, segetes, graminosaque montana Maderæ.

Constantly distinct, and easily distinguished by its large and handsome flowers, delicate smooth foliage, fine narrow leaflets, and graceful habit, from V. sativa L., which preserves all its characters and much coarser habit in Madera. Neither is it to be confounded with V. angustifolia "Roth. and Willd.” (V. sativa ß. Sm. in E. Fl.); nor again with V. Bobartii Forst. (V. angustifolia Sm. in E. Fl. non Roth. et Willd.) It differs from the former in the much narrower leaflets of the upper, and inversely heart-shaped ones of the lower leaves: but more strikingly, in the much larger and conspicuous bright rich purple (approaching to crimson) flowers. In both these points it comes much nearer V. Bobartii: but still the flowers are larger; and those only which open first, at the beginning of the season, are solitary: later, they are two or three, and even sometimes quite the uppermost are four together: the leaflets are more numerous and smoother; and the whole plant is larger, with the stems from one or two to three feet long.

47. Vicia capreolata, nob.

V. subpubescens, ramis gracilibus, elongatis, filiformibus: foliis cirrosis; foliolis 5-11; lineari-olongis, remotis: stipulis parvis, linearioblongis, angustis, semi-sagittatis, simplicibusve, acuminatis vel apice bifidis, coloratis, marcescentibus: pedunculis submultifloris; floriferis folio æquantibus; fructiferis duplo longioribus: calyce puberulo ; dentibus duobus superioribus inter se arcuato-incurvis; tribus inferioribus longioribus, acuminatis: floribus secundis, subdenis: leguminibus oblongis, subfalcatis, glaberimis, obsolete reticulatis, 4-5-spermis: seminibus 3—4, subtetrahedris, oblongis, subcompressis, glabris, nigrescentibus; funiculo magno hiloque longo.

Hab. in rupibus umbrosis convallium Madera. Florentem primus detexit. cl. Car. Lemann, M. D.

Flores eorum V. Cracce L. fere magnitudine, ochroleuci. Videtur V. ochroleuca Ten. affinis. An V. parviflora Cav., Brouss?

48. Biserrula Pelecinus L.

α.

pubescens.-B. Pelecinus L. D. C. Prodr. ii. 307.

B. glabra, nob.

Hab. ambæ varietates in apricis maritimis incultis Maderæ et Portûs S", una nascentes: sed ß. nostra, quamvis prima fronte valde distincta, nullo modo nisi glabritie differt; an vero species?

49. Lotus pisifolius, nob.

L. herbaceus, glaucus, glaber: caule flexuoso ramisque divaricatis, crassis, fistulosis, firmis, erectis vel subdeclinatis: foliolis obovatis stipulisque subcordatis maximis: capitulis multifloris, longe pedunculatis : calycibus campanulatis; laciniis ciliato-pilosis, æstivatione stellatis: leguminibus......seminibus......

Hab. in humidis graminosis Montis excelsi Pico Grande dicti : semel tantum lecta.

An varietas luxurians monstrosa L. majoris Sm. e solo pinguiore orta? Sed habitu, colore, magnitudine toto cœlo differt. Foliola stipilæque 1-2-pollicariæ; juniora ad margines pilis raris sparsa. Pedunculi 4-6-pollicares. Capituli 12-15-flores, basi folio ternato bracteati. Alabastra floresque ut in L. majore Sm. Tota planta eximie glauca 2-3-pedalis, ramis flabellatim expansis, suberecta.

50. Lotus macranthus, nob.

L. subcinereo-glaucescens, sericeo-pubescens: radice annua aut bienni; caule basi lignoso, frutescente: ramis diffuso-prostratis, patulisve: stipulis subsessilibus, transverse ovalibus; foliolisque rotundato-obovatis minimis floribus solitariis, versicoloribus, breviter pedicellatis: leguminibus lomentaceis, cylindricis, longissimis, rectis, glaberrimis, polyspermis: seminibus 30-40 minutis, orbicularibus, compressis, lævibus, glabris, fuscis.

Hab. in apricis maritimis Maderæ et Portûs Sti rarior.

Habitus L. glauci Ait; sed minus incana. Pubescentia totius plantæ brevissima, inconspicua, arctissime adpressa. Flores maximi, pollicares, cernui, pallide citrino-virescentes, mox fusco-purpurei; carinæ apice semper atro-purpureo. Legumina rectissima, subbipollicaria. Species notabilior, distinctissima.

L. annuus, pilosus, subcespitosus: caulibus prostratis, intricatis, numerosis, elongatis, flexuosis, ramosis, pallidis: foliolis obovato-cuneatis stipulisque ovatis subcordatis acutis: capitulis trifloris: leguminibus turgidis, crassis, brevibus.

L. divaricatus, Sol. MSS. et Herb. Banks.

Hab. incultis graminosisque montanis Maderæ sat frequens.

A. Loto diffuso, Sol., in Madera æque vulgari, capitulis normaliter tri- nec bi-floris, floribus aurantiacis, nec citrinis neque flavis, leguminibusque multo brevioribus, pinguibus, crassis, statim dignoscitur.

52. Medicago pulchella, nob.

M. subsericeo-pubescens, cinerascens: caulibus patulis prostratisve gracilibus foliolis obcordatis vel obovatis, basi cuneatis, integris, sursum subdentatis, apiceque argute. tridentato: stipulis integriusculis, ovatolanceolatis, inferioribus acuminatis: pedunculis sub-bifloris, abbreviatis: leguminibus cochleatis, villosulis, parvis, inermibus, globosis; cyclis 3-4, angustissimis; margine simplici, angusto, lineari, utrinque costis prominentibus, oblique deflexo-arcuatis, grosse dentato: seminibus compressis, reniformibus, flavis.

Hab. in collibus apricis saxosisque maritimis Maderæ et Portûs Sti rarior.

53. Ononis micrantha, nob.

O. herbacea, annua, prostrata procumbensve foliosa, glandulosopubescens: foliis (præter summa) trifoliolatis; foliolis ovalibus, argute serratis stipulis amplis, foliaceis, oblongo-ovatis, mucronatis, subserrulatis integrisve: floribus (purpureis) inconspicuis, sparsis, axillaribus, subsessilibus, solitariis, folio brevioribus: calycibus amplis, foliaceis, post anthesin dilatatis; laciniis æquis, acuminatis, integris, corollam subæquantibus, unicostatis: legumine erecto, turgido, ovali, brevi sc. laciniis calycinis breviore, dispermo: seminibus rufo nigroque marmoratis, compresso-rotundatis, minutissime granulato-scabris s. verruculatis.

"O. arthropodia Br. Fl. Lus. 2. 94," Herb. Banks. quoad exemplar unieum Gibraltaricum, a cl. Broussonet lectum aut communicatum !-haud Broteri in Fl. Lus. 1. c.

An. O. parviflora, Brot. Fl. Lus. 2. p. 96?

Hab. in collibus apricis maritimis Maderæ et Portus St.

Ab. O. villosissima Desf. Fl. Att. 2. p. 147. T. 192. vix nisi floribus sessilibus, sparsis, nec confertis, nec racemosis, stipulis calycibusque magnis, hirsutieque parciore differt.

54.

α.

Ononis dentata Sol. (Prim. p. 34. No. 59. t. 4.)

tridentata: laciniis calycinis 4 superioribus apice plerumque tridentatis.

O. dentata Sol. MSS. nob. 1. c.

Hab. in Portu Sto et Insulis Desertis.

B. simplex: laciniis calycinis simplicibus, conformibus, acuminatis. Hab. in Promontorio Maderæ Ponta Sao Lourenço dicto, Dr C. Lemann; et in Insulis Desertis cum a mixta, Dr Lippold.

Quoad cetera, plantæ omnino conveniunt: quoad imo calycis lacinias, status intermedii, sc. lacinia uni-bi-dentata facile adsunt.

HYPERICINEÆ.

55. Hypericum nubigenum, nob. in Bot. Misc. 2d Series, I. p. 43.

H. glabrum: caulibus simplicibus, erectis, strictis, ancipitibus, basi suffrutescentibus: foliis epunctatis, erectis, lineari-oblongis, obtusissimis vel retusis, amplexicaulibus, margine revolutis: panicula terminali, corymbosa: sepalis ovatis, æqualibus, dentato-glandulosis petalisque nigropunctatis: floribus trigynis; antheris epunctatis s. eglandulosis.

H. angustifolium, Primit. p. 35. No. 61; haud Lam.
Hab. in Maderæ editioribus.

H. angustifolium Lam. jam adest: ideoque nomen mutetur.

MALVACEÆ.

56. Sida maderensis, nob Prim. p. 35. No. 62.

Sida canariensis W. mera varietas statusve videtur: qualis Side carpinifolia L. est verosimiliter Side carpinioides, D. C.

57. Cerastium vagans, nob.

CARYOPHYLLEÆ.

C. viscoso-pubescens, perennis: caulibus diffusis, deorsum suffrutescentibus, apice ascendentibus, paniculisque pedicellisque calycibusque

dense fulvo-glandulosis: foliis angustis, sublanceolatis, acuminatis: petalis bifidis, sepalis subduplo longioribus, conspicuis: capsulis ovatis, calyce sublongioribus.

a.

fulva; dense fulvo-tomentosa.

B. subnuda; glabriuscula; foliis inferioribus glabris.

Hab. rarior sparsimque in rupibus siccis excelsioribus Maderæ. Habitus quodammodo Stellariæ. Pedicelli semper erecti. erecti. Capsulæ fructiferæ calyce tectæ, abbreviatæ, obovatæ vel ovales.

58. Arenaria serpyllifolia L.

7. depauperata; viscida, glanduloso-pubescens.

Hab. in Portu Sancto: etiam in cacuminibus summis Maderæ.

59. Silene filiformis, nob.

S. annua, pubescens: caule erecto: ramis divaricatis, filiformibus, gracilibus, strictis; internodiis sæpe viscidis: foliis angusto-lanceolatis, acutis; infimis obtusiusculis; summis raris linearibus: floribus solitariis, inconspicuis pedunculatis; pedunculis glabriusculis; calycibus oblongis; petalis linearibus, capsulisque cylindricis, sepala subæquantibus: anthophoro capsulæ dimidium vix æquante.

S. inaperta, Hort. Reid. quoad saltem stirpem Maderensem: haud Linn.

Hab. in sterilibus apricis, alveisque siccis convallium Maderæ.

Flores inaperti: petala viridi-fusca. S. inaperta L. proxima; sat vero distincta.

60. Silene ignobilis, nob.

S. annua, glabriuscula, dichotome ramosa, erecta: foliis inferioribus subciliolatis, spathulatis, superioribus lanceolatis: floribus solitariis, inconspicuis, pedunculatis; calycibus oblongis, haud inflatis, mox ventricosiusculis basique coarctatis, reticulatis; petalis inconspicuis, calycem vix superantibus: capsulis ventricosis, doliiformibus, calycem æquantibus; anthophoro brevissimo.

Hab. inter segetes Maderæ rariss.

Viridis, vix glaucescens. Variat plus minus velutino-pubescens ; plerumque fere glabra. Petala apice purpurascentia.