Adenocarpus complicatus, (L.) Gay

1. A. complicatus (L.) Gay View in CoL , Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 2 (Bot.), 6: 125 (1836)

(inch A. commutatus Guss. , A. intermedius DC. , A. villosus Boiss. ).

Erect, up to 4 m; twigs and leaves sparsely to densely sericeous or with patent hairs. Leaflets 5-25 x 2-7 mm, oblanceolate. Bracteoles c. 1 mm, linear (sometimes absent); pedicels 3-5 mm. Calyx 5-7 mm, with or without glandular tubercules, subglabrous or sericeous, lower teeth not more than | the total length o f the lip. Standard 10-15 mm, sericeous. Legume 15—45 x 4-6 mm, narrowly oblong, glandular-tuberculate. Woods and scrub. S. W. Europe and Mediterranean region, extending to N. W. France. Ga G r Hs It Lu Si. Very variable in degree of pubescence, size of calyx and leaves, and presence or absence of glandular tubercles on the calyx. The following subspecies may be recognized although their distributions do not form a very satisfactory geographical pattern and there is much morphological intergradation.

1 Calyx densely glandular-pubescent; twigs villous, glabrescent (a) subsp. complicatus

1 Calyx eglandular, very rarely with a few glands

2 Twigs and calyx densely villous (b) subsp. aureus

2 Twigs and calyx shortly pubescent, sometimes glabrescent (c) subsp. commutatus