162 



LEGUMINOS^. LXIL Ononis. 



calycine lobes villous, about equal in length to the corolla. ©. 59 O. Colu'mn^ (All. ped. 1. no. 1166. t. 20. f. 3.) pubes- 



H. Native of Barbary and Mogodor. Very like the preced- cent ; stems tufted ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets obovate-oblong, 



ing species. 



One-leaved Rest-harrow. 



Fl. July, Aug, Clt. 1800. PI. 1 ft. 

 52 O. a'lba (Poir. voy. barb. 2. p. 210.) stem erect, villous ; 



and are, as well as the stipulas, serrated, but the upper leaves an 

 simple ; flowers aggregate into a leafy spike ; corolla shorter 

 than the calyx. %* H. Native of Spain, France, Piedmont, 

 Switzerland, Hungary, and Tauria, on hills. O. parviflora, 



leaves simple, oblong, and are, as well as the stipulas, serru- 



almost sessile, disposed in spicate Lam. diet. 1. p. 510. but not of Thunb. O. subocculta, ViD. 



lated ; 



racemes 



corolla. 



flowers distant, 



; calyx covered with soft villi, rather longer than the daupb. 3. p. 429. O. minutissima, Jacq. austr. 240. 



O. H. 



2. p. 80. Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 145. 

 ff^Ai/e-flowered Rest-harrow. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



Native of Barbary and Naples. 



Flowers white. 



Vahl. symb. 



Co/w?N?2a'5 Rest-harrow. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1732. PI. | foot. 

 60 O. minutIssima (Lin. spec. 1007.) glabrous; stems rather 



Fl. May, Sept- Clt. 1823. tufted; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets oblong-obovate, serrated ; sti- 

 pulas subulate, entire; flowers collected into a leafy spike; 

 53 O. oligophy'lla (Ten. prod. G9. cat. 1815. app. p. C2. fl. corolla shorter than the calyx. %. H. Native of Spain, in 

 nap. 2. t. 67.) stem ascending; leaves glabrous, simple, orbi- rugged places, and the south of France. O. saxatilis, Lara. 

 cular, and are, as well as the stipulas, serrated ; flowers pedicel- diet. 1. p. 509. O. barbata, Cav. icon. t. 153. Root some- 

 late, racemose ; calyx villous, shorter than the corolla. ©. H. times shrubby. Lbbes of calyx subulate, elongated. 

 Native of Naples and of Sicily, near Palermo, &c. There are Very-minute Rest-harrow. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. 



PL 



varieties of this plant with the stems and leaves glabrous on the 

 upper part, and pilose. Allied to O.dlba, and hardly to be dis- 

 tinguished from it unless in the flowers being on longer pedicels. 

 /'^w-/earei Rest-harrow. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1823. PI. 1 ft. 



§ 4. Bugranotdes (so called from the similarity of the species 

 of this section to the last). Z). C. prod. 2. p. 164. Leaves sim- 

 ple or trifoliate* Flowers sessile or sub-sessile, yellow, 



54 O, Arragone'nsis (Asso, syn. arr. 96. t. 6. f. 2.) shrubby ; 

 leaves trifoliate, glabrous ; leaflets roundish, serrated ; flowers 



:| to ^ foot. 



61 O. vARiEGA^TA (Liu. spcc. 1008.) glabrous, diffuse; leaves 

 simple, sessile, obovate, striated, serrated ; stipulas large, rather 

 sheathing, serrated ; flowers almost sessile, axillary ; corolla 

 longer than the pubescent calyx. ©. H. Native of Spain, in 

 the sand by the sea side. Desf. atl, t. 185. 



Tar. 73, erioclada (D. C. prod. 2. p. 165.) brandies and 

 calyxes hairy. ©. H. Native about Gibraltar. 



FanVg-^^eJ Rest-harrow. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1784. Pl.proc. 



62 O. EUPHRAsi^EFOLiA (Dcsf. fl. atL 2. p. 141. t. 184.) 

 almost sessile, twin, disposed in a leafless raceme ; calyx villous, erect, glabrous, simple ; leaves simple, petiolate, lanceolate, and 

 one-half shorter than the corolla. ^. H. Native of Spain, in are, as well as the stipulas, serrated ; flowers disposed in a soine- 

 the kingdom of Valentia, on mountains ; also of Arragon, and what leafy spike ; corolla longer than the rather hairy ci)t 



the Pyrenees on the confines of France, and about Vena. ©. H. Native of Barbary, near Mascar, in sand. 



m 



D. C. 



fl. fr. suppl. p. 552. O. dumosa, Lapeyr. arb. 410. 



Eye-hrtght-leaved Rest-harrow. 



PL i foot. 



Magn. hort. monsp. 17. t. 21. 



Fl. May, July. Clt. 1816. Shrub 1 



Arragon Rest-harrow\ 

 to 2 feet. 



55 O. sPECio^SA (Lag. nov. spec. 22. p. 294.) shrubby, pu- 

 bescent ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets ovate, doubly serrated ; 

 raceme sub-spicate, terminal, elongated, hairy ; lower pedicels 

 solitary, upper ones twin, shorter than the bracteas. Tj . H. 

 Native of Spain, in Granada. 



Shewy Rest-harrow. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



56 O. ju'ncea (Asso, syn. arr. 96. t. 5. f. 2.) shrubby, gla- flowers in dense spikes. 



§ 5. Pteronbnis (from Trrepov, pteron, a wing, and ononis^ W 

 called in allusion to the pinnate leaves of the species). D*C. pfOO' 

 2. p. 165. Lower leaves imj>ari-ptnnate, having manypc^^J^^ 

 leaflets. The species contained in this section are not sufficienUjj 

 knorvn. 



C^3 O. Ros^FOLiA (D. C. leg. mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 165.) sjf- 

 fruticose, erect, hispid ; leaflets 4 pairs, ovate, serrated, rather 

 villous, the odd leaflet very remote from the 



h 



Native of Spain. 



upper f^\ 



AnoDtf 



brous ; leaves trifoliate; leaflets obovate, and are, as well as Hispanica frutescens folio rosae sylvestris, Tourn. inst. 40'^\ 



the stipulas, serrated ; flowers almost sessile, disposed in a long 

 spike ; bracteas stipular, and are, as well as the calyxes, sea- 



corolla length of calyx. 



^.H. 



nous: corona lengtn oi caiyx. »2. n. Native of Spain, in 



Very like 0. mimitissima, but the flowers are pale- 

 yellow, and the stems are shrubby at the base. 



1 foot. 



Arragon. 



Rushy Rest-harrow. 



Shrub ^ 



to 



57 O. capita'ta (Cav. icon. 2. p. 43. t. 154. f. 2.) glabrous; 

 stems prostrate, branched, filiform ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets 

 ovate-oblong, toothed ; flowers capitate ; corolla a little longer are acutely-serrated at the apex 



T2 . F. Native perhaps of 



of the synonymes. Stipulas large, leafy, semi-ovate, serra 

 Lower leaves with 4 pairs of leaflets, upper ones with one p 

 some of them reduced to the odd leaflet. Flowers large, yeHo*' 



Calyx very villous. 



Rose-leaved Rest-harrow. Shrub 1^ foot. 



64 O. cicerifolia (D. C. leg. mem. vi.) sufFruticose, 

 hispid ; leaves having 3 pairs of oblong-cuneated leaflets, 



than the calyx. 

 Valentia. 



^. H. Native of Spain, in the kingdom of spicate 



ercrt 

 ffbick 



S^verf Villous; flo^J* 



the 



PI. 4 foot. 



Capitate-Rowered Rest-harrow. FL June, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 i 



2 



58 O. stria'ta (Gouan. ill. 47. D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 511.) stems 

 diffusely prostrate, branched ; leaves trifoliate, rather scabrous ; 

 leaflets obovate-cuneated, striated, and are, as well as the sti- 

 pulas, serrated ; flowers capitate ; corolla longer than the hairy 



If. H. Native of mountain pastures from Ar- 



leafy, semi-ovate, acute, serrated at the apex. 



Levant. 



Lower leaver 



Calyx very 



clammy calyx. 



ragon to Provence, near the limits of olives. 



Asso, syn. arr. 5G. O. reclinata, Lam. fl. fr. exclusive of the 



O- aggregata. 



There are varieties of this plant almost smooth, 



synonymes. 



and beset with rough glandular hairs. 



Striated Rest-harrow. 



1 



PI. ^ to 1 foot. 



with 3 pairs of leaflets, upper ones with one pair, 

 villous, with linear awl-shaped lobes. Flowers yellow. 

 Cicer-leavcd Rest-harrow. Shrub 1 foot. , 



65 O. iN^QuiFOLiA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 165.) somewhat ne^^ 

 baceous, erect, beset with clammy villi ; leaves with 3 P^! 

 oval-oblong, serrated, villous leaflets, the odd one approM 

 to the superior pair ; racemes terminal ; flower pedicellate. ^ 

 H. Native of the Levant. Anonis orientalis pentauhyli 

 heptaphylla viscosa, VaiU. herb. Stipulas lanceolate, elo"g^^. 

 Lower leaves with 3 pairs of leaflets, upper ones witli ^«^Pj^ 

 floral leaves simple, shorter than the pedicels. Vexillurn stn 

 . Unequal-leaved Rest-harrow. PI. 1 foot. 



