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OMPHALODES. See Cynoglossu^. 

 O N A G R A. Sec CEnothera. 

 ONIONS. See Cepa. 

 ONOBRYCHIS. 



ONONIS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 772. Anonis. Tourn. 

 Inft- R- H. 408. tab. 229. Reft-harrow, Camn:iock, 

 Petcywin ; in French, Arrete-beuf, 



The Characters are, 



^he empalement of the flower is cut into five narrow feg- 



ments-, which end in acute points^ the upper being a It t tie 



raifed and arched^ the lower bending under the kecL The 



flower is of the butterfly kind. 'The ftandard is heart- 



fhapedj depreffed on the ftdes^ and larger than the wings, 



The wings are oval and fhort ; the keel is pointed., and 



Jmger than the wings. It hath ten ftamina joined together^ 



terminated by fingle fummits^ and an oblong hairy germen^ 



fupporting a fingle ftyle^ crowned by an obtufe ftigma. 



The germen afterward becofHes a turgid pod with one cell^ 



inclqfing kidney 'fijaped feeds. 



This 'genus of plants is ranged in the third feftion 

 of Linnaeus's feventeenth clafs, which includes thofe 

 plants whofe flowers have ten ftamina joined in two 

 bodies. ; ,. ■ 



The Species are, • ,' .. . 



1. Ononis {Spinofa) floribus fubfefillibus, folitariis la- 

 terahbus, caule fpinofo. Hort. Cliff. 389. Refi-har- 

 row with fingle flowers fitting clofe to the fides of the 



. branches^ and a prickly fialk, Anonis fpinofa flore pur- 

 pureo. C.B. P. 389. Prickly Reft-harrow with apur- 

 ■ pie flower, fometimes called Cammock^ or Petty-win, and 

 ■ in fome countries. French Furze. ^ * • ' - 



2. Ononis (Mitis) floribus fubfeflilibus folitariis latera- 

 libus, ramis inermibus. Hort. CliftV359. Refi-harrcw 



- mth Jingle flowers fitting clofe to the ftalks, and 

 : branches without fpines, Anonis fpinis carens pur- 



- purea. C, B. P. .389. Purpie Refl-harrow having no 

 ; Jpines, ■-■■^ 



?. Ononis {Repens) caulibus difTufis, ramis ereclis, fo- 

 ^ liis fupcrioribus folitariis ftipulis ovatis. Lin. Sp. 

 1006. Reft'harrow withdiffiifedftalks^ which are erc5l^ 

 the upper leaves fingle^ and oval ftipul^e, Anonis mari- 

 tima procumbens, foliis hirfutispubefcentibus. Pluk. 

 Aim. 33. Trailing maritime Refl-harrow with hairy 



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9. Ononis (Criflata) pcdunculis unifloris prselongk, 

 ramis inermibus, foliis ternacis ghbris, vaginis acure 

 dcntatis. Refl-harrow with one flower growing on a long 

 foot-flalk, branches without fpines, fraooth trifoliate 

 leaves, andfheaths which are floarply indented. Anonis 

 glabra inermis, pcduaculis uniHoris praslongis vaginis 

 criltatis. Allion. Smooth Refl-harrow without fpines, 

 having one flower on a long fcot-ftalk^ with a crefled 

 fijeath. 



10. Ononis {Ornithopodcides) pedunculis biflorls arifta- 

 tis, Icguminibus lincaribus cernuis. Prod. Leyd. 

 ^y6. Refl-harrow with two flowers on a foot-flalk ter- 

 minated by a thread, and narrow nodding pods. Ano- 

 nis filiquis ornithopodii. Boerh, Ind. alt. 2. 34. Refi- 

 harrow with pods like thofe of the Bird's -foot. 



11. Ononis {Rotundifolia) fruticofa pedunculis trifioris, 



calycibus triphyllo-braftatis foliis ternatis fubrotun- 



dis. Hort. CIifi\ 358. Refl-haj'row ^with footflalks 



proceeding from the fide of the branches, fuftaining three 



flowers, and trifoliate roundiflj leaves. Ciccr fylveftre 



latifolium triphyllum. C. B. P. '347. -Inroad three- 

 leaved wild Chich. ' . . ' 



12. Ono>jis (M///^/;?^) floribus feflilibus fpicatis, brac- 

 teis ftipularibus, ovatis ventricofis fcanofis imbrica- 

 tis. Lin. Sp.' 1007. Refl-harrow with fpiked flowers fit- 

 ting clofe, and oval fiipuhe to the f.cwcrs. Anonis alo- 



/^pecuroides, mitis annua purpurafccns. Hort. Elth. 

 \ 28. tab. 24. Smooth, amnial, purplifh. Fox-tail Reft- 

 ■ harrow. \ "■ ;,=... 



13. Ononis [Alcpecurc'ides) fpicis foliofis fimplicibus 

 ovatis obtufis Itipulis dilatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1008. 



mid finale oltufe leaves. 





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4. Ononis (Tridentata) foliis ternatis carnofis fublinea- 

 '^ ribus trldentatis, fruticofapedunculis bifloris. Lin. Sp 

 ""Plant. 718. Shrubby Refl'karrcwy wltbjrifoliate fiefijy 



I leaves which are narrow, and have three indentures. 

 Anonis Hifpanica, frutefcens, folio tridentatd carno- 



Reft-harrow with leafy fpikcs. *;»w^*,.^^. 

 Anonis ficula alopecuroides. Tourn. Inft. 408. FoX' 

 .- tail Reft'hdrrcw of , Sicily. 



14. Ononis {Anil) foliis ternatis ovatis, petiolis Icngifli- 

 mis, leguminibus hirfutis. Refl-harrow with cvaJtri^ 

 foliate leaves growing en "very long foot-ffdlKs, and hairy 

 pods, Anonis Americana, folio latiori fubrotuhdo. 

 Tourn. Inft. R. H. 409. American Refl-harrow with a 



broader roundiflj leaf. ' " ' 



15. Ononis {hecumbens'^^ ioXxxsX.t.xr^-Si'Cis lineari-lanceola-^ 

 _ tis, caule decumbcnte, floribus fpica is alaribus, le- 

 guminibus glabris. Refl-harrovo voith trifoliate, narrow.^ 

 fpear-fhaped leaves, a traiUng fialh, ficwers growing in 

 fpikesfrom the wings of the ftalk, and fmocth pods. Ano- 

 nis Americana, angulbifolia, humilior & minus hir- 

 futa. Houft. MSS. Lower narrow-leaved American 



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fo, Tourn. Inft. 408. Shrubby Spanifh Refl-harrow with J land, fo is rarely adzriitted into gardens. 



.,;, Refl-harrow, which is lejs hairy. ' , .^ 

 ■ The firft fort is a common weed in moft parts of Eng- 



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:^^ ftrong creeping root, which fpreads far in the ground 



5. Ononis [Fruticofa) fruticofa floribus paniculatis, pe- [ ■ ^ and is with great diflicuhy eradicated ; the ftalks rife 

 . dunculis iubtrifloris, ftipulis vaginalibus, foliis ter- [ ' a foot and a half high, they are flender, purple, and 

 . natls lanceolatis ferratis. Hort. Cliff. 358. Reft-bar- 



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. row with paniculated flowers growing three upon ctfoct- 

 : ftalk, fheath-likefllpul^, and trifoliate leaves. j- Aiioms 

 ' purpurea verna pr^ecox frutefcens, fldre rubro amplo. 

 y Mor. Hift. 2. p. 170. Early fpring, purple^ fhrubby Reft- 



■ harrow, with a larz^ Ted flower. 



.$u. Ononis {Natrix) pedunculis unlnons ariflatis foliis 



' terminatis ovatis, ftipulis integerrimis. HbH." Cliff; 



f. 358. Refl-harrow with one flozver on a foot-flalk ter- 



•' minuted by a thread, and oval trifoliate leaves, Anonis 



. .vifcofa fpinis carens lutea major. C.B. P. 280. Glu- 



ttnoks Rejl-harrow without fpines, having a large yellow 



'flower. 



hairy, fending out fmall branches on their/ide, which 

 arc armed with ftiarp prickles. The ^flowers come 



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7. Ononis (Fifcofa) pedunculis unlfloris ariftatis, foliis 

 : fimplicibus infimis ternatis. Lm. Sp. 1009, Reft-har- 



.^f^with one flower on each foot-ftalk terminated by a 

 \- thread, whofe lower leaves are trifoliate. Anonis annua 



ereftior, latifolia o-lutinofa Lufitanica. Tourn. Inft. 

 _. 409. Annual broad-leaved, glutinous, ereff Refl-harrow 



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8. On'onis (Minutiflima) floribus fubfeflllibus lateralibus, 



out fingly from the fide of the branches ; they are* of 

 the butterfly kind, and of a purple colour, which are ' 

 Succeeded by fmall pods, containing one or two kid- ..■ 

 ney-fliaped feeds. It flowers great part of fummer, 

 and the feeds ripen in ^the autumn. The root of this . 

 is one of the five opening'roo'tr; the cortical parfof 

 ^. jt is efteerned a good medicine for ftoppage of urine, 

 V and to open the obftrudlions of the liver and fpleen -, 

 ,.; there is a variety or this with white flowers; ■ ■ ^' 

 '^ The fecond' fort grows naturally in many parts of 

 • England, ""and has been by fome fuppofed to^be only 

 /^i variety of the firft ^ but. I have cultivated both, by ' 

 -r feeds, and have always found the plants retain tKeir 

 . - difference •, the ftalks of this fort are hairy, and nhbre 

 {^'diffufed than ttibfe'bf the firft ; the leaves are broad- 

 f/: er/ and fit clofcr on the branches ; the ftalks do not 

 ';.grow,fo upright ' and have no Ipmes-, the flowers 

 '\^. and pods' are like thofe of the firft." X^ere is alfo a 

 "variety of this with white flowers.' ■ -' 



foliis ternatis glabris, ftipulis fetaceis, calycibus arif- '.'The third fort grows naturally on the borders of the 



tis corolla longioribus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1007. Refl- 

 harrow with flowers fating clofe to the fides oftheflalks, 

 trifoliate leaves, hriftly fti^uU, and the beard of the ca- 

 lyx longer than the corolla. Anonis flore luteo parvo. 

 H. Rv P^ar, Reft-harrow with a fmall yellow flower. 



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 root, from which arife many hairy ftalks which are , 

 near two feenbhg, fpreading on every fide upon' 'the 

 gi^ound, garniflied with trifoliate hairy lea\'es," thofe ,.: 

 on the lower part of the ftalks being pretty large and-;- 



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