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Ononis Fruticosa. Shrubby Rest- 

 Harrow. 



Oafs and Order. 



DlADELPHIA DECANDRIA. . 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-partitus : laciniis linearibus, Vexillum ftriatum. Legumcn 

 turgidum i'eflile. Ft/amenta connata abfque fiffura. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



ONONIS fruticofa foliis fcffilibus ternatis lanceolatis ferratis, 

 llipulis vaginalibus, pedunculis fubtrifloris. Linn. 

 Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 653. Ait. Kew. 24- 



ONONIS purpurea verna praecox frutefcens, flore rubro 

 amplo. Morif. Hift. 2. p. 170. 



This charming little fhrub, highly deferving of being more 

 generally known, is a native of the South of France; and 

 was cultivated here by Miller in 1748. 



In favourable fituations, it produces bloflbms in great 

 profuiion during moft of the Summer, and ripens feed in 

 abundance : the fituation it affects is dry and fandy, but it is a 

 flirub by no means nice, as to foil or place of growth, and (o 

 hardy as to have borne the feverity of lait Winter, 1795* 

 without injury. 



In the collections about town we frequently find it in pots, 

 kept with grecn-houfe plants. 



It is faid to vary with white flowers. 



The belt mode of raifmg it is from feed. 



