Ol'(l. 3.] DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 145 



Leaves ternate, or solitary. Branches angular, without thorns. 

 Filaments in one set at the base. Legume fringed. 

 Dry gravelly pi. T? . 5, 6. Fl. stalked, large, yell. Cat. purplish. 



353. GENISTA. Green-weed. 



1. G. tinctoria, 1. 44. (Dyer's G.) Leaves lanceolate, smooth. 



Branches round, striated, erect, without thorns. 

 Past, and thickets. Tj . 7, 8. Of humble growth. Fl. bright yellow. 



2. G. pilosa, 3. 208. ( Hairy G.) Leaves obovate-lanceolate, obtuse ; 



hairy beneath. Stem tuberculated, prostrate, without thorns. 

 Dry elevated moors. T? . 5, & again 9. Cat. Sfjl.-stalks silky. Fl. yell. 



3. G. dnglica, 2. 132. (Needle G. Petty Whin.) Thorns nearly sim- 



ple. Flowering-branches unarmed. Leaves ovate-lanceolate. 

 Boggy heaths. T? . 5, 6. About \f woody. Fl. small, lemon-col. ; 

 standard yell. 



354. ULEX. Furze. 



1. U. europceus, 11. 742. (Common F. Whin.) Teeth of the calyx 



obsolete, converging ; bracteas ovate, lax. Branches erect. 

 Heaths and commons. T? . 5 — 12. 2 — 5f. Fl. yellow. 



2. U. nanus, 11. 743. (Dwarf F.) Teeth of the calyx lanceolate, 



spreading. Bracteas minute, close-pressed. Branches reclining. 

 Dry heaths. T? . 8 — 10. Scarcely half the size. Fl. smaller and paler. 



355. ONONIS. Rest-harrow. 



1. O. arvensis, 10. 682, and Suppl. 2659. (Common R.) Stem hairy. 

 Branches at length spinous. Flowers mostly solitary. Leaves 

 generally simple ; entire towards their base. 

 Fields and past. 1£. 6 — 8. Fl, on short stalks, brilliant rose-col. 



*2. O. reclinata, Barr. Ic. 761. (Small Annual R.) Herbaceous, 

 spreading. Leaves ternate. Leaflets cuneate, serrate, with viscid 

 pubescence. Stipulas broadly ovate, acute, serrated. Peduncles 

 1-fiowered, shorter than the leaf. Calyx longer than the co- 

 rolla, shorter than the legume. 

 Cliffs, Mull of Galloway. (Dr. Graham.) 0. 6, 7. 3—5 inch. 

 Cor. purplish-white. 



356. ANTHYLLIS. Kidney-vetch. 



1. A. vulneraria, 2. 104. (Common K. or Ladies' finger.) Herba- 

 ceous. Leaves pinnate, unequal. Heads of flowers in pairs. 

 Chalky past. If. 6 — 8. L. lyrate. Cor. yellow, rarely of a fine red. 



357. PlSUM. Pea. 



I. P. maritimum, 15. 1046. Lathyrus pisiformis, Br. Fl. (Sea P.) 

 Footstalks flattish on the upper side. Stem angular. Stipulas 

 arrow-shaped. Stalks many-flowered. 

 Stony sea-shores. If. 7. Procumb. Fl. purple, varieg. with crimson. 



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