LEGUMINOSAE. 217 



6493. ONOXIS Linn. 



(DC. Prodr. 11. 158. [ex p.] — Wlprs. Repert. I. 624. II. 839. V. 460.) 



1. O. RIGIDA Knze. Flora (B. Z.) 1846. p. 634. — Caule fruticoso erecto ramosissimo, 

 cortice griseo glahro nitido ; raraulis flexuosis cano-pubescentibus ; foliis trifoliolatis, 

 foliolis carnosulis deciduis, obovato-oblongis, basi cuneatis subspathulatis, tofo mar- 

 gine mucronulato-dentatis , subincisis glaberrimis, laete viriJibus; stipulis magnis 

 raembranaceis, dense nervoso-striatis, apice inciso-laciniatis, summis aphyllis; flori- 

 bus terminalibus racemoso-aggregatis ; pedunculis biflorls; calycis laciiiiis vexillo 



triplo quadruplove breviorihus ; leguminibus ? — Crescit in Sierra de Chiva 



in latere septentrionali montium la Casoletta et Cerro. 



2. O. VIRGATA Knze. 1. c. p. 760. — Sufl^ruticosa ramosissima giandulosopubesceiis : 

 ramis virgatis subfastigiatis; foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis miiiutis cuneato-obloiigis ob- 

 ovatisve, profunde serratis, basi integerrimis ; pedunculis iiniflorls , folio plus duplo 

 longioribus muticis; caljcis laciniis corollae dimidium superantibus , denium reflexls. 

 Habitu perinsignis. 21- — Crescit in Hispania. 



3. 0. MICROPHYLLA Prsl. Botan. Bemerk. pag. 50. — Perennis erecta ramoslssima 

 pubescenti-viscosa : caule ramisque teretibus ; foliis simplicibus obovato-rotundatis 

 serratis minutis , infimis trifoliolatis ; stipulis ovatis acutls petioli longitudlne aut lon- 

 gioribus; pedicellis unifloris longe aristatis patentibus filiformlbus , folio quintuplo 

 longioribus; corolia calyce duplo longiore ; vexillo purpureo-strlato ; legumine pu- 

 bescente calycem superante. 2J. — Flores flavi. — Crescit in Creta insula. 



4. O. ADGLUTINAN.S Prsl. I. cit. — Perennis ramosissima basi sufTrutlcosa : ramulis, 

 foliis, pedicellis calycibusque viscosis puberulis; foliis trlfollolalls , foliolis obovato- 

 oblongis serratis ; stipulis lanceolatis longe acuminatis; pedici'llis unlfloris folio 

 aequilongis longe aristatis , arista tomentosa. 2\. — Flores lutei majores quam In 

 O. ramosissima et arenaria, vexillo tenuissime striafo, strils concoloribus. Legumen 

 hirsutum llneare tetraspermum. Arista subulata pedlcello duplo brevior. — Huc 

 pertinet O. ramosissima Prsl. (nec Desf.) Fl. Sicul. I. p. XIX. — Cresclt in arenosls 

 Siciliae ad fiumen magnum, in collibus prope Cagliari .Sardiniae. 



5. O. SPICATA Munby, Revue botanique II. 304. — Foliis ternatis dupllcato-serratis, 

 foliolis ellipticis, medio majore petiolulato ; stipulis oblongis, grosse dentatis ; flori- 

 bus spicatis; spicis foliosis ; bracteis latls membranaceis, apice trlfuliolatis ; calycibus 

 coroUa brevioribus, legumen aequantibus. © — Crescit in pratis ad margines pa- 

 ludum circa Maison-Carree in Algeria. 



6. O. RO.SE.A Durieu, Revue botanique II. 437. — Annua erecta brachiatim ramosa, laxe 

 pilosa: foliis praeter florales omiiihus trifoliolatis ; stipulis petiolo adiiatis eumque di- 

 midium longis , apice inciso-dentatis ; follolis ovato- vel elllptlco-oblongis ohfusis, 

 inaequaliter denticulato-serrafis ; floribus in spicam crassam demum elongatam con- 

 gestis , subsessilibus vel breviter pedlcellatis ; calycis ulfra mediura qulnquedentati 

 dentihus lanceolato-acuminatis , 2 superiorlbus brevioribus; pefalis calycem superan- 

 tibus; ovariis 6 — 8-ovuIatis; leguminlbus saepius monospermis inclusis , calycem vix 

 dimidium longis, ovoideis, hasi oblique truncatls, apice barbatis ; semliilbus elllpsoi- 

 deis, minutissime tuberculatls, rufis vel castaneis. — Caulis 1 — 2-pedalis. Flores 

 laete rosei. — Crescit prope Algeriam et Bonam. 



7. O. GIBR.ALTARICA Boiss. in Kellaart, Flora Calpensis 217. — Suffruticosa : caullbus 

 hirtellis erectis ramosis ; foliis glabrescentihus viscosis trlfoliolafls, foliolis liiieari-lan- 

 ceolatis acute serratis ; sfipula ad medium usque blfida, dentibus subulatis; pedlceltis 

 unifloris flore duplo longioribus viscosls paullo iiifra florera arista obtusa bilineari 

 munitis; floribus fere magnitudine O. natricis, luteis venosis glabris, vexillo rotundo 

 subemarginato carinam superante ; leguminibus pendulis rectis hirtellis subpollicari- 

 bus. 2j. — Species O. longifoliae W. Canariensi, cujus mala specimina vidi, affinls, 

 ab ea mihi differre videtur foliis brevioribus argutius serratis , stlpulis brevioribus, 

 floribus fere duplo majoribus , vexillo rotundo emarglnato nec ovali acutiusculo. — 



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