604 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART ITI, 
2 4, A, rELONE’NsIS Dec. The Toulon Adenocarpus. 
Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr. Suppl., 54., Lég. Mém., 6., Prod., 
2, p. 158. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 158. s 
Synonymes. C¥tisus telonénsis Lozs. Fl. Gaill., 446., and in N. x. 
Du Ham., 5. p. 155.; Spartium complicatum Gouan Hort. ~S,, 
Monsp., 356., exclusive of the synonyme. 
Engravings. N. Du Ham., 5. t. 47. f. 2.; and our fig. 297. oN 
Spec. Char., §c. Calyx not glandulose, pubes- 7's 
cent; the segments on the lower lip nearly 
equal, exceeding a little the upper lip in length. 
Branches almost glabrous. Flowers distant. 
Standard pubescent. (Dec. Prod., i. p. 158.) 
A native of sterile places and heaths in the 
Pyrenees, in Cevennes, in Provence, and in 
Rome. A shrub, between 2ft. and 4 ft. high. 
Introduced in 1800, and flowering in June and 


July. It well deserves a place in British gardens; where, when judiciously 
treated, it will, owing to the moisture of our climate, attain double the 
height that it does in the south of France. 
App. i.. Half-hardy Species of Adenocdrpus. 
A. frankenidides Chots., Dec. Prod., 2. p. 158.; Genista viscdsa Willd. ; is a native of Teneriffe, on 
declivities 500 ft. above the level of the sea. Introduced in 1815, and flowering from April to July. 
It iscommonly kept in frames; but, in a dry, airy, and yet sheltered situation, it will doubtless 
stand the open air. It is usually confounded in gardens with A. folioldsus; from which it differs in 
having a glandular calyx. F ca ee : 
A. foliolosus Dec., Cytisus folioldsus A?t., is a native of the Great Canary Island. Introduced in 
1629 ; and a very old inhabitant of cold-pits and frames; flowering from May to July. 
Genus X. 
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ONO'NIS L. Tue Restuarrow. Lin. Syst. Monadélphia Decandria. 
Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 863.; Lam. Ill., t. 616.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 158. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p, 158, 
Synonymes. Andnis and Natrix Meench Meth., 157. and. 158.; Arréte-boeuf, or Bugrane, F7.; Han- 
ec.el, Ger. 
Derivation. Said to be from onos, an ass ; because only asses would feed upon so prickly a plant. 
Restharrow is a corruption of arrest, that is, stop, harrow ; from the long and deeply seated roots 
opposing a serious impediment to the plough or harrow. 
Description. Suffruticose plants, with, mostly, trifoliolate leaves; and axillary 
flowers, that in some are pedicelled, and in some sessile; and yellow, pur- 
plish, and red, or, rarely, white. The peduncle is, in many instances, furnished 
with an awn, which is the petiole of an abortive floral leaf. (Dec. Prod.,ii. 
p. 158.) Natives of Europe and Africa. Most of the species we have enu- 
merated may be treated as herbaceous plants; but, being technically suffru- 
ticose, we considered it proper not to omit them. They are well adapted for 
rockwork or flower-borders, on account of their lively flowers, some ‘of 
which are red, or reddish purple; colours not frequently met with in the lig- 
neous Leguminacee, by far the greater part of which have yellow flowers. 
They are readily propagated by seeds or by division, and will grow in’ any 
soil that is tolerably dry. According to Pliny and Dioscorides, the shoots 
of Ononis are eaten pickled in brine, and the leaves are applied to ulcers. In 
modern times, it is considered to be slightly aperient and diuretic. 
% 1.0. Frutico‘’sa Z. The shrubby Restharrow. | 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1010.; Dec. Prod., 2. p.167.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 160. 
Engravings. N. Du Ham., 1. t. 58.; Mill. Icon., ¢. 36.; Bot. Mag., t. 317. ; and our fig, 298, 
Spec. Char., §c. Shrubby. Leaves trifoliolate. Leaflets sessile, lanceolate, 
serrated. Stipules connate into one, sheathing, and 4-awned; and, in the 
uppermost parts of the plant, occupying the places: of leaves which are 
absent. Pedicels 3-flowered, disposed in a raceme. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 161.) 
