CHAP. XLI. LEGUMINA CEH. ONO‘NIS. 605 
Variety. 
% O. f.2microphilla Dec., O. fruticdsa Asso.— Leaf- 
lets small, obovate, and serrated. (Dec.) The 
species is a native of sunny places in the Alps 
of Gallo-provincia, Dauphiné, &c.; the variety of 
the mountains of Aragon. (Dec. Prod.,ii. p.161.) 
Introduced in 1680. A shrub not unfrequent 
in botanic gardens, and sometimes growing to 
the height of 4ft. It is, perhaps, the only species 
worth planting in an arboretum. It produces _ 
its purplish red flowers in May and June. There 
is something remarkably singular and attractive 
in all the shrubby species of the genus Ononis ; 
and this variety certainly belongs to one of those 
species which are most deserving of cultivation. ¥ 
Under favourable circumstances it has exceeded [?; 
6ft. in height, flowering abundantly. Price of Y x 
plants, in London, 1s, 6d. each. 298 
ww 2. 0. ROTUNDIFO‘LIA L. The round-leaved Restharrow. 
Identification. Lin. Sp.,ed.1. p.719., but not ed. 2. ; Dec. Prod., 2. 
p. 161.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 160. 
Synonymes. O. latifdlia Asso Syn., 97., Lin. Mant., t. 11. f. 1.5 
Natrix rotundifdlia Meench. 
Engravings. Jacq. Fl. Austr. Append., t. 49.; Lam. IIL, t. 616. ; 
Asso Syn., 97.; Mant., t. 11. f. 1.; Hayne Abbild., t. 126. ; 
Bot. Mag., t. 335.; and our fig. 299. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets ovate, and toothed. 
Peduncles 3.ftowered, and without bracteas. (Dec. Prod., ii. 
p. 161.) A native of the Pyrenees, and of the Alps. A shrub, 
under 2 ft. Introduced in 1570, and producing its purplish 
red flowers from May to September. 
Variety. 
O. 7. 2 aristata Dec.—Peduncle bearing 3 flowers, bearded. 
Wild in the Alps and Pyrenees. (Dec. Prod., ii. 
p.161.) Though, perhaps, this is as much entitled to be treated as a herbaceous plant 
asa ligneous one, yet it is highly ornamental, and deserves a place on every rock- 
work, and in every flower-border. 
3. O.(R.) TRIBRACTEA‘TA Dec. The three-bracted-calywed Restharrow. 
Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr. Supp., 553. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 161. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 160. 
Synonymes. 0. rotundifdlia Lin. Sp., ed. 2., p. 1050., exclusive of the synonymes. 
Spec. Char., &c. Shrubby. Leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets ovate, toothed. Peduncles usually 3-flowered. 
Calyx bracteated, with 3 leaves. (Don’s Mili., ii. p. 160.) Its native country is not known with 
certainty, but it is reputed to be Carinthia. Is not the kind identical with O. rotundifdlia? (Dec. 
Prod., ii. p. 161.) Introduced in 1800 ; growing to the height of 12 ft. or 2ft., and producing its 
pink flowers from May to July. 
w 4. O. Na‘rrix Dec. The Goat-root Restharrow. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1008.; Dec. Fl. Fr., 4 p.514.; Dec. Prod., 2. 
p. 159. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 158. 
Synonyme. Natrix pinguis Manch Meth., 158. 
Engravings. Mill. Icon., t. 37. ; Bot. Mag., t.329.; and our fig. 300. 
Spec. Char., &c. Suffruticose, pubescent; pubescence viscose. Leaves 
trifoliolate; leaflets oblong, serrated at the tip; the uppermost leaves, 
in some instances, simple. Stipules adnate to the petiole, oval-lanceolate. 
Pedicels 1-flowered, awned. (Dec. Prod., ii. p.159.) A native of Europe, 
in sunny places, in the south of France, Spain, and Italy. Introduced in 
1583, and producing its yellow flowers from June to August. De Can- 
dolle has described two forms of this species; one with the standard 
plain yellow, the other with the standard yellow, streaked with red: 
the last is the O. pinguis of Lin. Sp., 1009., and of our Hortus Britan- 
nicus, No. 17561. This species seldom exceeds 18 in. in height in a wild 
state, or 2ft. in a state of culture. In British gardens, this species is 
very commonly introduced in collections as a herbaceous plant; and 
very properly so, because, practically speaking, all plants technically 
ligneous, which do not, ina state of cultivation, exceed the height of 
1ft. or 2ft., may with propriety be called in to increase the number of spe- 
cies which can be planted together and treated as herbs. It would surely 
be ridiculous to omit from herbaceous collections thyme, hyssop, sage, 
germander, lavender, rosemary, rue, wormwood, southernwood, iberis, 
alyssum, mitchella, the British heaths, and a great many others that 
might be mentioned, merely because, not dying down to the ground 
every year, they are considered by botanists as shrubs, and consequently 
fit for introduction into an arboretum. 




