﻿Plate 1829. 



ONONIS THOMSONI, Ball 



Legumikosji. Tribe Trifolie-e. 



. Ball MS 8. (sp. nov.) ; herba pube brevi canescente 



n's adscendentibus laxe ilms pinnatim 



>tis, foliolis approximatis hirtis sessilibus oblongo- v. ovato- 



indnplicatis ntrinque 3-4-dentato-serratis, stipulis oblique 



ovatis acute dentatis valide flabellatim nervosis, racemis metis laxis 



paaci- v. plnrifloris, pedic. His , vc 'tis gl md il so-]>i -ulis flore longior- 



ibus infra apic , cis lobis anguste linearibus glandu- 



ioso-pilosis tubo duplo longioribus, vexillo brevioribus. 



Hab. Marocco, Atlas Expedition, I. Thomson, 1838. (The label 

 having gone astray, I cannot give the precise locality.) 



F<J U a sessilia 3-5 lin. longa, 3-4 lin. lata. Foliola 2 lin. Ionga. 

 Mores 1 poll. l on gi . yexillum purpureo venosum. 



I have seen only the detached specimen figured, so cannot be clear 

 whether the plant is annual or not. The addition ■ ' 

 le aved species to the genus, which is almost invariably trifoliolate, is 

 very interesting.— D. Oliver. 



stipule. 2. Flower, 

 al. 6. Pistil. 7. Longit 



petals removed, o. '""""r 

 ;udinal section of ovary. Merged. 



