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A. 14. C. 50. Lat. 50-55°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tern. 52-47°. 

 . Stems woody, erect or ascending, from half a foot to two or 

 three feet high, furrowed (slightly angular), very much branched; 

 branches erect. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate or linear- 

 oblong, with a short point, nearly sessile, more or less downy, es- 

 pecially at the margin. Flowers solitary and axillary, pedicelled, 

 subtended by two minute bracts. Calyx glabrous, two-lipped, 

 with triangular lobes or teeth. Legume linear, compressed, slightly 

 curved. Seeds 5-10, roundish, compressed, olive-coloured. 



Pastures. Per. ; July- September. 



G. pilosa, Lin. Hairy Woad-waxen, Greenweed, or Lyer's 

 Weed.—i^.B. 208. l.b.s. 252. 



A. 4. C. 4. Lat. 50-53°. Alt. 0-100 yds. Tern. 52-49°. 



Stems prostrate, woody, much branched, furrowed, flexuous, 

 unarmed (not prickly) . Leaves obovate-lanceolate, obtuse, more 

 or less keeled. Flowers in lax clusters towards the extremities 

 of the stem and branches. Calyx and peduncles silky. Legumes 

 hairy. .' 



Dry heaths in Suffolk and Cornwall. A very local plant. 

 Shrub. Per. ; May. " ~" ^■' 



Sarothamnus, Wimm. — Shrubby, not spinous plants, with 

 trifoliate and petiolate leaves, without stipules. Flowers axillary, 

 solitary, pendulous. Calyx scarious, with its upper lip 2-toothed 

 and the lower 3-toothed. Standard of the corolla roundish, cor- 

 date at the base, longer than the wings [alee). Style filiform, 

 elongated, spirally coiled up during flowering, with a terminal 

 stigma. Legume compressed, many-seeded. 



S. scopariuSjWimm, Common Broom. — e.b. 1339. l.b.s. 248. 

 A. 17. C. 80. Lat. 50-59°. Alt. 0-650 yds. Tern. 51-41°. 



Stem angular, glabrous, erect. Leaves trifoliate, petiolate ; 

 leaflets oblong-obovate, pubescent or silky on both sides ; the 

 upper or floral leaves sessile, very small. Flowers large, in 

 terminal clusters, bright yellow. Legumes (ft-uit) dark brown 

 (black when quite ripe), hairy at the margins, with numerous 

 seeds. 



Dry hills, banky places, and heaths. Shrub. Perennial ; May, 

 June. 



Ononis, Lin. — Half-shrubby, perennial plants, often spinous. 

 Leaves trifoliate or simple. Flowers axillary, roseate or yellow, 

 in terminal leafy clusters. Calyx herbaceous, campannlate, di- 



