CHAP. XLI. 



LEGUMINA CEJE. ONO NIS. 



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Variety. 



St 



O. f. 2 viicropli^l/a Dec, O. friiticosa Asxo. — Leaf- 

 lets small, obovate, and serrated. (Dec.) The 

 species is a native of sunny places in the Alps 

 of Gii]lo-provincia, Daiiphine, &c. ; the variet}- of 

 the mountains of Aragon. (Dec. Prod., ii. p.lGl.) 

 Introduced in 1680. A shrub not unfrequent 

 in botanic gardens, and sometimes growing to 

 the height of -i ft. 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 t) 

 6 ft. in height, flowering abundantly. Price of 

 plants, in London, 1*. 6d. each. 

 J* 2. O. ROTUNDiFo^LiA L. The round-leavcd Restharrow 



298 



a herbaceous plant 



Idcntijicntion. Lin. Sp., ed. 1. p. 719., but not ed. 2. ; Dec. Prod., 2. 



p. IHl. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 160. 

 .'iynnnymes. O. latifMia Asso Syn., 97., Lin. Mant., t. 11. f. 1.; 



.Vitrix rotunditblia Ma-nc/i. 

 Eitgrai'ings. Jacq. Fl. Austr. Append., t. 49. ; Lam. Ill, t. 616. ; 



Asso Svn., 97. ; Mant., t. 11. f. 1.; Hayne Abbild., t. 126.; 



Bot. Mag , t. ;335. ; and oxirfia. 299. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets ovate, and toolhed. 

 Peduncles 3 flowered, and without bracteas. [Tiec. 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. r. 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 ligneous one, yet it is highly ornamental, and deserves a place on every rock, 

 work, and in every flower-border. 



J* 3. O. (r.) tuibractea^ta Dec. The three-bracted-ca/j/,rff/ Restharrow. 



Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr. Supp., 553. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 161. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 160. 



Synonymes. 0. rotundifblia Lin. Sp., ed. 2., p. 1050., exclusive of the synonymes. 



Spec. Char., Sic Shrubby. Leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets ovate, toothed. Peduncles usually 3-flowered. 



Calyx bracteated, with 3 leaves. {Don's Mill., ii. p. 160.) Its native country is not known with 



certainty, but it is reputed to be Carinthia. Is not the kind identical with 0. rotunditblia? {D^c. 



Prod., ii. p. 161.) Introduced in 1800; growing to the height of IJ ft. or 2 ft., and producing its 



pink flowers from May to July. 



J* 4. O. A'aVrix 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. .V^trix pinguis: ilcench Mcth., 158. 

 Engravings. Mill. Icon., t. 37. ; Bot. Mag., t. 329. ; and onrfig. 300. 



Spec. Char., S;c. SufTruticose, 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 Horti/s Britan- 

 nicus. No. 17561. This species seldom exceeds 18 in. in height in a wild 

 state, or 2 ft. in a st<ite 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, in a state of cultivation, exceed the height of 

 1ft. or 2 ft., 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. 



