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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III 



j» 5. O. arena'ria Dec. 



The sand Restharrow. 



51.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 1.59. ; Don's 



Identification. Dec. Cat Hort. Monsp., 128. ; Fl. Fr. Siippl., p. 

 Mill., 2. p. 159. 



Synonyme. Anbnis spinis cirens Ititea minor, Magn. But., 21. 



Spec. C/iar.,S(c. A branchy plant, suffruticose at thebaic. Branches clothed with clammy pubescence. 

 Leaves divided into three linear-oblong serrated leaflets Pedicels 1-fiowered, shorter than the 

 leaves, and hardly awneil. The standard yellow, and not streaked. [Dec. Prbd., ii. p. 159.) A 

 native of sandy places on the coast near Montpelier. Introduced in 1819. From half a foot to 1 ft. 

 high, and flowering in June and July. 



-t* 6. O. CENi'siA L. The Mount Cenis Restharrow. 



Identification. Lin. Mant, 267. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 161. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 160. 



Hyrumyme. 0. cristita ilill. Did. 



Engraving. All. Fl. Ped., No. 1173. t. 10. f 2. 



Spec. C/iar.,Sfc. A many-stemmed, tufted, prostrate, glabrous plant, suffruticose at ihe base. 



Leaves palmately trifoliolate ; leaflets cuncated, and, like Ihe stipules, serrated. Peduncles 1-flow- 



ered, without an awn, and longer than the leaves A native of rooky places in the Alps of Pro. 



vence, Dauphinr, and Savoy. [Drc. Prod., ii. p. IGI 1 Introduced in 1759; and producing its 



pink flowers in June and July. It rarely exceeds 1 fl. in height 



f'arieiy. 



a. O. c. 2 suharistata Dec., the 0. cenfsia of Asso Syn., So. 674 , is a native of the Pyrenees, and has 

 each peduncle furnished with a kind of awn. It is,rather more tender than the species. 



-it 7. O. aragone'nsis Asso. The Aragon Restharrow. 



Identification. Asso Syn. Arr., 96. t. 6. f. 2 ; Dec. Fl. Fr. SuppL, p. 562. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 15P. ; 

 Don's Mill., 2. p. 162. 



Synonyme. O dumiisa Lnpcyr. Arb., 410. 



Engraving. Magn. Hort. Monsp., 17. t 21. 



Spec. Char., S<c. A low shrub, with trifoliolate glabrous leaves, and roundish serrated leaflets. Flow, 

 ers in pairs, almost sessile, and disposed in a leafless raceme. Calyx villous, and one half shorter 

 than the corolla. A native of mountains in Valencia and .Aragon, and of the Pyrenees in the part 

 contiguous to France (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 164 ) Introduced in 1816. It grows to the height of from 

 1 ft, to 2 ft., and produces its yellow flowers from May to July. 



App. i. Olhcr suffruticose Species qfOuouis. 



O. pedunculuris Lindl. (Hot. Reg., t. 1446, and our fiii. .>01.) is a 

 smallshrub, not more than a foot high, introduced in 18'.'9, from 

 Tencriffe, with fragrant white and rose-coloured flowers. It is 

 usually kept in a frame. It would do, with a litlle protection, for 

 rockwork. It is in Messrs. Ypung and Penny's collection. 



O. crispa L, O. hispunica, O. vaginalis L, O. arac/inilldca I>a- 

 peyr., O. longifolin Willd., O. Jalci.ta \Villd.,0. ramosl.tsima Desf, 

 O. tridentiita L., O. anguslifblia Lam., and O. fte'lida .Schousb., are 

 other species of Onbnis varying in height from 1ft. to .3 ft., and 

 usually kept in frames or cold-pits ; but w hich, if protected in severe 

 weather, would be very ornamental for rockwork. Descriptions of 

 them will be found in our Ilurtus Britannicus, and in Don's Milter. 



Otlier spfcirs of Ononis marked in catalogues as herbaceous, are 

 nearly as suffruticose as those last mentioned ; and, where the object is 

 to extend a collection, there are several that may be introduced in ■^^ 

 thearboretum. Indeed it may be safely assumed, that, whore several ^'^ 

 species of a genus are ligneous or sufTruticose, all the species of that 

 genus are more or less so, and may, by culture, be prevented from 

 dying down to the ground during winter ; provide<l that genus has 

 been formed on natural principles. 



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Genus XI. 



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Lin. Si/sf. Mi>na- 



AMO'RPHA L. The A.morpha, or Bastard Isuigo. 

 delphia Decandria. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., 369. ; L.-\ra. Ill, t. 621. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 256. ; Don's Mill, 2. p. 234. 

 Synonyme. Uonafidia Seek. Eletn., No. 13o4. 



Deriviition. From a, privative, and morp/ie, form ; in reference to the deformity of the corolla, from 

 the want of the wings and keel. 



Description. Large deciduous shrubs, natives of North America. Leaves 

 impari-pinnate, havnng many pairs of leaflets that liave transparent dots in 

 their di.sks, and, usually, minute stipules at their base. The leaves have de- 

 ciduous stipules. The flowers are disposed in lengthened spiked racemes, 

 usually grouped at the tips of the branches; of a blue- violet colour. (Dec. 



