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LEGUMINOS^E. 



** Flowers in racemes. 



18. ONOBRYCHIS (Saint-foin). Legume straight, 1- 

 celled, 1 -seeded, not opening, the lower edge fringed or 

 winged. (Name from the Greek, onos, an ass, and 

 brycho, to bray, it being supposed that the smell excites 

 braying.) 



ULEX EUROP^EUS (Common Furze.) 



1. ULEX (Furze). 



1. U. Europceus (Common Furze, Gorse, or Whin). 

 Bracts ovate, not adhering closely to the calyx; 

 branches copiously beset with branched thorns. A much 

 branched, spreading shrub, almost leafless, except in its 

 seedling state, when the leaves are composed of 3 nar- 

 row, soft leaflets. It attains maturity in about four 



