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ONONIS 



O. ARAGONENSIS, Asso. 



A deciduous bus*hy shrub, i^ to 2 ft. high, of sturdy habit, with crooked 

 branches and pale greyish young' shoots. Leaves from J in. long on the flowering 

 twigs, to i^ ins. long on the stronger flowerless shoots of the year ; leaflets three, 



ONONIS ARAGONENSIS. 



glossy green, roundish, irregularly toothed, smooth, from to in. wide, the 

 middle one stalked and larger, the side ones stalkless, or nearly so. Flowers 

 yellow, \ in. long, produced often in pairs along a crooked, hairy, terminal 

 raceme, 3 to 6 ins. high. The standard petal is \ in. across, and the calyx 



