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LEGUMINOS^E. LXII. ONONIS. 



$ 2. Natridlum (from Nalrix and idea, formed ; the plants have 

 the habit of the last division). D. C, prod. 2. p. 161. J. cares 

 simple and trifoliate. Flowers axillary, pedunculate, purplish, 

 rarely white. 



23 O. ROTUNDIFO'LIA (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 719. but not ed. 

 2.) shrubby ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets obovate-roundish, tooth- 

 ed ; peduncles 3-flowered, bractless. ^ . H. Native of the 

 Pyrenees and the Alps of Europe. Jacq. fl. austr. append, t. 

 49. Lam. ill. t. 616. Curt. hot. mag. 335. Lob. icon. 2. p. 73. 

 f. 1. O. latifolia, Asso, syn. 97. mant. t. 11. f. 1. Natrix rotun- 

 difolia, Mcench. 



Far. ft, mistata (D. C. prod. 2. p. 161.) peduncles 3-flow- 

 ered, each furnished with an awn. 



Hound-leaved Rest-harrow. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1570. Sh. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



24 O. TRIBRACTEA'TA (D. C. fl. fr. suppl. 553.) shrubby ; 

 leaves trifoliate ; leaflets ovate, toothed ; peduncles usually 3- 

 flowered ; calyx bracteated with 3 leaves. Tp. H. Native of 

 Carinthia. O. rotundifolia of Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 1050. exclu- 

 sive of the synonymes. 



Three-brfictealed-ca\y\C(\. Rest-harrow. Fl. May, Julv. Clt. 

 1800. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



25 O. FRUTICO'SA (Lin. spec. 1010.) shrubby ; leaves trifo- 

 liate ; leaflets sessile, lanceolate, serrated ; stipulas connate into 

 one, having 4 awns, leafless on the upper part ; peduncles 

 S-flowcred, disposed in a raceme. fj . F. Native of Provence 

 and Dauphiny, on the Alps. Dull. ed. nov. 1. t. 58. Mill. diet, 

 t. 36. Sims, bot. mag. 317. 



Var. ft, microphylla (D. C. prod. 2. p. 161.) leaflets small, 

 obovate, serrated. T; . F. Native of Arragon, on the moun- 

 tains. O. fruticosa, Asso, syn. arr. 97. 



Shrubby Rest-harrow. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1680. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



26 O. TRIDENTA'TA (Lin. spec. 1009.) shrubby ; leaves pal- 

 mately-trifoliate, smoothish, fleshy ; leaflets linear-cuneated, tri- 

 dentate at the apex ; upper stipulas tridentate ; peduncles 1-2- 

 flowered. T? . F. Native of Spain. Cav. icon. 2. t. 152 

 Magn. bot. t. Ifi. O. crassifolia, Dufour. ined. and O. arbus- 

 cula, Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 1. p. 76. ex herb. Desf. 



Var. ft, canescens (Lam. diet. 1. p. 505.) branches clothed 

 with hoary tomentum ; leaflets pale, wedge-shaped, 5-toothed. 

 Tj . F. Native of Arragon. Asso, fl. arr. no. 671. var. 2. 

 Barr. icon. t. 416. 



Tridentate-]eaved Rest-harrow. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1752. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



27 O. ANGUSTIFO'LIA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 508.) shrubby; leaves 

 palmately-trifoliate ; leaflets linear, acute, serrated at the apex ; 

 peduncles 1 -flowered, each furnished with an awn, longer than 

 the leaves. ^ F. Native of Spain, along way sides between 

 Valentia and Denia. Barr. icon. t. 299 or 300. 



Narrow-leaved Rest-harrow. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1825. Sh. 1 ft. 



28 O. CENE'SIA (Lin. mant. 267.) suffruticose at the base, 

 many-stemmed, tufted, prostrate, glabrous ; leaves palmately- 

 trifoliate ; leaflets cuneated, and are, as well as the stipulas ser- 

 rated ; peduncles 1-flowered, without an awn, longer than the 

 leaves, fj . H. Native of Piedmont, Provence, Dauphiny, and 

 Savoy on rocks, in the Alps. All. fl.ped. no. 1173. t. 10. f. 2. 

 Barr. icon. t. 1104. O. cristata, Mill. diet. 



Far. [3, subaristata (D. C. prod. 2. p. 161.) peduncles each 

 furnished with a kind of awn. fy . F. Native of the Pyrenees, on 

 the eastern side, and of Arragon. O. Cenesia, Asso, syn.no. 674. 



Mount-Cenis Rest-harrow. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1759. Sh. 

 ^ to 1 foot. 



29 O. FCE'TIDA (Schousb. ex Balb. D. C. prod. 2. p. 161.) 

 herbaceous ; branchlets pilose ; leaves smoothish, upper ones 

 simple, the rest trifoliate ; leaflets elliptic, serrulated, middle 



one largest; stipulas about equal in length to the petioles ; pe- 

 duncles 1-flowered, each furnished with an awn. Jj . ? F. Na- 

 tive of Morocco, in fields. Corolla nearly like that of O. Cenesia. 

 Foetid Rest-harrow. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. i foot. 



30 O. GEMINIFLO'RA (Lag. nov. spec. p. 22.) herbaceous, vil- 

 lous ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets oblong, truncate, serrate-toothed 

 at the apex ; peduncles 2-flowered, each furnished with an awn, 

 longer than the petioles. Q. H. Native of Spain, near Madrid, 

 in arid places. Legumes drooping. 



Twin-flowered Rest-harrow. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1817. PI. | ft. 



31 O. LAXIFLO'RA (Desf. fl. all. 2. p. 14(j. t. 190.) herba- 

 ceous; leaflets pubescent, obovate, and are, as well as the sti- 

 pulas toothed ; peduncles 1-flowered, without an awn, lax ; 

 calyx about equal in length to the corolla, but 3 times shorter 

 than the legume. Q. H. Native of Algiers, on uncultivated 

 hills. Corolla bluish. 



Lax-jlowered Rest-harrow. PI. i to 1 foot. 



32 O. BROUSSONE'TII (D. C. prod. 1. p. 161.) herbaceous; 

 leaves trifoliate ; leaflets smoothish, oblong, and are, as well as 

 the stipulas, serrated ; peduncles 1-flowered, without an awn, 

 disposed in an almost leafless raceme ; calyx one-half shorter 

 than the corolla. O- H. Native of'Mogodor, in fields. Root 

 simple. Stems numerous. Peduncles 8-10 lines long. Upper 

 stipulas joined into a bractea-like acuminated leaf. 



Broussonet's Rest-harrow. PL i foot. 



33 O. SCHOUWII (D. C. prod. 2. p. 162.) herbaceous ; leaves 

 trifoliate ; leaflets oblong- obovate, smoothish, and are, as well 

 as the stipulas, serrated ; peduncles 1-flowered, without an awn, 

 hardly the length of the calyx, aggregated into an ovate raceme ; 

 calyx shorter than the corolla and legume. Q. H. Native near 

 Palermo, on mountains. Stems pilose. Allied to the following. 



Scheme's Rest-harrow. PI. -j foot. 



3i O. BROTERIA'NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 162.) herbaceous; 

 upper leaves simple, the rest trifoliate ; leaflets pubescent, oval, 

 and are, as well as the stipulas, serrated ; peduncles 1 -flowered, 

 without an awn, shorter than the calyx, disposed in a long pe- 

 duncled raceme ; calyx a little shorter than the corolla ; legume 

 glabrous. Q. H. Native of Spain, in Estramadura, in sandy 

 places. O. racemosa, Brot. fl. his. 2. p. 97. but not ofThunb. 



Brotero's Rest-harrow. PI. -J foot. 



35 O. RECLINA'TA (Lin. spec. 1011.) herbaceous, diffuse; 

 leaves trifoliate ; leaflets obovate, serrated, covered with clammy 

 pubescence ; stipulas broad-ovate, acute, serrated ; peduncles 1 - 

 flowered, length of leaves, somewhat bracteolate under the apex ; 

 calyx longer than the corolla. O- H. Native of the south of 

 France, by the sea side. D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 512. Barr. icon. t. 

 761. Legume, according to Linnaeus, villous, and one-half 

 longer than the corolla. 



Red'mate Rest-harrow. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. 

 trailing. 



36 O. MOLLIS (Lag. nov. spec. p. 22.) herbaceous, erectish ; 

 leaves trifoliate ; leaflets oblong-obovate, serrated at the apex ; 

 stipulas nearly entire ; peduncles 1-flowered, without an awn, 

 length of leaves ; calyx equal in length to the corolla, and at 

 length also to the legume. Q. H. Native of Spain and Italy, 

 on hills in exposed places. Stems and calyxes rather hispid. 

 O. Desfontainii, Dufour, in litt. O. mollis, Sav. mem. soc. ital. 

 9. p. 351. t. 8. 



Soft Rest-harrow. PI. | foot. 



37 O. CIIERLE'RI (Lin. spec. 1007.) herbaceous, hairy ; leaves 

 trifoliate ; leaflets oblong-cuneated, serrated at the apex ; stipu- 

 las almost entire ; peduncles 1-flowered, without an awn, shorter 

 than the leaves, aggregate into a raceme ; calyx longer than the 

 corolla, but about equal in length to the legume. 0. H. Na- 

 tive of Montpelier, on rocks, Nice, and Barbary. J. Bauh. hist. 

 2. p. 394. f. 2. 



