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LEGUMINOS.E. LXII. ONONIS. 



calycine lobes villous, about equal in length to the corolla. Q. 

 H. Native of Barbary and Mogodor. Very like the preced- 

 ing species. 



One-leaved Rest-harrow. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. 1 ft. 



52 O. A'LBA (Poir. voy. barb. 2. p. 210.) stem erect, villous ; 

 leaves simple, oblong, and are, as well as the stipulas, serru- 

 lated ; flowers distant, almost sessile, disposed in spicate 

 racemes ; calyx covered with soft villi, rather longer than the 

 corolla. O- H. Native of Barbary and Naples. Vahl. symb. 

 2. p. 80. Desf. fl. all. 2. p. 145. Flowers white. 



/F/iite-flowered Rest-harrow. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1823. 

 PL 1 to 2 feet. 



53 O. OLIGOPHY'ILA (Ten. prod. 69. cat. 1815. app. p. 62. fl. 

 nap. 2. t. 67.) stem ascending; leaves glabrous, simple, orbi- 

 cular, and are, as well as the stipulas, serrated ; flowers pedicel- 

 late, racemose ; calyx villous, shorter than the corolla. Q. H. 

 Native of Naples and of Sicily, near Palermo, &c. There are 

 varieties of this plant with the stems and leaves glabrous on the 

 upper part, and pilose. Allied to O. Alba, and hardly to be clis 

 tinguisbed from it unless in the flowers being on longer pedicels. 



Few-leaved Rest-harrow. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1823. PI. 1 ft. 



| 4. Bugranoides (so called from the similarity of the species 

 of this section to the last). D. C. prod. 2. p. 164. Leaves sim- 

 2>le or trifoliate. Flowers sessile or sub-sessile, yellow. 



54 O. ARRAGONE'NSIS (Asso, syn. arr. 96. t. 6. f. 2.) shrubby ; 

 leaves trifoliate, glabrous ; leaflets roundish, serrated ; flowers 

 almost sessile, twin, disposed in a leafless raceme ; calyx villous, 

 one-half shorter than the corolla. Tj . H. Native of Spain, in 

 the kingdom of Valentia, on mountains ; also of Arragon, and 

 in the Pyrenees on the confines of France, and about Vena. 

 D, C. fl. fr. suppl. p. 552. O. dumosa, Lapeyr. arb. 410. 

 Magn. hort. monsp. 17. t. 21. 



Arragon Rest-harrow. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1816. Shrub 1 

 to 2 feet. 



55 O. SPECIO'SA (Lag. nov. spec. 22. p. 294.) shrubby, pu- 

 bescent ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets ovate, doubly serrated ; 

 raceme sub-spicate, terminal, elongated, hairy ; lower pedicels 

 solitary, upper ones twin, shorter than the bracteas. Pj . H. 

 Native of Spain, in Granada. 



Shcmy Rest-harrow. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



56 O. JU'NCEA (Asso, syn. arr. 96. t. 5. f. 2.) shrubby, gla- 

 brous ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets obovate, and are, as well as 

 the stipulas, serrated ; flowers almost sessile, disposed in a long 

 spike ; bracteas stipular, and are, as well as the calyxes, sca- 

 rious ; corolla length of calyx. fj . H. Native of Spain, in 

 Arragon. Very like O. minutissima, but the flowers are pale- 

 yellow, and the stems are shrubby at the base. 



Rushy Rest-harrow. Shrub ^ to 1 foot. 



57 O. CAPITA'TA (Cav. icon. 2. p. 43. t. 154. f. 2.) glabrous; 

 stems prostrate, branched, filiform ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets 

 ovate-oblong, toothed ; flowers capitate ; corolla a little longer 

 than the calyx. If. . H. Native of Spain, in the kingdom of 

 Valentia. 



Capitate-flowered Rest-harrow. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 PL ^ foot. ' 



58 O. STRIA'TA (Gouan. ill. 47. D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 511.) stems 

 diffusely prostrate, branched ; leaves trifoliate, rather scabrous ; 

 leaflets obovate-cuneated, striated, and are, as well as the sti- 

 pulas, serrated ; flowers capitate ; corolla longer than the hairy 

 clammy calyx. 1. H. Native of mountain pastures from Ar- 

 ragon to Provence, near the limits of olives. O. aggregata, 

 Asso, syn. arr. 56. O. reclinata, Lam. fl. fr. exclusive of the 

 synonymes. There are varieties of this plant almost smooth, 

 and beset with rough glandular hairs. 



Striated Rest-harrow. PI. \ to 1 foot. 

 1 



59 O. COLU'MN/E (All. ped. 1. no. 1166. t. 20. f. 3.) pubes- 

 cent ; stems tufted ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets obovate-oblong, 

 and are, as well as the stipulas, serrated, but the upper leaves are 

 simple ; flowers aggregate into a leafy spike ; corolla shorter 

 than the calyx. %.. H. Native of Spain, France, Piedmont, 

 Switzerland, Hungary, and Tauria, on hills. O. parviflora, 

 Lam. diet. 1. p. 510. but not of Thunb. O. subocculta, Vill. 

 dauph. 3. p. 429. O. minutissima, Jacq. austr. 240. 



Columna's Rest-harrow. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1732. PL ^ foot. 



60 O. MINUTISSIMA (Lin. spec. 1007.) glabrous ; stems rather 

 tufted ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets oblong-obovate, serrated ; sti- 

 pulas subulate, entire ; flowers collected into a leafy spike ; 

 corolla shorter than the calyx. If. . H. Native of Spain, in 

 rugged places, and the south of France. O. saxatilis, Lam. 

 diet. 1. p. 509. O. barbata, Cav. icon. t. 153. Root some- 

 times shrubby. Lobes of calyx subulate, elongated. 



Very-minute Rest-harrow. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PL 

 ^ to ^ foot. 



61 O. VARIEGA'TA (Lin. spec. 1008.) glabrous, diffuse ; leaves 

 simple, sessile, obovate, striated, serrated ; stipulas large, rather 

 sheathing, serrated ; flowers almost sessile, axillary ; corolla 

 longer than the pubescent calyx. . H. Native of Spain, in 

 the sand by the sea side. Desf. atl. t. 185. 



Var. ft, erioclada (D. C. prod. 2. p. 165.) branches and 

 calyxes hairy. O- H. Native about Gibraltar. 



Variegated Rest-harrow. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1784. PL proc. 



62 O. EUPIIRASUEFOLIA (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 141. t. 184.) 

 erect, glabrous, simple ; leaves simple, petiolate, lanceolate, and 

 are, as well as the stipulas, serrated ; flowers disposed in a some- 

 what leafy spike ; corolla longer than the rather hairy calyx. 

 O H. Native of Barbary, near Mascar, in sand. 



Eye-bright-leaved Rest-harrow. PL ^ foot. 



5. Pterononis (from Trrepov, pteron, a wing, and ononis, so 

 called in allusion to the pinnate leaves of the species). D.C. prod. 

 2. p. 165. Lower leaves import-pinnate, having many pairs of 

 leaflets. The species contained in this section are not tifflicientty 

 known. 



63 O. ROS^EFOLIA (D. C. leg. mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 165.) suf- 

 fruticose, erect, hispid ; leaflets 4 pairs, ovate, serrated, rather 

 villous, the odd leaflet very remote from the upper pair ; 

 flowers in dense spikes. f?. F. Native of Spain. Anonis 

 Hispanica frutescens folio rosae sylvestris, Tourn. inst. 409. ex 

 herb. Vaill. O. Arragonensis ft, Lam. diet. 1. p. 510. exclusive 

 of the synonymes. Stipulas large, leafy, semi-ovate, serrated. 

 Lower leaves with 4 pairs of leaflets, upper ones with one pair, 

 some of them reduced to the odd leaflet. Flowers large, yellow. 

 Calyx very villous. 



Rose-leaved Rest-harrow. Shrub 1^ foot. 



64 O. CICERIFOLIA (D. C. leg. mem. vi.) suffruticose, erect, 

 hispid ; leaves having 3 pairs of oblong-cuneated leaflets, which 

 are acutely-serrated at the apex, and very villous ; flowers 

 spicate. Tj . F. Native perhaps of the Levant. Stipulas 

 leafy, semi-ovate, acute, serrated at the apex. Lower leaves 

 with 3 pairs of leaflets, upper ones with one pair. Calyx very 

 villous, with linear awl-shaped lobes. Flowers yellow. 



Cicer-leaved Rest-harrow. Shrub 1 foot. 



65 O. IN^EQUIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 165.) somewhat her- 

 baceous, erect, beset with clammy villi ; leaves with 3 pairs of 

 oval-oblong, serrated, villous leaflets, the odd one approximate 

 to the superior pair ; racemes terminal ; flower pedicellate. If. . 

 H. Native of the Levant. Anonis orientalis pentaphylla et 

 heptaphylla viscosa, Vaill. herb. Stipulas lanceolate, elongated. 

 Lower leaves with 3 pairs of leaflets, upper ones with one pair ; 

 floral leaves simple, shorter than the pedicels. Vexillum striated. 



Unequal-leaved Rest-harrow. PL 1 foot. 



