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66 O. PINNA'TA (Brot. fl. his. 2. p. 99.) herbaceous, and 

 clothed with clammy villi ; leaves with 3-1 pairs of cuneated, 

 ciliated, somewhat serrated leaflets ; spikes terminal. O- H. 

 Native of Portugal, in sand. Corolla large, white, but with the 

 vexillum rose-coloured. 



Pinnate-leaved Rest-harrow. PL 1 foot. 



t Species belonging to section Euonbnis, but are not suffi- 

 ciently known. 



67 O. MACRACA'NTHA (Clark, in Spreng. neue entd. 3. p. 16.) 

 suffruticose, spiny ; peduncles awnless, 1 -flowered ; upper leaves 

 simple, obovate, glandular, toothed at the apex ; calyx glandular, 

 shorter than the corolla. ^ . F. Native of the Levant. 



Long-spined Rest-harrow. Shrub. 



68 O. PANICULA'TA (Cav. anal, scienc. nat. 1801. 4. p. 69.) 

 villous ; stem panicled ; lower leaves trifoliate, middle leaflet 

 larger ; superior leaves simple ; stipulas large, lanceolate, very 

 acute. J? . ? F. Native of the north of Africa. 



Panicled-fiowered Rest-harrow. Shrub. 



69 O. PYRAMIDA'LIS (Cav. 1. c. p. 71.) stem pilose, terete; 

 branches alternate, pyramidal ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets linear- 

 lanceolate, serrated ; flowers sessile, capitate ; legume 2-seeded. 

 Jj . ? F. Native of the north of Africa, near Sale. 



Pyramidal-branched Rest-harrow. Shrub. 



70 O. SUBCORDA'TA (Cav. 1. c. p. 70.) erect, herbaceous ; 

 leaves all simple, and somewhat cordate, ovate-oblong, and are, 

 as well as the stipulas, serrated; peduncles awned, 1-flowered, 

 shorter than the leaves. 0. H. Native of the north of Africa, 

 near Mogodor. 



Subcordate-\eavcd Rest-harrow. PI. 1 foot. 



71 O. COMPRE'SSA (Lag. anal, scienc. nat. 1801. p. 261.) stem 

 herbaceous, compressed ; peduncles 1-flowered, each furnished 

 with an awn ; leaves simple, lower ones trifoliate ; stipulas en- 

 tire. O- ? H. Native of Spain. 



Compressed-stemmed Rest-harrow. PL \ to 1 foot. 



72 O. PE'RSICA (Burm. ind. 157. t. 49. f. 1.) plant rather dif- 

 fuse, small ; peduncles without an awn, 2-flowered, racemose ; 

 leaves trifoliate, with linear, truncate, serrated leaflets ; stipulas 

 quite entire. O- H. Native of Persia. Flowers yellow, with 

 the habit almost of Melildlus. 



Persian Rest-harrow. PL diffuse. 



73 O. RHINA.NTHOI DES (Lapeyr. abr. 407.) erect, small, 

 clothed with clammy villi ; leaves trifoliate, with cuneated emar- 

 ginate leaflets, which are awnedly-toothed ; stipulas acutely- 

 toothed ; flowers almost sessile, solitary, terminal ; legume 

 ovate, villous, awned, shorter than the calyx. O. H. Native 

 of the Pyrenees. Flowers having a purplish vexillum. 



Jtliiiianthus-like Rest-harrow. PL 1 foot. 



74 O. SCA'BRA (Lapeyr. abr. 407.) erect; leaves distant, tri- 

 foliate, dotted from points ; leaflets cuneated, truncate, dentate 

 at the apex ; stipulas ovate, acute, entire ; calyx equalling the 

 corolla in length. Q. H. Native of the Eastern Pyrenees. 

 Corolla white, with a rose-coloured vexillum. 



Scabrous Rest-harrow. PL 1 foot. 



75 O. PA'LLIDA (Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. 676.) peduncles 1- 

 flowered ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets roundish, cuneated at the 

 base, toothed from the middle to the apex : calyxes and legumes 

 villous, drooping. O- H. Native of? 



Pale-Jlowercd Rest-harrow. PL 1 foot. 



SECT. II. LOTONONIS (from Lotus and Ononis ; the plants 

 appear intermediate between the two genera). D. C. Leg. mem. 

 VI. prod. 2. p. 166. Stipulas hardly or not adnate to the pe- 

 tiole, leafy as in Lotus, but with the stamens monadelphous, as in 

 the rest of Ononis. The species of this section are all from the 

 Cape of Good Hope, but none of them are sufficiently known. 



76 O. SPICA'TA (Thunb. prod. 129. fl. cap. 584.) leaves sim- 

 ple, stipulate, ovate, silky ; stem shrubby, erect ; flowers spicate. 

 fj . G. Leaves acute, sessile. Spikes a finger long. 



<S))icn/e-flowered Rest-harrow. Shrub. 



77 O. HIRSU'TA (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves simple, lanceolate, hairy ; 

 stem herbaceous, decumbent ; racemes ovate, drooping. !{. . G. 

 Plant very hairy. Leaves imbricately spreading. 



Hairy Rest-harrow. PL decumbent. 



78 O. STIPULA'TA (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves trifoliate, villous; 

 leaflets oblong, obtuse, convolute ; stipulas ovate ; flowers spi- 

 cate ; stem frutescent. fj . G. Flowers yellow. Superior 

 stipulas large, bract-formed. 



Stipulate-leaved Rest-harrow. Shrub. 



79 O. PARVIFLORA (Berg. cap. 214. Thunb. 1. c. but not of 

 Lam.) leaves trifoliate, villous ; leaflets lanceolate, intermediate 

 one largest; umbels lateral ; stem herbaceous, villous. () G. 

 Branches twiggy. 



Small-Jlorvered Rest-harrow. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. 

 PL | to 1 foot. 



80 O. MICROPHY'LLA (Lin. fil. suppl. 324. Thunb. 1. c.) leaves 

 trifoliate, scabrous ; leaflets ovate, convolute ; stipulas and brae- 

 teas ovate ; flowers axillary ; branches and branchlets spinescent. 

 Jj . G. Petiole trigonal. Legume lanceolate, reflexed, scabrous. 



Small-leaved Rest-harrow. Shrub. 



81 O. CAPILLA'RIS (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves trifoliate, glabrous; 

 leaflets linear-lanceolate, mucronate ; peduncles axillary, 1- 

 rlowered ; stem erectish, suftrutescent. Ij . G. Leaves appear- 

 ing in fascicles at first sight. 



Hair-\eaved Rest-harrow. Shrub. 



82 O. VILLOSA (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves trifoliate, villous ; leaflets 

 lanceolate ; stipulas length of petioles ; peduncles lateral, 1- 

 flowered, each furnished beneath the leaves with an acute, linear 

 leaflet ; stems hairy, decumbent. Tj . G. Legume villous, tur- 

 gid. Perhaps a species of Ci/tisus or a proper genus. 



bilious Rest-harrow. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Sh. dec. 



83 O. HETEROPHY'LLA (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves trifoliate, pilose 

 beneath ; lower leaflets ovate, superior ones lanceolate ; flowers 

 solitary, pedunculate, terminal ; stem herbaceous. 7 . G. 



f (triable-leaved Rest-harrow. Shrub. 



84 O. PROSTRA'TA (Lin. mant. 266. Thunb. 1. c.) leaves tri- 

 foliate, pubescent ; leaflets ovate, obtuse ; stipulas much shorter 

 than the petiole; peduncles 1-flowered, lateral; stem decum- 

 bent. %, G. Lotus prostratus, Lin. spec. 1090. 



Prostrate Rest-harrow. PL prostrate. 



85 O. DECU'MBENS (Thunb. 1. c. but not of Miller) leaves 

 trifoliate, pubescent beneath ; leaflets obovate, acute ; stipulas 

 oblong ; flowers solitary, lateral, on short pedicels ; stem decum- 

 bent. If. . G. Flowers yellow. Legume oblong, rather turgid. 



Decumbent Rest-harrow. PL decumbent. 



86 O. SERICEA (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves trifoliate, clothed beneath 

 with silky-villi ; leaflets oblong, acute ; stipulas ovate, pilose ; 

 flowers disposed in a secund, 3-flowered, terminal spike. I/ . G. 

 Stems ascending. 



Silky Rest-harrow. PL prostrate. 



87 O. EXCISA (Thunb. I.e.) leaves trifoliate, pubescent be- 

 neath ; leaflets obovate, emarginate ; flowers twin, terminal ; 

 stem decumbent. If. . G. Stem glabrous. Petiole longer than 

 leaflets. Stipulas subulate (Willd.). 



CMt-leaved Rest-harrow. PL decumbent. 



88 O. GEMINA'TA (Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 23.) leaves trifoliate ; 

 leaflets obovate ; peduncles lateral, 2-flowered. If. . G. Allied 

 to O. excisa according to Willd. 



Twin-flowered Rest-harrow. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1788. 

 PL decumbent. 



89 O. RACEMOSA (Thunb. 1. c. but not of Brot.) leaves trifo- 

 liate, pubescent beneath ; leaflets oblong, acute ; flowers race- 



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