DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. S^S' 



The ftalks generally recline on the ground^ and are 

 tough and woody : the leaves are linall, ellipti- 

 cal and acute : the flowers yellow, and grow i;i 

 thin fpikes. 



ULEX. Gen.pL Ux. 

 Cal. 2-phyilu.s. hegumen vix calyce longius. 



ULEX foliis villofis acutis, fpinis^lparfis, Sp. /'/. 

 1045. {Ger. cm. i^^^.f. 1) 



Furze, Whins, or Gorfe. Angiis, 



In the low lands frequent, but not To common in 

 the highlands, b . VI. & IX. 



The leaves are narrow and lanceolate, and grow 

 fingly under the fpires : the branches are fi.ri.ueJ, 

 the fpines compound, the flowers yellow. 



There is a variety of this much more dwarfllli, and 

 fn-.aller in all its parts, (v. C7Vr» em. 1321./. 6} 



In Rj^Iand fences are frequently mads of this plant 

 by fowing the feeds. 



Horfes^ flieep, and other cattle are very fond of it, 

 but as the fpines annoy them, and prevent the^ir 

 feeding on it, the hufbandmen in many parts c{ 

 Wales bruife tlie tender branches, or grind tlicm 

 in mills for that purpofe, by 'vhich means they 

 become an excellent todder. 



0>ONIS. Ge^n.pL 86j. 

 CaK 5-partitus-, Ir.ciniis linearibus. Vcmlmr. ftria- 

 tum. Legiin:en turg'.dum, fealle. F/iamcn/a con- 

 nata abfque niTura. 



C c ONONIS 



