44 23. LEGUMINOSJE. 



loosely applied to the downy cal. Cor. bright yellow, wings 

 longer than the keel, curved over at the apex. 



Very common. In stony places and on heaths. (B) Sh. 27. 



* IT. NANUS, var. Gallii, Plan. Bracts small. Cal. with short 

 appressed pubescence. 

 In a whin hedge near Kingarth, Bute ; evidently introduced. (E) Sh. 89. 



2. GENISTA. Petty -Whin, Needle- Gorse. 



Gr. A/NGLICA, L. Stems shrubby, branched, ascending, glab- 

 rous, spinous ; spines simple, absent on the younger and flowering 

 branches. Le. ovato-lanceolate, smooth. Rac. few-flowered, lax. 

 Cal. smooth. Cor. yellow, with the standard and wings shorter 

 than the keel. Shrub seldom more than a foot high. Fl. turn 

 green in drying. 



Eare. " Cathkin hills on the moors," HopJc. "Campsie hills," Mr. Murray. 

 (B) Sh. 56. East side of Lanark. 



3. SAROTHAMNUS. Broom. 



S. SCOPARIUIS, Wimm. Shrub much branched, 1 6 ft. high. 

 Branches long, straight, green, deeply furrowed. Le. ternate or 

 simple ; leaflets oblong or obovate. Fl. large bright yellow, 

 axillary, solitary or in pairs, shortly pedicellate. Style rolled up. 

 Pod hairy on the margin. 



Very common. Banks of Clyde ; Cart; Kelvin, &c. (B) Sh. 56. 



4. ONONIS. Rest-Harrow, Wild-Liquorice. 



O. ARVENSIS, L. Stems procumbent, rooting at the base, then 

 ascending ; branches spreading, hairy, often spiny. Lower le. 

 ternate, with footstalks ; upper ones simple, oblong or obovate, 

 denticulate at the apex. Fl. solitary and axillary, forming a 

 leafy raceme ; rose-coloured, seldom white. Cor. much longer 

 than the cal. Plant covered with clammy hairs. 



Frequent. Banks and pastures (B) P. 6 9. Banks of Clyde, opposite Dalbeth ; 

 near Hagg's Castle; banks of the Canal near Bowling; Gourock, &c. 



An erect variety, with long spines, and branches bearing a woolly strip of hairs 

 on one side, is by some raised to the rank of a species. 0. campestris, Koch. 



5. ANTHf LLIS. Kidney-Vetch, Lady's Fingers. 



A. VULNERAKEA, L. Stems herbaceous. Root le. simple 

 oval. Stem le. pinnate, terminal leaflet much larger than the 

 others. Heads of fl. usually in pairs, with digitate bracts 

 surrounding each. Cal. inflated, mouth oblique, contracted, 

 hairy. Cor. yellow. 



Frequent. Dry banks and pastures. (B) P. 68. Banks of Clyde above 

 Dalmarnock Bridge ; Tollcross; road to Carmunnock; Gourock, &c. 



