XXV. LEGUMINA^CEiE: ONONIS. 



Genus IX. 



229 



t'NO^NIS L. The Restharrow, Lin. Syst. Monadelphia Decandria. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 863. ; Lam. Ill, t. 616. ; Dec. Prod , 2. p. 158. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 158. 

 \Siinonymes. Anh\\\s. and 2Va.trix MojrecA JV/fV/(. 157. and 158. ; Arrete-boeuf, or sometimes Bugrane, 

 I Fr. \ Hauhechel, Ger. 

 {Derivation. Said to be from onos, an ass ; because only asses would feed upon so prickly a plant. 



Restharrow is a corruption of arrest, that is, stop, harrow ; from the long and deeply seated roots 



opposing a serious impediment to the plough or harrow. 



Gen. Char. Caly.v campanulate, 5-cleft, with linear segments. Vexillum lai'ge, 

 striated. Stamens nionadelphoiis, the tenth one sometimes ahnost free. 

 Legume usually turgid, sessile, t'ew-seeded. (Don's Mill.) 



Leaves trifoliolate, stipulate, alternate, deciduous. Fknvers yellow, pur- 

 plish and red, or rarely white. Shrubs, very low, sufFruticose j natives of 

 Europe. Two species are hardy. 



The peduncle is, in many instances, furnished with an awn, which is the 

 iietiole of an abortive floral leaf. Tue two specimens here described are well 

 idaptcd for rockwork or flower-borders, on account of their lively flowers, 

 [A'hich are red, or reddish purple; colours not frequently met with in the lig- 

 heous Legiiminaceae, by far the greater part of which have yellow flowers. 

 iFhey are readily propagated by seeds or by division, and 

 vill grow in any soil that is tolerably dry. 



J* 1. 0. FRUTico^sA L. The shrubby Restharrow. 



dentification. Lin. Sp., 1010. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 167. ; Don's Mill., 2 



p. 160. 

 Ingrnvings. N. Du Ham., I. t. 58.; Mill. Icon., t. 36. ; Bot. Mag.,t. 317 ; 



and our fig. 373. 



jvpcc. Char., ^c. Leaves trifoliolate. Leaflets sessile, 



lanceohite, serrated. Stipules connate into. one, sheath- 



I ing, and 4-awned ; and, in the uppermost parts of the 



I plant, occupying the places of leaves which are absent. 



Pedicels .3-flowered, disposed in a raceme. {Dec. Prod.) 



A low shrub. Alps of Dauphine, &c. Height 1 ft. to 



4 ft. Introduced in 1680. Flowers purplish red ; 



May and June. Legume brown ; ripe in September. 



'ariety. 



jk (). f. 2 microphylla Dec, O. fruticosa Asso. 

 Leaflets small, obovate, and serrated. Native of 

 the mountains of Aragon. 3. o. fru.ic6, 



J* 2. O. rotundifo'lia L. The round-leaved Restharrow. 



lentification. Lin. Sp, ed. 1. p. 719., but not ed. 2. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. ICl. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 

 innnyme.s. 0. Iatif61ia Asso Si/n. 97., Lin, Manf. t. 11. f. 1. ; A'atrix rotiindifi^lia Moencli. 

 mgravings. Jacq. Fl. Austr. Append., t. 49. ; Bot. Mag., t. 335, ; and our fig. 374. 



pec. Cliar., Sfc. Leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets ovate, 

 J and toothed. Peduncles 3-flowered, and with- 

 I out bracteas. (Dec. Prod.) A lov/ shrub. Native 

 j of the Pyrenees, and the Alps. Height 1 ft. to 

 I 2 ft. Introduced in 1570. Flowers purplish red; 

 May to Sept. Legume brown ; ripe in October. 



Other Kinds of Ononis. O. tribracteata Dec, a 

 pffruticose plant with pink flowers, supposed to 

 b a native of Carinthia, differs little from O. ro- 

 |indif61ia. Several other species are hardy, but 

 bt sufficiently ligneous for our purpose. 

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160 



374. O. rotundifdlia. 



