LEGUMIXOS^E 



411 



Fifth Specimen. Nos. 1-6 in three opposite pairs. One of 1st 

 pair bipartite, the other trifoliolate ; of 2nd pair one is spathulate 

 the other bipartite ; 3rd pair trifoliolate. 



No. 7. Tripartite. 



No. 8. Bifid. 



No. 9. Bipartite. 



Nos. 10-14. Spathulate. 



Nos. 15-25. Linear-lanceolate, spiny-pointed. 



The branches are spinous from the first, their leaves spiny- 

 pointed, and the secondary branches small and also spinous. 



Spartocytisus nubigenus, Webb et Berth., var. roseus, 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, glabrous, 3-3'5 cm. long, dark brownish- 

 red. 



Cotyledons oblong, obtuse, entire, sessile, unequal, glabrous, 

 brownish-red, indistinctly one-nerved. 



Stem erect, striated, herbaceous, ultimately woody, covered with 

 rather silky hairs ; 1st internode 7-8 mm. long ; 2nd rather shorter. 



First leaves compound, trifoliolate, cauline, alternate, exstipulate, 

 petiolate ; leaflets linear-lanceolate, acute, entire, very shortly 

 petiolulate or subsessile, hairy, light green, one-nerved ; petioles 

 long, hairy, slightly channelled on the upper side. 



FIG. 269. Ononis altissima, x 16. A, longitudinal section. B, trans- 

 verse section : B, radicle ; C, cotyledons ; o c, outer coat of testa ; i c, 

 inner coat of testa. 



TRIBE 



Ononis altissima, Lam. (fig. 269). 



Seeds almost orbicular, with a prominent basal notch ; testa 

 tubercled, dark brown. Seed exalbuminous, T5-2 mm. in dia- 

 meter. 



