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nute subulate, fl. racemose, cor. and pods glabrous. E. B. 44. 

 Branches erect, 1 2 feet high, elevate- striate, glabrous, downy 

 above. Fl. yellow. Keel as long as the standard. /3. G. humi- 

 fusa (Dicks. MSS.); st. and branches procumbent, 1. ovate or 

 oblong, pods hairy on the back of each valve. St. angular, 6 

 10 in. long. In pastures and thickets. /3. Near Kynance Cove, 

 Cornwall. Sh. VII. IX. Dyers-weed. Woad. 



3. G. anglica (L.); st. ascending spinous leafless below, flower- 

 ing branches unarmed glabrous, 1. ovate-lanceolate, stipules 0, fl. 

 solitary in the axils of the upper 1., corolla and pods glabrous. 

 E. B. 132. St. 1 foot high, round, leafless, with short leafy 

 branches bearing the yellow flowers. Keel longer than the 

 standard. Moist peaty heaths. Sh. V. VI. Needle Whin. E. S. 



3. SAROTHAMNUS Wimm. Broom. 



1. S. seoparius (Koch). E. B. 1339. Spartium L., Sm. 

 Cytisus I/ink. St. 2 3 feet high, angular, glabrous. L. ter- 

 nate or simple, leaflets obovate. Fl. axillary, solitary or in pairs, 

 shortly stalked, large, bright yellow. Pods dark brown, hairy at 

 the edges ; seeds many. Dry hills and heaths. Sh. V. VI. 



4. ONONIS Linn. Rest-harrow. 



1. 0. arvensis (L.) ; st. procumbent uniformly hairy, fl. axillary 

 solitary stalked, leaflets broadly oblong, pods ovate erect fatting 

 short of the calyx. E. B. S. 2659. O. repens Koch. Usually 

 without spines. St. rooting at their base. Wings equalling the 

 keel ; standard a little longer. Seeds tubercular-scabrous. 

 Barren sandy places. P. VI. IX. 



2. 0. campestris (Koch) ; st. erect or ascending, bifariously 

 hairy, fl. axillary solitary stalked, leaflets oblong, pods ovate erect 

 exceeding the calyx. E. B. 682. O. antiquorum Benth. (not 

 L.). O. spinosa Koch. Usually spinous. St. mostly erect. 

 Wings falling short of the keel which falls short of standard. 

 Seeds tubercular-scabrous. Barren places. P. VI. IX. E. S. 



[0. hircina (Jacq.) differs by having its fl. axillary in pairs and 

 densely spiked at the ends of the branches.] 



3. 0. reclinata (L.); viscid, pubescent, st. ascending, fl. axil- 

 lary, pedicels 1 -flowered shorter than the 1. fl. or pod without 

 bracts, cor. about equal to the calyx, leaflets obovate-cuneate 

 serrated at the lip, stipules ovate, pods cylindrical reflexed, seeds 

 1418 tuberculated. E. B. S. 2838. St. 56 in. high, much 

 branched. Sandy places. Galloway. Channel Isles. A. VII. S. 



