DIADELPHIA. DECANDR1A. Ononis, 



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863. ONONIS. Cal 5-parted: divifions linear. 

 Banner ftriated. Legume turgid, feflile. 

 Filaments conjoin'd without a fiffure. 

 Reft harrow. 



* With fewer s fubfejpk. 



antlquorum. 1. O. flowers folitary larger than the leaflet, the inferiour 

 leaves three'd, branches frnoothifh thornv. of 



the ancients. 



arvenjis. 2. O. flowers racemed double, leaves three'd : the fupe- 

 riour ones folitary, branches unarm'd fubvillous. 



field. 



repens. 3. O. ftems diffufe, branches erect, fuperiour leaves fo- 



litary, ftipules egg'd. creeping. 



minutijjima. 4. O. flowers fubfeflile lateral, leaves three'd imooth, 

 ftipules fword-form, calyxes parch'd longer than 

 the corol. moft minute. 



mitijfma. 6. O. flowers feflile fpiked, bracles ftipular egg'd bellied 

 parch'd imbricated. moji [oft. 



alopecuroides.j. O. fpikes leafy, leaves fimple obtufe, ftipules dilated. 



Foxtail-like, 



variegata. 8. O. ftipules and bractes tooth'd, leaves fimple ftriated, 

 flowers fubpeduncled. variegated. 



* * With flowers peduncle d : peduncles avonlcf. 



pubefcens. O. peduncles awnlefs moft fhort, fuperiour leaves 



fimple, ftipules egg-lanced m&ft intire. pu- 



befcent. 

 ccrnua. 17. O. racemes upright, leaves wedge -form, legumes 



bowing linear recurved. bowing. 



umhellaia. O. peduncles awnlefs umbel'd, leaves three'd end- 



nick'd. Items proftrate. umbel'd. 



fdiformis. O. peduncles awnlefs moftly three-flower'd, leaves 



three'd fubfeffile : leaflets egg'd dagger'd. 



ihread-form. 

 capenfs. 18. O; racemes peduncled long, leaves three'd fuborbi- 



cular. cape. 



prof rata. O. peduncles awnlefs one-flower'd moft lone, leaves 



three'd acute, ftipules awi'd, ftcms proftrate. 



pr of rate. 



P " 19. o. 



