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169. ADENOCARPUS. 



169. ADENOCARPUS. 



1. intermedius. Cal. glandular. Middle 

 division of Lower Lip longer than lateral, and 

 far exceeding upper. Standard nearly smooth. 

 s.S. Cal. Query if distinct from the following . 



3. divaricatus. Cal. glandular. Middle 

 division of Lower Lip longer than lateral, and 

 far exceeding upper. Standard densely pu- 

 bescent. S. 7- Open heaths, w. Fr. Rome. 



3. Bivonse. " Cal. glandular. Divisions 

 of Lower Lip nearly ecjual, exceeding upper. 

 Fl. crowded. Branches and Standard hirsute. 

 S. 7, 8. Dry woods, .ffitna." — Guss. from 

 Pkesl. 



4. commutatus. Cal. pubescent, without 

 glands. Middle division of Lower Lip longer 

 than lateral, and far exceeding upper. (Rac. 

 long, many-flowered.) L. folded. S. 6, 7. 

 Sandy hills. Sic. Bocky. Cevennes. 



5. telonensis. Cal. pubescent, without 

 glands. Teeth of Lower Lip nearly equal, and 

 but little exceeding upper. Rac. short, few- 

 flowered. s.S. 5, 6. s. Pr. 



170. ONONIS. 



A. PI. stalked, axiUai-y, yeUow. 



i. Perennial. Plants more or less woody. 

 Sp. 1-4. 



ii. Annual, viscid. 



a. Upper L. simple. Sp. 5-9. 



b. L., even of flowering branches, nearly 

 aU ternate. Sp. 10-12. 



B. n. stalked, axiUaiy, purple. 



i. Shrubby. L. ternate. Sp. 13-15. 



ii. Perennial, not properly shrubby, Sp. 16, 



17. 

 iii. Annual. Sp. 18-21. 



C Fl. axillaiyj sessile or nearly so, purple 



or white. 

 i. Perennial, somewhat woody. Sp. 22-24. 

 ii. Annual. Sp. 25-29. 



D. Fl. axiUaiy, sessile or nearly so, yellow. 

 i. Woody. Sp. 30-33. 

 ii. Annual. Sp. 34. 



A. Flowers axillary, stalked, yellow, generally 

 with purple Strice. 



i. Perennial. Tlants more or less woody. 



1. araclinoidea. Somewhat shrubby, 

 villous, not viscid. L. piunately ternate; 



uppermost mostly simple. Lts. ovali-oblong. 

 StaUiis 1-flowered, awned. s.S. Torrents, e. 

 Pyr. Elne. Peqjignan. 



2. Hatrix. Shrubby, pubescent, viscid. 

 L. ternate ; the uppermost sometimes simple. 

 Lts. oblong. Stalks 1-flowered, exceeding L. 

 Awn as long or longer than upper part of 

 Stalk. Leg. di-ooping, Unear, tm-gid. s.S. 

 7. Open. s. Eur. 



[I have a plant from the Pyrenees, given me 

 by M. MaOle, with some of the L. pinnate, 

 which probably belongs to this species.] 



3. ramosissima. Somewhat shrubby at 

 base, much branched, pubescent, viscid. L. aU 

 ternate. Lts. Hneari-obovate, serrate, acumi- 

 nate. Stalks 1-flowered, exceeding L. Awn 

 longer than upper part of stalk. s.S. or p. 

 6, 7. Sandy shores. Mdt. 



4. arenaria. Somewhat shrubby at base, 

 much branched, pubescent, very viscid. L. 

 all ternate. Lts. Ihieari-obovate. Stip. lineari- 

 lanceolate, vrith long acumen. Stalks 1-flow- 

 ered, falling short of L. Awn short. s.S. or p. 

 Shore at MagueUone, near Montp. TJie length of 

 the awn, that of the flower -stalk, and the pur- 

 ple stripes on the corolla, vary in these three 

 species ; hut the difference of hahit seetns to 

 show that 0. Natrix should he kept separate 

 from one or loth of the latter. 



ii. Annual, with viscid fuhescence. 

 a. Upper L. simple. 



5. viscosa. Mddle Lts. the largest. Stip. 

 as long as L.-stalk. Stalks ] -flowered. Awn 

 exceeding L. Cor. exceeding calyx, a. 6. 

 Dry. Hyeres. Montp. 



6. polyiuorpha. Erect, hairy, somewhat 

 viscid. Lts. elliptic -oblong, with short teeth 

 above middle. Stalks 1-flowered, sometimes 

 awned, at last exceeding L. Leg. 4-5-seeded. 

 a. Dry. Calab. lapygia. — Ten. " Differs from 

 0. pubescens in having more seeds in the 

 capsules." — Ten. 



7. breviflora. Hairy, somewhat viscid. 

 Lts. of lower L. oval, serrate ; middle lai-gest. 

 Stip. serrate, nearly as long as L.-stalk. Stalks 

 1-flowered, equalling L. Awn long. Cor. 

 somewhat shorter than divisions of calyx, a. 6. 

 Dry hills. Frejus. Sic. 



j3. Stalks twice as long as L. Cor. as long 

 as calyx. Palermo. 



8. sicula. Hairy. Upper L. simple. Lts. 

 lineari-oblong, acute, serrate at top. Stip. 

 nearly entire, equalling L.-stalk. Stallcs 1- 



