206 DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Orobus. 



spinosa. Sb. 220. Anonis sive Resta bovis. G. E. 

 1322. 



Barren jxtstures, sandy road sides. 



Per. June. 



Root strong, woody. Branches in a barren soil, and on an old 

 root terminating in a spine. Ls. alternate, stalked, lower ones 

 often in threes. Fl. axillary, short stalked, rose-coloured. 

 Stayidard twice as long as the wangs, and keel. Smith considers 

 Ononis spinosa of some authors as a var. of this, in an older, or 

 more starved state. 



ANTHYLLIS. Kidney-vetch. 



A. vulnerdria\ Common K., or Ladies' Jinger. Her- 

 baceous. Leaves winged, unequal. Heads of flowers 

 in pairs. E. B. 104. A. leguminosa. G. E. 1240. 



Chalky limestone, dry pastures. Sm. * Bullingdon Green. Bur- 

 ford Downs. Stokenchurch Hills. Sb, Various places in the 

 neighbourhood of Headington. R. W, 



Per. June. 



Stems not quite erect, leafy, terminated by two heads of thick-set, 

 stalkless yellow fl. Bract, fingered. Cal. membranous, hairy. 

 Filam. their structure singular. 

 FL sometimes scarlet, or white. Herbage, good pasturage for 



sheep. 



'OROBUS. Bitter-vetch. 



O. tuberosus. Common B. Heath Pea. Leaves 

 winged, elliptic-spear-shaped. Stipulas half-arrow- 

 shaped ; toothed at the base. Stem simple, erect. 

 E. B. 1153. C. 1. 53. Astragalus sylvaticus. 



G. E. 1237. 



Woods. * Between Caversham and Mapledurham. Near Henley. 

 Sb. Shotover Hill. R. Pr. (Bagley Wood. Mr. F. T. 

 Scott, Worcester Coll. O.vford.) 



Roots tuberous, outwardly black. Stems one f. Ls. the common 

 stalk projects beyond the leaflets. Fl. purple and red, in long- 

 stalked, axillary clusters. Pod tipped with a permanent, chan- 

 nelled style. 

 Highlanders said to chew the sweetish roots, which will for a 



long time repel the attacks of hunger; and brew a sort of liquor 



from thcjn. This supposed to be the nutritive Chara mentioned 



in Ceesar's Commentaries, and by Dio. 

 An elegant plant. 



' From its supposed vulnerary qualities. 



