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The ftalks generally recline on the ground, and are 

 tough and woody : the leaves are fmall, ellipti- 

 cal and acute : the flowers yellow, and grow in 

 thin fpikes. 



ULEX. Gen,pL 881. 

 CaL 2-phyllus. Legumen vix calyce longius, 

 europmsi. ULEX foliis villofis acutis, fpinis, fparfis. Sp. pL 

 1045. {Ger, em, 1319./. i) 



Furze, Whins, or Gorfe. AngUs, 



In the low- lands frequent, but not fo common in 

 the highlands. T? . VI. & IX. 



The leaves are narrow and lanceolate, and grow 

 fingly under the fpines : the branches are ftriated, 

 the fpines compound, the flowers yellow. 

 'Var p. There is a variety of this much more dwarfifh, and 



fmaller in all its parts, (v, Ger, em. 10,21. f, 6) 



In England fences are frequently made of this plant 

 by fowing the feeds. 



Horfcs, flieep, and other cattle are very fond of it, 

 but as the fpines annoy them, and prevent their 

 feeding on it, the hufbandmen in many parts of 

 Wales bruife the tender branches, or grind them 

 in mills for that purpofe, by which means th^y 

 become an excellent fodder. 



ONONIS.. Cen.fL 86j. 

 Cal^ 5-partitus j laciniis linearibus. Vexillum ftria- 

 tum. Legumen turgldum, fefTile. filament a con- 

 nata abfaue iiiTiira. 



C c ONONIS 



