eENISTA. ONONIS. ^1 



•"> ft. high. Fl. orange, pet. more or less divaricate ; wings not 

 straight and thus often seeming shorter than Ijeel. Pods bui-st- 

 ing in spring. A dwarf form is often taken for U. nanus, a tall 

 une for U. europeeus. — Heaths. 8h. VIII. — XI. E. I. 



2. Geki.s'ia Linn. 



1. G. piMsa (L.) ; St. procumbent without thorns, 1. obovate- 

 lanceolate, blunt, stipules ovute blunt, branches peduncles calyx 

 standard keel and underside of the 1. sUky, peduncles lateral ac- 

 companied hy a tuft of leaves, pods hair//. — Fl. small, yeUow, 

 collected towards the ends of the branches. St. much branched, 

 furrowed, woody. — Dry sandy and gravelly heaths, rare. Sh. 

 V. " E. 



3. G. tinctdria (L.) ; st. depressed with erect branches with- 

 out thorns, 1. lanceolate or elliptic hairy at the edges, stipules 

 minute subulate, Jl. racemose, cor. and puds cjlabrous. — Branches 

 erect, I — 2 feet high, striate, glabroufj, downy above. Fl. yel- 

 low. Keel as long as the standard. — p. G. humifiisa (Dicks. 

 ilS.) ; St. and branches procumbent, 1. ovate or oblong, pods 

 hairy on the back of each valve. St. angular, 6; — 10 in. long. 

 — In pastures aiid thickets, ji. Near Kynance Cove, Cornwall. 

 Sh. Vn.— Ev. Byer's-weed. E. S. I. 



3. G.ang'lica(L.); st. ascending spiMOTM leafless below, flower- 

 ing branches glabrous without thorns, 1. ovate-lanceolatS, s^p. 

 Q,j^- solitary in the axils of the upper 1., cor. and pods glabrous. 

 — St. 1 foot hig'h, round, leafless, with short leafy branclies 

 bearing the yellow flowers. Keel longer than the standard. — 

 Moist peaty heaths. Sh. V. VL Needk Whin. E. S. 



3. Sabotham'xus Wimm. Broom. 



1. <S. scopdrius (Koch). — S^artium L., Sm. — St. 2 — 3 feet 

 high, angular, glabrous. L., temate or simple, obovate. Fl. 

 axillary, solitaj?y or in pairs, shortly stalked, large, bright yellow. 

 Pods dark brow-n, hairv at the edges ; seeds many. — Dry hUls 

 and heaths. Sh. V. VI E.S.I. 



4. Ono'sis Linn4 Eest-harrow. 



1. O. ari-eii'sis (L.) ; st. procumbent uniformly hairy, fl. axil- 

 lary solitary stalked, leaflels broadly oblong, pods ovate erect 

 falling short of the calyx.— E. B. S. 2059. O. repens Koch. — 

 Shrubby. L'suaDy without spines. St. , rooting at their base. 

 Wings equalling the keel; standard a little longer. Seeds 

 tubercular. — Barren sandy places. P. VI. — IX. " E. S. I. 



£ 5 



