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nute subulate, fl. racemose, cor. and pods glabrous. — E. B. 44. — 

 Branches erect, 1 — 2 feet high, elevate-striate, glabrous, downy 

 above. Fl. yellow. Keel as long as the standard. — /3. G. humi- 

 fusa (Dicks. MSS.) ; st. and branches procumbent, 1. ovate or 

 oblong, pods hairy on the back of each valve. St. angular, 6 — 

 10 in. long. — In pastures and thickets. ^. Near Kynance Cove, 

 Cornwall. Sh. VII. — IX. Dyers-weed. Woad. 



3. G. anglica (L.); st. ascending spmoMS leafless below, flower- 

 ing branches unarmed glabrous, 1. ovate-lanceolate, stipules 0, Jl. 

 solitary in the axils of the upper 1., corolla and pods glabrous. 

 — E. B. 132. — St. 1 foot high, round, leafless, with short leafy 

 branches bearing the yellow flowers. Keel longer than the 

 standard. — Moist peaty heaths. Sh. V. VI. Needle tVhin. E. S. 



3. Sarothamnus Wimm. Broom. 



1. S. scoparius (Koch). — E. B. 1339. Spartium L., Sm. 

 Cytisus I/ink. — St. 2 — 3 feet high, angular, glabrous. L. ter- 

 nate or simple, leaflets obovate. Fl. axillary, solitary or in pairs, 

 shortly stalked, large, bright yellow. Pods dark brown, hairy at 

 the edges ; seeds many. — Dry hills and heaths. Sh. V. VI. 



4. Ononis Linn. Rest-harrow. 



1 . 0. arvensis (L.) ; st. procumbent uniformly hairy, fl. axillary 

 solitary stalked, leaflets broadly oblong, pods ovate erect falling 

 short of the calyx. — E. B. S. 2659. O. repens Koch. — Usually 

 without spines. St. rooting at their base. Wings equalling the 

 keel ; standard a little longer. Seeds tubercular-scabrous. — 

 Barren sandy places. P. VI. — IX. 



2. 0. campestris (Koch) ; st. erect or ascending, bifariously 

 hairy, fl. axillary solitary stalked, leaflets oblong, pods ovate erect 

 exceeding the calyx. — E. B. 682. O. antiquorum Benth. (not 

 L.). O. spinosa Koch. — Usually spinous. St. mostly erect. 

 Wings falling short of the keel which falls short of standard. 

 Seeds tubercular-scabrous. — Barren places. P. VI. — IX. E. S. 



[0. hircina ( Jacq.) differs by having its fl. axillary in pairs and 

 densely spiked at the ends of the branches.] 



3. 0. reclinata (L.); viscid, pubescent, st. ascending, fl. axil- 

 lary, pedicels 1 -flowered shorter than the 1. fl. or pod without 

 bracts, cor. about equal to the calyx, leaflets obovate-cuneate 

 serrated at the Up, stipules ovate, pods cylindrical reflexed, seeds 

 14_18 tuberculated.— i;. B. S. 2838.— St. 5—6 in. high, much 

 branched. — Sandy places. Galloway. Channel Isles. A. VII. S. 



