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joints scarcely narroived at the joinings. — No leaf at the apex 

 of the peduncles. 



17. HiPPOCEBPis. Gal. short, 'bellsliapedjwitli 5 nearly equal 

 teeth, 2 upper ones combined up to their middle. Keel 

 narrowed into a beak. Pod long, compressed, of many 1- 

 seeded crescent-shaped joints, so that each pod has many 

 notches on one side. 



18. Onobeychis. Oal. with 5 nearly equal subulate teeth. 

 Keel obliquely truncate, longer than the wings. Pod 

 1-eelled, oompresaed, indehiscent, 1-seeded, upper suture 

 straight, lower curved toothed winged or crested. 



Tribe I. Lotecs. 



1. TJ'iEX Linn. Furze. Whin. Gorse. 



1. U. europce'us (L.) ; young 1. shaggy beneath fm-rowed, pri- 

 mary spines strong terete-polygonal furrowed rough, st. hairy, 

 fl. lateral, bracts ovate lax, cal. shaggy, wings longer than keel. 

 — E. B. 742. — St. shrubby, ,4 — 6 feet high, much branched, 

 spreading. Fl. bright yellow, from both the primary and secon- 

 dary spines. Oal.-teeth converging. Spines branching at their 

 base and up to about their middle, not exceeding the flowers. — 



TJ. strictus (Mack.) ; primary spines small slender tetragonal, 

 plant 1 — 2 ft. high, with upright branches. Does not come true 

 from seed. E. B. S. 2988.— Heaths. Sh. II.— VI. E. S. I. 



2. U. nanus (Forst.) ; young I. glabrous cOiate furrowed, pri- 

 mary spines slender terete striate smooth, st. hairy, fl. lateral and 

 terminal, bracts very minute adpressed, cal. finely downy, wings 

 shorter than keel. — E. B. 743. — St. shrubby procumbent. Pri- 

 mary spines short, spreading, branched at their base only. Fl. 

 half the size of those of U. europmus, bora the primary spines 

 and exceeded by them, pale ; pet. scarcely separated when full- 

 blown. Oal.-teeth diverging. Pod persistent for nearly a year. — 

 Heaths. Sh. VIII. IX. E. 



3. U. Gal'lii (Planch.) ; yoimg 1. glabrous ciliate furrowed, 

 primary spines strong deflexed subterete striate smooth, st. 

 hairy, fl. lateral and terminal, bracts very minute adpressed, cal. 

 fmely downy, wings longer than heel. — E. B. S. 2987. — St. 2 — 

 6 ft. high. Fl. orange, pet. more or less divaricate ; wings not 

 straight and thus often seeming shorter than keel. Cal.-teeth 

 diverging. Pods bursting in spring, A dwarf form is often 



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