82 25. LBeuMiNosiE. 



taten for T7. nanus, a tall one for U. europceus. — Heaths. Sh. 



vin.— XI. E. I. 



2. Genis'ta Linn. 



1. O. pildsa (L.) ; at. procumbent without thorns, 1. obovate- 

 lanceolate blunt, stijmhs ovate blunt, branches peduncles calyx 

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

 companied by a tuft of leaves, pods hairy. — E. B. 208. — Fl. 

 small, yellow, collected towards the end of the branches. St. 

 much branched, furrowed, woody. — Dry sandy and gravelly 

 heaths, rare. Sh. V. E. 



2. G. tinctdria (L.) ; st. with erect branches without thorns, 

 1. lanceolate or elliptic hairy at the edges, stipules minute subu- 

 late, fl. racemose, cor. and pods glabrous. — i?. B. 44. — Branches 

 erect, 1 — 2 feet high, striate, glabrous, downy above. Fl. yellow. 

 Keel as long as the standard. — 0. G. humifusa (Dicks.) ; 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. |3. In the Lizard district, Cornwall. Sh. VII. — IX. 

 Dyer's-weed. E. S. I. 



3. G. ancflica (L.) ; st. spinous leafless below, flowering bran- 

 ches glabrous without thorns, 1. ovate-lanceolate, stip. 0, fl. 

 solitary in the axils of the 1., cor. and pods glabrous. — E. B. 132. 

 — St. 1 foot high, round, leafless, with short leafy branches bear- 

 ing the yellow flowers. Keel longer than the standard. — Moist 

 peaty heaths. Sh. V. VI. Needle Wliin. E. S. 



3. Sarotham'nfs Wimm. Broom. 



1. S. scopdrius (Koch). — Spartium L., E. B. 1339. — St. 2 — 3 

 feet high, angular, glabrous ; or prostrate and spreading (by 

 Kynance Cove, Cornwall). L. ternate or simple, obovate. Fl. 

 axillary, solitary or in pairs, shortly stalked, krge, bright yellow. 

 Pods dark brown, hairy at the edges ; seeds many. — Dry hills 

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



4. Ono'nis Linn. Eest-harrow. 



1. O. arven'sis (L.) ; stoloniferous, st. procumbent uniformly 

 hairy, fl. axillary solitary stalked, leaflets broadly oblong, pods 

 ovate erect falling short of the caly.v. — E. B. S. 26.59. 0. repens 

 Eoch. — Shrubby. Usually without spines. St. rooting at their 

 base. Wings equalling the keel; standard a little longer. 

 Seeds tubercular. — a. glandular, fl.-l. equalling or surpassing 



