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broad ; keel iiicurvt-d, pointed ; sfaiiieiis monadelphous ; s/yle 

 curved ; pod not compressed. (Name of Greek origin, connected 

 with Olios, an ass.) 



1. O. ripens (Creeping Rest-harrow, ^^'^ll^ Liquorice). — A 

 prostrate, shrubby plant with runners, hair}', \iscid, most com- 

 monly without spines; leaflets o\,\oi-\g; floivers axillary, solitary, 

 and of a handsome bright pink ; /ci/ shorter than the calyx. The 

 plant has a powerful odour and derives its name of Rest-harrow 

 from Its tough branches. — Dry pastures and sandy shores; 

 common. — Fl. all the summer. Perennial. 



2. O. spiuosa (Erect 

 Rest-harrow). — A sub-erect 

 specie.s, without runners, 

 with two lines of hairs, less 

 viscid and less strongly 

 scented than the last, 

 usually spinous ; leaflets 

 oblong ; floivcrs differing 

 slightly from those of O. 

 ripens ; pod longer than the 

 calyx. — ^\'aste places ; fre- 

 quent. — Fl. all the summer. 

 Perennial. 



3. O. reclindta (Small 

 Spreading Rest-harrow) is 

 a small, spreading, herba- 

 ceous species, viscid and 

 hairy, with reflexed pods, 

 which has only been found 

 in Alderney, Devon, and 

 Galloway. — Fl. June, July. 

 .Vnnual. 



5. TRiGOxfiLLA (Fenu- 

 greek). — Herbs, often strongly scented; leaves as in Ononis; 

 floii'ers solitary or in short racemes ; ealyx 5-toothed ; stamens 

 diadelphous : /i';/ compressed, longer than the,ealy.\, many-seeded. 

 (Name, the old Greek name denoting tliree-angled, from the form 

 of the corolla.) 



I. T. ornithopodioides (Bird's-foot Fenugreek). — A small, slen- 

 der, prostrate, glabrous plant, with small pink and white flo-d'ers, 

 I — 3 together, and straight, 6 — S-seeded/i^i^, *twice as long as the 

 calyx, dehiscent. — Dry sandy places ; not common. — Fl. June — 

 August, Annual or biennial. 



