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16. Hirepocrepis. Cal. short, campanulate, with 5 nearly 
equal teeth, 2 upper ones combined up to their middle. 
Keel narrowed into a beak. Pod elongated, compressed, of 
many \-seeded crescent-shaped joints, so that each pod has 
many notches on one side. 
17. ONoBRycuis. Cal. with 5 nearly equal subulate teeth. 
Keel obliquely truncate, longer than the wings. Pod 1-celled, 
compressed, indehiscent, 1-seeded, upper suture straight, 
lower curved toothed winged or crested. 
Tribe I. Lotee. 
1. Uvex Linn. 
1. U. europeus (L.); young |. shaggy beneath furrowed, pri- 
mary spines strong terete polygonal furrowed minutely scabrous, 
st. hairy, fl. lateral, bracts ovate lax, cal. shaggy, wings longer 
than keel.—E. B.742.—St. 4—6 feet high, very much branched 
spreading. Fl. bright yellow, springing from both the primary 
and secondary spines. Spines branching at their base and up to 
about half thew length, not extending beyond the flowers. 
“Seeds 10.’—Heaths. Sh. IL—VI. Spring Furze, Whin, 
Gorse. 
2. U. strictus (Mack.) ; young 1. shaggy beneath thin, primary 
spines small slender tetragonal minutely scabrous, st. hairy, fl. 
terminal, bracts ovate lax, cal. shaggy, wings longer than kee].— 
Plant 1—2 feet high, with upright branches. Fl. rarely produced, 
springing from the summit of the stem, not from the spines, 
which branch as in U. ewropeus but are peculiarly small. The 
pet. slightly different in form from the last. Distinguished from 
the other species by its peculiar habit.—In Lord Londonderry’s 
park, Down, Ireland. Sh. IV. Trish Furze. I. 
3. U. nanus (Forst.); young 1. glabrous ciliated furrowed, pri- 
mary spines slender terete striated smooth, st. hairy, fl. lateral and 
terminal, braets very minute adpressed, cal. finely downy, wings 
shorter than keel.—#. B. 743.—St. procumbent. Primary spines 
short, slender, spreading, branched at their base only. Fl. half 
the size of those of U. ewropeus, sprmging from the primary 
spines and not extending beyond them, pale, pet. scarcely sepa- 
rated when full blown. “Seeds 5.’— 8. U. Gallit (Planch.) ; 
primary spines strong, wings rather longer than keel. St. 2-—5 
ft. high. Primary spies deflexed. Wings not straight and thus 
often seeming shorter than keel. Fl. orange, pet. more or less 
divaricate. A dwarf form is often taken for U.nanus. Probably 
a distinct species—Heaths. Sh. VII—XI. Autumnal Furze. 
