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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III 



-*» 5. 0. arena v ria Dec. The sand Restharrow. 



Identification. Dec. Cat Hort. Monsp., 128. ; Fl. Fr. Suppl., p. 551. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 159. ; Don's 

 Mill.. 'J. p. 158. 



Synoni/me. Ononis splnis c:\rens lfttea minor, Magn. Bot., 21. 



Spec. Char.,&c. A branchy plant, suft'ruticose at the base. Branches clothed with clammy pubescence. 

 Loaves divided into three linear-oblong serrated leaflets Pedicels 1-flowered, shorter than the 

 loaves, and hardly awned. The standard yellow, and not streaked. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 159.) A 

 native of sandy places on the coast near Moiitpelier. Introduced in 1819. From half a foot to 1ft. 

 high, and flowering in June and July. 



j* 6. O. ceni'sia L. The Mount Cenis Restharrow. 



Identification. Lin. Mant., 267. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 161. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 160. 



Sipnmi/me. 0. cristata Mill. Diet. 



Engraving. All. Fl. Ped., No. 1173. t. 10. f. 2. 



Spec. Char., §c. A many-stemmed, tufted, prostrate, glabrous plant, sufffuticose at ihe base. 

 Leaves pahnately trifoliolate ; leaflets cuneated, and, like the stipules, serrated. Peduncles 1-flow- 

 ered, without an awn, and longer than the leaves A native of rocky places in the Alps of Pro- 

 vence. Dauphin.'-, and Savoy. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 161.) Introduced'in 1759; and producing its 

 pink flowers in June and July. It rarely exceeds 1 ft. in height. 



Variety. 



fl. O. c. 2 subaristata Dec, the 0. cenfsia of Asso Syn., No. 674., is a native of the Pyrenees, and has 

 each peduncle furnished with a kind of awn. It is,rather more tender than the species. 



.** 7. O. aragone'nsis Asso. The Aragon Restharrow. 



Identification. Asso Syn. Arr., 96. t. 6. f. 2 : Dec. Fl. Fr. Suppl., p. 562. : Dec. Prod., 2. p. 15P. ; 

 Don's Mill., 2. p. 162. 



Synonyync. O dumusa Lapeyr. Arb., 410. 



Engraving. Magn. Hort. Monsp., 17. t. 21. 



Spec. Char., S;c. A low shrub, with trifoliolate glabrous leaves, and roundish serrated leaflets. Flow- 

 ers in pairs, almost sessile, and disposed in a leafless raceme. Calyx villous, and one half shorter 

 than the corolla. A native of mountains in Valencia and Aragon, and of the Pyrenees in the part 

 contiguous to France. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 164 ) Introduced in 1816. It grows to the height of from 

 1 ft. to 2 ft., and produces its yellow flowers from May to July. 



App. i. Other suffiuticose Species of Onbjiis. 



O. peduncvlhris Lindl. (Bot. Beg., t. 1446., and our^. 301.) is a 

 small shrub, not more than a foot high, introduced in 18~9, from 

 Teneriff'o, with fragrant white and rose-coloured flowers. It is 

 usually kept in a frame. It would do, with a little protection, for 

 rockwo'-k. It is in Messrs. Young and Penny's collection. 



O. --rispa L, O. hispdnica, O. vaginalis L, O. arachnbidea La- 

 peyr., O. longifblia Willd., O. faiciita Willd.,0. ramosissima Desf., 

 O tridentitta L., O. angustifblia Lam., and O. fce'tida Schousb., are 

 other species of Ononis varying in height from 1ft. to 3 ft., and 

 usually kept in frames or cold-pits ; but which, if protected in severe 

 weather, would be very ornamental for rockwork. Descriptions of 

 them will be found in our Hortus Britannicus, and in Don's Miller. 



Other species of Ononis marked in catalogues as herbaceous, are 

 nearly as suffruticoseas those last mentioned ; and, where the object is 

 to extend a collection, there are several that may be introduced in 

 the arboretum. Indeed it may be safely assumed, that, where several 

 species of a genus are ligneous or suffruticose, all the species of that 

 genus are more or less so, and may, by culture, be prevented from 

 dying down to the ground during winter j provided that genus has 

 been formed on natural principles. 



Genus XI. 



A MO'RPHA L. The Amorpha, or Bastard Indigo. Lin. Syst. Mona- 

 delphia Decandria. 



Llrn/ifiration. Lin. Gen., 369. ; Lam. 111., t. 621. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 256. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 234. 

 Synonyrne. Konaffdia Neck. Elem., No. 1364. 



Derivation, Krorn a, privative, and morphe, form ; in reference to the deformity of the corolla, from 

 the want of the wings and keel. 



Descrip t i on , Large deciduous shrubs, natives of North America. Leaves 

 irnpari-pirmate, having many pairs of leaflets that have transparent dots in 

 thfir rlisks, aiifl, usually, minute stipules at their base. The leaves have de- 

 ciduous stipules. The flowers are disposed in lengthened spiked racemes, 

 usually grouped at the tips of the branches; of a blue-violet colour. (Dec. 



