ONONIS. 
than the other petals; wings ovate, half the length of the 
ftandard ; keel acuminated, generally longer than the wings. 
Stam. Filaments ten, formin an undivided cylinder; an- 
mple. Pf. Germen a aa aha villofe ; ftyle 
imple, afcending ; ftigma o . Legume turgid, 
rhomb-fhaped, fomewhat i “emt, ie one cell and two 
valves. Seeds few, kidney-fhaped. 
Eff. Calyx in five linear fegments. Standard ftriated. 
Legume carpi ‘rhomboid, feffile. Filaments in one undi- 
vide 
. On ly sent one pls of this numerous and rather 
ornamental gen merated in the 14th edition of the 
Syftema Vi egetabilu iid Tica of which, with the addition 
i a the firft edition of the Hortus 
“Pro feffo r Martyn defcribes thirty-fix 
rg from 
Cannock Sm. Fl. Brit. 
(0. ‘fp inofa Linn. Sp. Pl. 1006 +) 
m ous. Flowers moftly 
folitary. Leaves generally fimple, ent towards their bafe. 
This is the only Britifh {pecies, and may be found very ge- 
nerally in the borders of barren, fandy fields, by way fides, 
and by the fea-fhore, flowering from June to September. 
he ne woody, blackifh. Stems rather ae or 
procumbent, annual, round, woody, leafy, hairy, fpinous 
when old. Leaves altecnate; talked, elliptically wedge- 
fhaped, linear, roughifh; the lower ones often ternate. 
Stipul as very large, ovate, embracing the ftem : 
Flowers lee, folitary, flightly ftalked, ee rofe- 
olo ing dotted with tubercles, 
opinion without further means of judging refeting it 
O. hircina. Stinking Reft-Harrow. Wi Jacq. 
. rt. Vind. v. 1. 40. t. 93.—Flo iba fomewhat ‘fpiked, in 
. Lower leaves ternate ; upper folitary, rather hairy. 
Bence villofe.—Found in various parts of th 
of Eur It flowers at Kew 
a y 
s ferrated, e em- 
: 
° 
% 
a ct 
ao 
al 
airy. 
The stile ar one a " very "trong, “difagreabl fmm, re- 
fembling that of goats, is — in 
. minutifima. Smail-flow ae Har 
tris minima; Colum 
lateral. Leaves aie fi 
r than aad vorolla.. 
e and July Rect perennial, 
Vur r-- 
oN ati tive of oie an —_ 
Se&.2. Flowers on rer — or fig se 
O. pubefcens. Linn. 3. 20, 
Morifoni ; Gouan. II! as pps ie me rpurea proc 
bens verna feu pracox fruticofa annua a filiquis crafii 
oribus lentiformibus rarius difpofitis; Morif. 
168.)—Flower-ftalks very fhort. 
Europe, and foun Gouan in the nee een Stem 
a foot high, eee | diffufe, round. Lower leaves ter- 
nate ; leaflets ovate or oval, obtufe, ota ferrated. Flow, 
many together, maase towards the ends of the branches, 
urple. We know of no figure of thi ees It is en- 
a covered ae a fort of vifcid downinefs. 
O. perfica. Wild. n. 21. Burm. Ind. 
—Stalks bearing 
’ Willd de i ee t. Atlant. v. 2. 146. 
t. 190.—Stalks fingle-flowered, bape co the leaf. pee 
ternate, ebovate, feviaked: Stipulas roundifh. Legumes 
villofe, nodding.—Found unon the uncultivated hills at Al- 
Root annual. Stem ieee branched, hairy. Leaflets 
obovate, toothed, fearcely dow Flowers axillary, foli- 
tary, inclining to a blue as 
O. cenifia. Linn. Mant. es Villars. Dauph. v. 3 .433. 
Allion. Pedem.v 1.319. t. 10. f. 2.—Stalks fingle-flowered. 
Leaves ternate, wedge- eee Stipulas ferrated. Stems 
prottrate. — Native of Mount Cenis. 
inches long, {lightly branched, {mooth. 
“se 
Villars and Allioniconfider the O. reci- 
a of Linens to be merely a variety of this. 
‘Seat. 3. Flowers ae awned or bearded flalks. 
O. Cherleri. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1007. Desfont. Atlant. v. 2. 
148.—Stalks fingle- else Leaves ternate, toothed at 
the end, vifcid and hairy. Calyx longer ea the corolla, 
—Native of Spain, Italy, and Barbary. Root woody. Stem 
2 procumbent, la lax. Leaves nearly feffile. Stipula lanceolate, 
d Power axillary, their fa/ks ere€t, but nodding, 
me 
n. Sp. Pl. 
Epit. 4 
Stipulas entire. 
1008, Curt. Mag. t. 329. 
445. "Stalks fingle-lowered. 
Stem athe r fhrub- - 
. Na Lin 
(O. lutea; Cae 
Leaves ternate, vifcofe. 
by.—Found abo 
la oe and wrinkled. 
lefs ereét. Leaflets oblong, toothed at the 
litany, ae yellow, ftreaked ‘aed red. The whole eine 
vifcid, and has 
a refinous {mel 
oog. Cavan. Ic. v. 2 
- tridentata. Linn. Sp. Pl. 2. 4I. 
t. alks eect ered. Leaves ternate, flefhy, fome- 
e 
ioaay, <e alked, glaucous. 
Stipulas thort, oe F, erect in onal clufters, rofe- 
coloured, on axillary, jointed fta 
inn. Sp. toro. Curt rt. Mag. t. 317. 
Leaves feffile, ternate, lan- 
ceolate, ferra: ed, flipulas fheathing. aye ve of oo 
in Dauphiny, and other paris of the nth of Europe. 
This is a very beautiful low fhrub, an numerous, woody 
rather flefhy, {mooth, and fhining. Flowers on long 5 alk 
paniele 
