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DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
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10170 Leaves lanceolate Bilky, Branches striated round. Racemes 1-sided 
10171 Leaves lanceolate acute, Pedunc. axill. 3 longer than leaves. Cor. smooth, Branches striated round 
10172 Leaves lanceolate blunt silky beneath, Pedunc. axillary as long as leaf. Cor. silky, Branches angular 
10173 Leaves lanceolate complicate, Pedunc. axill. very short. Cor. hairy. Stem warted striated procumbent 
10174 leaves lanceolate smooth subciliate, Pedunc. axillary, Cor. smooth. Branches 3-cornered procumbent 
10175 Leaves lanceolate silky beneath, Fl. terminal somewhat racemose. Cor. silky. Branches erect round 
10176 Spines simple or compound. Flowering branches unarmed. Leaves oblong smooth. Racemes leafy term. 
10177 Spines warted compound, Fl. branches unarmed, Lvs. lane, hairy. Racemes term, naked. Keel pubesc. 
10178 Spines compound pungent. Leaves lanceolate villous. Racemes terminal subcapitate 
10179 Stem leafless. Spines crossing each other 
10180 Leaflets ternate obovate. Racemes short, Bractes linear under the flower 
10181 Leaves simple linear filiform smooth, Flowers umbelled 
10182 Leaves ternate silky, Leaves linear. Flowers racemose 
10183 Leaves ternate villous. Raceme long terminal 
lOlSl Leaves simple binate or ternate sessile lanceolate acute rough 
10185 Teeth of cal. conniving, Bractes ovate loose 
10186 Teeth of cal, distant, Bractes minute appressed 
10187 Fl. solitary larger than leaflet. Lower leaves ternate lanceolate toothed at end. Branches spiny smooth 
10188 Fl. twin axillary. Lower leaves ternate lane, serrate. Branches spiny villous 
10189 Fl. twin. Lower leaves ternate ellipt. serrate pubescent, Stem unarmed villous viscid 
10190 Fl. solitary axill. Lower leaves ternate roundish serrate. Branches ascending spiny villous 
10191 Fl. subsess. lateral. Leaves ternate obi. pubesc. Stipules lane, toothletted, Cal. scarious longer than cor. 
10192 Fl. sessile spiked, Bractes stipular ovate ventricose scarious imbricated 
10193 Fl. subsess. lateral spiked. Leaves simple ovate blunt. Stipules dilated, Cal. larger than smooth corolla 
10194 Fl. somewhat stalked axill. Lvs. simple obov. striated serrated. Stipules ovate toothed, Stem procumbent 
10195 Pedunc. unarmed very short. Upper leaves simple, Stipules ovate lane, entire 
10196 Racemes straight. Leaves cuneiform. Pods nodding linear recurved 
10197 Leaves ternate obovate, Pedunc. lateral 2-flowered 
10198 Pedunc. unarmed 1-fl. Leaves ternate roundish crenate, Pods cernuous 
10199 Pedunc. unarmed 1-fl. Leaves ternate cuneate, Stipules serrate, Stems prostrate 
10200 Pedunc. 1-fl. awned, Leaves sessile ternate. Stipules sheathing toothed 
10201 Pedunc. 1-fl. awned. Leaves tern, cuneate toothed at end villous viscid, Cal. larger than corolla 
10202 Pedunc. 1-fl. awned length of leaves. Leaves simple oblong serrated viscid : lower ternate 
10203 Pedunc. 2-fl. awned shorter than petiole. Leaves tern, oblong, Pods linear cernuous 
10204 Pedunc. 1-fl. awned longer than leaf. Awns length of cor. Leaves ternate lane, serrated at end 
10225 Pedunc. 1-fl. awned longer than leaf. Leaves ternate viscid obi. toothed at end 
10206 Pedunc. awned about 1-fl. Leaves all ternate channelled recurved wholly serrated 
10207 Shrubby, Leaves tern, linear fleshy 3-toothed, Pedunc. 2-flowered 
10208 Shrubby, Leaves tern, roundish wavy toothed viscid, Pedunc. 1-flower unarmed 
10209 Shrubby, Leaves sessile ternate lanceolate serrated. Stipules sheathing, Pedunc. 3-flowered 
1(S10 Shrubby, Leaves tern, ovate toothed, Cal, with 3 bractes, Pedunc. 3-flowered 
10211 Herbaceous, Leaves quatemate-pinnate. Flowers lateral 
10212 Herbaceous, Leaves pinnated unequal. Head double 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
allowed to grow three or four years, and then it is cut down for fuel or for heating ovens ; but the most 
profitable application of furze, whether sown or grown wild, is that of using it as green food for cattle. For 
this purpose, the shoots should not be more than two years old, and they require to be passed between rollers 
to bruise the ligneous parts and the thorns. It has been tried in this way by a number of agriculturists, and 
found a highly nutritive food for horses, oxen, and kine. Though a hardy plant and enduring the sea breeze, 
yet it is frequently killed by severe winters. It is never found on wet-bottomed clays, but generally on dry 
rocky or stony soils. There is a very luxuriant variety called the Irish whin, and one with double flowers found 
a few years ago in Devonshire, and now in propagation by cuttings in the nurseries. 
U. nanus greatly resembles the common species, but is smaller in aU its parts. It flowers from August to 
January, which renders it valuable in shrubberies as a successor to the other. 
1541. Omnis. From ovo?, an ass, because asses only feed upon so prickly a plant, O. spinosa, Arrete boeuf, 
Tr., Rest harrow, Eng., was formerly very troublesome in corn fields, on account of its long ligneous roots 
obstructing the progress of the plough, and its thorny branches the harrow : but in all properly cultivated 
lands the plant has disappeared. It is frequent in aboriginal pastures on dry soils, and is eaten by cows, sheep, 
and goats, but not freely by horses. All the species are of easy culture, and the greenhouse kinds are readily 
increased by young cuttings under a bell-glass in sand. 
1542. Anthyllis. From etv^o?, a flower, and wvXo^, a beard. So called from the silky appearance of its 
heads of flowers ; whence also one species is called Barba Jovis. A. Vulneraria is recommended as a herbage 
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