TO 
LEGUMINOSiE. 
above. FL yellow. Keel as long as the standard. — ft. prostrata ; 
st. and branches procumbent, 1. ovate or oblong, pods hairy 
on the back of each valve. G. humifusa Dickson MSS. in Herb. 
Forst. — St. angular, C — 10 in. long. — In pastures and thickets. 
ft. Near Kynance Cove, Cornwall. Sh. VII. — IX. Dyers-weed. 
Woad. 
3. G. anylica (L.) ; st. ascending spinous leafless below, flower- 
ing branches unarmed glabrous, 1. ovate-lanceolate, stipules 0,fl. 
solitary in the axils of the upper 1., corolla and pods glabrous. 
— E. B. 132. — St. 1 foot high, round, leafless, with short leafy 
branches bearing the yellow flowers. Keel longer than the 
standard. G. yermanica (L.) has hairy branches and the floral 1. 
reduced to subulate bracts. — Moist peaty heaths. Sh. V. VI. 
Needle Whin, Petty Whin. E. S. 
4. Ononis Linn. 
1. 0. arvensis (L.) ; st. procumbent uniformly hairy, fl. axillary 
solitary stalked, leaflets broadly oblong, pods ovate erect shorter 
than the calyx. — E. B. S. 2659. O. repens Koch in St. 72. 13. — 
Usually without spines. St. rooting at their base. Seeds tuber- 
cular-scabrous. — Barren sandy places. P. VI. — IX. Trailing 
Rest-harrow. 
2. 0. antiquomm (L. ?) ; st. erect or ascending, bifariously hairy, 
fl. axillary solitary stalked, leaflets oblong, pods ovate erect longer 
than the calyx. — E. B. 682. O. spinosa Koch in St. 72. 11. — 
Usually spinous. St. mostly erect. Seeds tubercular-scabrous. 
Is this the true 0. antiquorwm L. ? Koch and Reichenbach both 
describe and figure quite a different plant with smooth seeds. See 
St. 72. 12. Reich. Icon. 14. Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. 95. — Barren places. 
P. VI. — IX. Spinous Rest-harrow. E. S. 
3. 0. reclinata (L.) ; viscid, pubescent, st. ascending, fl. axil- 
lary, pedicels 1 -flowered shorter than the 1. fl. or pod without 
bracts, cor. about equal to the calyx, leaflets obovate-cuneate 
serrated at the lip, stipules ovate, pods cylindrical refe.red, seeds 
14—18 tuberculated.— E. B. S. 2838.— St. 5—6 in. high, much 
branched. — Sandy places in Galloway and the Channel Isles. 
A. VII. S. 
5. Anthyllis Linn. 
1. A. Vulneraria (L.) ; herbaceous, 1. pinnate, leaflets un- 
equal, heads of fl. in pairs, calyx of 5 ovate pointed teeth. — 
E. B. 104. St. 49. 4. 5. — Pod scmiorbicular, long stalked, upper 
suture arched outwards, 1-seeded. St. 6 — 12 in. high, silky. 
Root 1. simple, oval. Fl. yellow, in terminal pairs of crowded 
many-flowered heads.— ft. Dillenii ; plant smaller, fl. red. Bill. 
Elth. 320.— Dry pastures. P. VI.— VIII. Kidney Vetch. 
Lady's Fingers. 
