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■J. G. ang 'Ilea (L.) ; st. ascending spinalis leafless below, flower- 
ing brandies glabrous without thorns, 1. ovate-lanceolate, sttp. 0, 
Jl. solitary in the axils of the upper 1., cor. and pods glabrous. 
— E. B. 132. — St. 1 foot high, round, leafless, with short leafy 
brandies bearing the yellow flowers. Keel longer than the 
standard. — Moist peaty heaths. Sh. V. VI. Needle WTiin. E. S. 
3. Sakotham'nus Wimm. Broom. 
1. S. scopdrius (Koch). — E. B. 1339. Spartium L., Sm. — St. 
2 — 3 feet high, angular, glabrous. L. temate or simple, obovate. 
Fl. axUlary, solitary or in pairs, shortly stalked, large, bright 
yellow. Pods dark brown, nairy at the edges ; seeds many. — 
Dry hills and heaths. Sh. V. VI. E. S. I. 
4. Ono'nis Linn. Rest-harrow. 
1. O. arven 'sis (L.) ; st. procumbent uniformly hairy, fl. axillary 
solitary stalked, leaflets broadly oblong, pods ovate erect falling, 
short of the cahjx. — E. B. S. 2659. O. repens Koch. — Shrubby. 
Usually without spines. St. rooting at their base. Wings 
equalling the keel ; standard a little longer. Seeds tuberciilar. 
— Barren sandy places. P. VI. — IX. E. S. I. 
2. O. campes'tris (Koeh); st. erect or ascending, bifariously 
hairy, fl. axillary solitary stalked, leaflets obloug, pods ovate erect 
e.rceedinff the caly.T. — E. B. G82. O. spinosa Koch. — Shrubby.^ 
Usually spinous. St. mostly erect. Wings falling short of thej 
keel which falls short of standard. Seeds tubercular. — Barren 
places. P. VI.— IX. E. S. I. 
[O. reclindta (L.) ; viscid, piibeseent, st. ascending, fl. axillary, 
pedicels 1-flowered shorter than the 1. fl. or pod without bracts, 
cor. about equal to the caljoc, leaflets obovate-cuneate serrate at 
the tip, stipules ovate,;;o(/s cylindrical r^flexed, seeds 14 — 18 tuber- 
cular.— -E. B. S. 2838.— St. 5—6 in. high, much branched.— 
Sandy places. Channel Isles. *Galloway. A. VII.] S. 
5. Medica'go Linn. 
* Pods without spines. 
*1. M. sifttva (L.); st. erect, racemes many-flowered, podi, 
compressed loosely spiral ivith 2 or 3 turns downy with adpressed 
hairs, pedicels shorter than the calyx or bract, l(!aflets obovate* 
oblong dentate above euiargiuato uiucronate. — E.B. 1749.— St 
aii}>nlar when young. Potls twisted into a loose open spiral, 
Fl. large, yellow or violet. — lledgq-banks and borders of helds, 
scarcely naturalized. P. VI. VII. LtKertie. E. ^ 
