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membranes, furrounding the ftalks with their 
appendages : They are ferrated about the edges 
with fmaii fpines, and are oval at the points; 
From the wings of the leaves rife Hiort pedicles, 
and each fuftains one, two, or three pale purple 
flowers 5 which are fucceeded by fiiort, thick, 
crooked pods, inclofing eight or ten feeds, of a 
pale colour, when ripe. We have but one Ipe- 
cies of this plant, viz, 
Fcsnugr^cum humile repens^ Ornithopodii Jiliquis 
irevihus ere 5 Hsy R. 331. Fenugreek, with Birds- 
foot Trefoil pods. Half a mile from Tadcajier^ 
towards Sherhorn, Torkjhire ; on fandy banks by the 
fea-fide at Folesbury^ in EJfex ; in Hothill fields, 
Weftminfter, 
Anonis, Reft-harrow. The flower is papiliona- 
ceous : The ftyle becomes a fliort turgid bivalve 
pod, and generally contains kidney-fhap’d feeds : 
The leaves, for the mofl: part, grow by threes, 
and fometimes Angle, on the fame plant. The 
fpecies are : ‘ 
1. Anonis fpinofa flore purpureo^ R. 332, C. 389. 
P. 994. Refta hovis^ G. 1141. Reft-harrow, 
Cammock, Petty- whin. Common in barren paftures. 
The ftalks are ligneous, one or two cubits long, redifti, 
and arm’d with long and ftiff fpines : The leaves are 
oblong, hairy, and crenated about the edges : The 
flowers are purplifh, or flefh-colour’d, and fome- 
times white. 
2. Anonis non fpinofa purpurea^ R. 332, G. 1 142* 
non fpinofa flore purpureo^ 993* fpinis carens 
purpurea^ C, 389. Purple Reft-harrow, without 
prickles. On the borders of fields, and barren pa- 
ftures. The whole plant emits a vifcid Idnd of moi- 
fture, fmelling like a goat. 
3. Anonis procumbens maritima noftras foliis bir fit- 
tie pubefcentibus^ R. 332. Our maritime procum- 
bent Reft-harrow, widi hairy leaves. 
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