596 363. Genista. 63. LEGUMINOSiE. PL ex, cal 
High sandy fields ; shrubby ; May. 
Root woody ; stem streaked ; leaves in bundles, petioled ; 
legumen compressed, 2 or 3-seeded. 
b. Branches spinous^ 
4. Genista Anglica. English broom . 
Leaves ovate, bald; spines simple and compound ; flower- 
ing branches spineless ; flowers axillary, solitary, nearly 
racemose ; corolla and legumen bald. 
Genista minor aspalathoides, sive Genista spinosa Anglica, Rail Syn . 
415, 1. 
Genista aculeata, Ger. em. 1320, 4. 
Genistella aculeata. Park. 1004. 
Genista Anglica, Lin. S. P. 999. 
Needle furze. Petty whin. 
Spongy heaths; shrubby; May and June. 
Root woody ; stem ascending; spines spreading, awlshape; 
leaves pointed ; flowers citron ; standard gold-colour ; legu- 
men turgid, many-seeded. 
III. 364. ONONIS. Theophrastus. Rest-harrow . 
Calyx bellshape, 5-cut, lobes linear; standard striated; 
stamens monadelphous ; legumen inflated, sessile, few- 
seeded. — Leaves ternate, leaflets slightly serrated; stipules 
joined to the petiole ; flowers (in the English species) axil- 
lary, sessile, purplish. 
1 . Ononis arvensis. Fallow rest-harrow . 
Stem villous, ascending; twigs grow spinous; leaves often 
simple, not in the least cut at bottom ; flowers nearly sessile, 
solitary or in pairs. 
Ononis arvensis, Lightfoot FI. Scot. 386. 
Barren pastures and waysides ; perennial ; 
Root black ; stem annual, leafy ; branches villous ; lower 
leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, rather viscid. 
@. repens . Branches villous ; leaves round, serrate. 
Anonis procumbens maritima nostras foliis hirsutis pubescentibus, Raii 
Syn. 332, 3. 
Ononis repens, Lin. S. P. 1006. 
y. antiquorum. Branches nearly smooth ; flowers solitary, 
larger than the leaves. 
Ononis arvensis #, Smith FI. Brit. 758. 
spinosa. Stem hairv, hairs brown ; leaves rather bald ; 
flowers in pairs larger tnan the leaves. 
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