ONO NIS ROTUNDIFO'LIA. 
ROUND-LEAVED REST-HARROW, 
Class. Order. 
DIADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
LEGUMINOSiE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
1 Cultivated 
Switzerland 
15 inches. 
May, July. 
Perennial. 
1 in 1570. 
No. 269. 
The term Ononis, which is of Greek origin, is de- 
duced from the words onos, an ass; and onemi, 
to delight ; and was intended to indicate the parti- 
ality of this animal to the plant. Rotundifolia, from 
the Latin rotundus, round, and folium, a leaf. 
This is a very pretty little deciduous shrub, which 
may well occupy a place in the flower garden, amongst 
the choicest herbaceous perennials. Its low stature 
will point out for it a place near a principal walk, 
where the more diffuse tenants of the parterre may 
neither injure the growth of its branches, nor conceal 
the beauty of its delicate flowers. 
It should be planted in a fresh sandy loam ; for in 
peat, or the worn-out soil of an old garden, we have 
generally observed it decline in health, after the 
second or third year’s growth. 
It ripens seeds, from which it may be raised by 
spring sowing in the open ground. The plants 
should be kept perfectly free from weeds, and occa- 
sional protection in their first winter, may prove ad- 
vantageous. Cuttings of the young shoots will strike 
root under a hand or bell glass, on a hotbed ; in soil 
that is light and sandy. 
68 Hort. Kew. 2, v. 4, 281. 
