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of many places on the continent is the fifth fpecies, which 
is not found wild in England. It varies with white flow¬ 
ers, as well as the foregoing fort. 
/S. O. repens. This variety has been found on our fea- 
coafts in Cornwall, near Deal in Kent, and Yarmouth 
in Norfolk; alfo by Charlton-church, Woolwich, and 
Gravefend; atSandfcale, and in Walney, in Low Furnefs, 
See. This was fuppofed to be the fame with O. repens of 
Linnaeus ; but, according to Mr. Afzeliusj that fpecies 
lias not been found in England. Mr. Hudfon cultivated 
both our plants four years, and could not difeover any 
fpecific difference. Both, according to him, are villofe 
and fomewhat clammy, with the flowers folitary, or two 
together, fometimes three. Mr. Woodward fays it is not 
fo downy as the arvenfis ; that the flowers are larger and 
fewer, the fegments of the calyx fhorter and blunter, the 
leaves longer, broader at the extremity, and more taper¬ 
ing at the bafe, (oblong wedge-fhaped.) Removed into 
a garden, it grows upright, and is more downy. 
4. Ononis repens, or creeping reft-harrow : Items dif¬ 
fused ; branches ereft ; upper leaves folitary ; branches 
unarmed, fubvillofe. This is very nearly allied to the 
preceding ; but differs in having the Items procumbent, 
diffufed every way, and in being fmaller. Flowers foli¬ 
tary from the axils. Native of the Levant, but not of 
England, as Linnaeus fuppofed it to be. Perhaps it may 
not be really different from the preceding. The fpecies 
feem to have been too much multiplied. 
5. Ononis hircina, or flunking reft-harrow: flowers 
fubfpiked, in pairs ; lower leaves ternate, upper folitary, 
fomewhat villofe; branches hairy-villofe. Retzius thus 
deferibes his arveij/s, which is this fpecies : Stems almoft 
upright, villofe, green, vifeid, twice as thick as thofe of 
the thorny reft-harrow, without any thorns. Leaves Am¬ 
ple and ternate, ovate, ferrate all round, naked under¬ 
neath, above villofe, with hairs having a globular gland 
at top. Flowers almoft twice as large as thofe of thorny 
reft-harrow, in a terminating raceme, commonly two to¬ 
gether; both peduncles from the fame point. Thewliole 
plant is larger than that of fpinofa, more fucculent, paler, 
and has a goatifh fmell. It neither has thorns nor creeps. 
Cluftus fays, that this goatifh fmell refembles that of 
Fraxinella. In Ray’s Synopfis it is faid of our common 
fhornlefs reft-harrow, hircum olet liac plant a. Native of 
Sweden, Germany, Italy, and Hungary. Introduced in 
1774 by Jofeph Nicholas de Jacquin, M.D. It flow-ers 
from May to Auguft. 
This fpecies feems to be ftrongerthan our common reft- 
harrow ; and, together with the natrix and vifeofa, is re¬ 
commended by lome foreign phyficians as a powerful diu¬ 
retic, and ferviceable for cleanfing the urinary paffages, 
and in an incipient dropfy. The bark of the root is the 
raoft efficacious part of the plant. 
6. Ononis ferrata, or ferrate-leaved reft-harrow : flow¬ 
ers fubfeflile, folitary ; lower leaves ternate, ferrate- 
toothed, wedge-form ; with three teeth, ufually at the tip. 
7. Ononis minutiflima, or fmall-flowered reft-harrow : 
flowers fubfeflile; lateral ; leaves ternate, fmooth ; fti- 
pules enfiform ; calyxes fcariofe, longer than the corolla. 
This is an annual plant, about nine inches high, fend¬ 
ing out one or two fide-branches towards the bottom. 
Flowers axillary, folitary, fmall,yellow, feffile, with a fliarp 
briftly brafte. Pods very fhort, turgid; containing two 
or three kidney-fliaped feeds. Native of the fouth of 
Europe. Cultivated in 1739 by Mr. Miller: it flowers 
in June and July. 
8. Ononis mitiffima, cr clufter-flowered annual reft- 
harrow : flowers feflile, in fpikes; braftes ftipular, ovate, 
ventricofe, fcariofe, imbricated. Stem upright, a foot 
and a half high, fending out fmall fide-branches. Flowers 
fmall, and of a pale purple colour. According to Lin¬ 
naeus, the ftem-ieaves are ternate ; the floral-leaves Am¬ 
ple. Dillenius fays that this is a mean between the up¬ 
right and procumbent fpecies, the principal ftem being 
upright, from a foot to two feet in height, the other Items 
,and branches procumbent; they are round and hairy j 
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the flioots terminate in fpikes of flowers from half air inch 
to an inch in length; corolla fmall, pale-purple. It has 
no (pines, it is not clammy, and it has not aqy ill fmell. 
Native of Spain and Portugal. 
9. Ononis alopecuroides, or foxtail reft-harrow: fpikes 
leafy; leaves Ample, blunt ; ftipules dilated. This is an 
annual plant, riling with upright branching-ftalks a foot 
high. Leaves Angle, feflile ; the larger leaves oval, about 
an inch long, and three quarters of an inch broad ; flow¬ 
ers in leafy lpikes at the ends of the ilalks fet clofe toge¬ 
ther, having hairy calyxes they are pretty large, of a 
purple colour, and appear in July. Native of Spain and 
Portugal. Cultivated in 1696 by Mr. Jacob Bobart. 
10. Ononis variegata, or variegated reft-harrow. This 
has the appearance of an Euphraiia. It is a native of the 
fouth of Europe, on the fea-coaft, as in Italy; and in 
Sicily very abundant. Annual. 
II. Flowers peduncled, peduncle awnlefs. 
11. Ononis alba, or white reft-harrow: peduncles awn¬ 
lefs, very fhort; leaves Ample ; ftipules dilated, ferrate at 
top. Stem a foot high. Leaves alternate, half an inch 
long. Flowers from the upper axils, at firft clofe together 
in a fliort fpike, afterwards remote on fhort peduncles, 
folitary ; corolla the length of the calyx, pale-red. It is 
a mean between O. alopecuroides and pubefeens. From 
the former it differs in its ferrate ftipules, the floral-leaves 
of the fame ftrufture, with the ftem-leaves only fmaller, 
not linear,and narrower towards the bafe ; from the latter, 
in having all the leaves Ample, and the ftipules ferrate. 
Native of Barbary, on the fea-fhore, flowering in the 
month of June. The whole plant is covered with a light 
down, except the leaves; and it is a little vifeid. 
iz. Ononis pubefeens, or downy reft-harrow : pedun¬ 
cles awnlefs, very fliort; upper leaves Ample; ftipules 
ovate-lanceolate, quite entire. Sterna foot high,branched, 
diffufed, round. The whole plant pubefeent-vifeid. Na¬ 
tive of the fouth of Europe. Gouan had the feeds from 
Majorca or Minorca. Annual ; flowering in Auguft. 
13. Ononis cernua, or hanging-podde'd reft-harrow: 
racemes ltridt; leaves wedge-form ; legumes drooping, 
linear, recurved. This is a fhrub having the appearance 
of Genifta canarienfis. Branches round, purple, with 
whitifh hairs fcattered over them. Leaves ternate, pe- 
tided, fmall, purplifh underneath. Flowers fmall, yellow. 
Linnaeus Aril named it Cytifus aethiopicus, under which 
name Mr. Miller deferibes it thus : Stalk foft, fhrubby, 
eight or ten feet high, putting out many (lender branches’ 
on every fide. Leaves fmall, vvedge-fliaped, indented at 
the top, dark-green, fmooth. Flowers frequently Angle 
from the fide of the branches 5 large, and of a bright yel¬ 
low. He fays that it grows naturally about Algiers, 
Whence Dr. Shaw brought the feeds, which fucceeded in 
the Chelfea garden. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Introduced in 1774 by Mr. Francis Malibu. It flowers 
from July to September. 
14. Ononis geminata, or two-flowered reft-harrow: 
leaves ternate, obovate ; peduncles lateral, two-flowered. 
This alfo is a native of the Cape ; and was introduced by 
Mafl'on in 1787. 
15. Ononis umbellata, or umbelled reft-harrow: pe¬ 
duncles awnlefs, umbeiled ; leaves ternate, emarginate ; 
ftems, proftrate. Stems a foot high, branched, rod-like, 
numerous, proftrate, filiform. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. 
16. Ononis argentea, or filvery reft-harrow: twining; 
peduncles awnlefs, umbelled; leaves ternate; leaflets 
feffile, iilvery-tomentofe. This refembles a Glycine, but 
has not the character. It was found at the Cape by Thun- 
berg. 
17. Ononis involucrata, or involucred reft-harrow: 
hirfute, proftrate; peduncles awnlefs, involucred; invo¬ 
lucre, four-leaved ; leaves ternate, wedge-form. In ap¬ 
pearance it agrees with O. umbellata. This alfo was found 
at the Cape by Thun berg. 
18. Ononis Aliformis, or thready-ftalkcd reft-harrow ; 
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