Flora of Devon and Cornwall, by I. W. N. Keys. 1 17 
Ononis imn. Kest-harrow. 
O. arvensis (L.) — E.B.S. 2059. 0. repens Koch. — Barren sandy 
places, particularly near the sea. — D. Hoe ! and Catdown, Ply- 
mouth. Brookfield !, near Plymouth : BalJav. Behind the fort at 
Ilfracombe : Eav. — C- Near St. Germans ; between Lancellos and 
Polruan. Falmouth, plentiful : Polytech. IS6Q. Common in both 
counties. 
0. campestris (Koch). — 0. spinosa Koch. — Barren places. — J). 
Wembury ! — C- Included in a list of Cornish plants prepared by 
Mr. Pascoe {auct. Wats.) 
Although only one station is here named for this plant (which by many is 
considered to be a variety merely of 0. arvensis), yet it is probably not 
uncommon along the sea-coast in both counties. I have a fragment from 
Marazion sands, which I think may be attributed to it. 
Medicago Linn. 
* M. sativa (L.) — E.B, 1749. — Hedge-banks, borders of fields, 
and cliffs near the sea. — J). Keyham, Tavistock road. Hoe, and 
Bovisand !, Plymouth ; fl. violet. It has every appearance of 
being truly wild in the two last-named stations. Between Instow 
and Fremington, N.D. : Maw in Phytol. 1853, p. 792. Exmouth; 
near Barnstaple: Rav. — C- Near Mawnan church, "rare:" Poly- 
tech, 1856. Lucerne. 
M.falcata {L.)—E.B. 1016.— Sandy and gravelly places.— D- 
Hedges in the South-hams : N.B.G. Yellow Medick. 
I have not seen specimens from the locality cited. Qucere. — Has the 
species disappeared thence ? or, rather, might not M. sativa have been 
mistaken for it ? In C\jh. Brit. Dorset is given as the south limit of the 
species, although the author says he finds it recorded from Devon; but, as 
if he had no confidence in the record, adds "Devon stands upon the un- 
corroborated authority of Polwhele." 
M. liqmlina (L.) — E.B. 971. — Fields, hedges, and waste ground. 
— D. and C- — Common in both counties. Black Medick. 
