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Show , The Hijlory of P L A. N T S. yellow fpiked; larix-leaved Spartium. 14. The fhort, larix-leaved Spartium, with down/ heads. 1 5· The camphorata-leaved Spartium, with very fmall, yellow flowers. I 6. The gallium-leaved Spartium. B 0 R B 0 N I A. I I r ' T HE .fiigma is emarginated: the calyx is .acumin~t?-fpi?ofe: the pod. is P?inted at the extremity. Thefe characters fuffictently ddbngu1fh the Borboma, without a farther defcription. ACHYRONIA. T HE fiigma is acute ; the pod is turgi.d and .h~iry :. the ~exillum is . obtufe, but pointed. The characters, alfo, fuffictently dtfhngUilh thts genus, without a far-ther defcription. 0 N 0 N I S. T H E calyx is divided into five linear fegments ; the pod is turgid and feflile. This genus comprehends the Ononis of Tournefort, and the Natrix of Rivinus.' Ononis pedunculis unif/oris Jeta terminatis. The jingle-flowered Ononis, with hairy peduncles. !QtllOlb ll\eftbarrolb.' The root is long, tough, and creeping: the ftalks are numerous, round, a foot and a half high, very ramofe, and without thorns : the leaves are fmall, oblong, pointed, and of a pale green colour: the flowers are large and yellow, and fiand one on each peduncle. . It is a native of France and Italy. C. Bauhine calls it, Ononis vifcofa fpinis carens fu~a~~o~ . The other fpecies are, r. The comtnon, prickly Ononis. 2. The common Ononis," without prickles. 3· The little, procumbent Ononis, without fpines. 4· The roundilhleaved, perennial Ononis. 5· The early-flowering, purple, lhrubby Ononis. 6. The tridentate, fleiliy-leaved, ilirubby Ononis. 7· The dwarf, great-rooted Ononis. 8. The little, fmooth, purple Ononis. 9· The long-fpiked, alopecuroide Ononis. I o. The hairy, procumbent, fea Ononis. I r. The purple, fhrubby, American Ononis. 12. The broad-leaved, yellow Ononis. 13. The !?-arrow-leaved, variegated, fea Ononis. 14. The large, yellow-flowered, ilirub Ononis. I 5· The little, yellow-flowered Ononis. . I 6. The Afiati~, ilirub Ononis~ wi~h great yellow flowers. I 7· The broader, or round1fl1-leaved Onoms. I 8. The chmbmg, yellow-flowered Ononis. GALE GA. THE calyx is divided into five fetaceous fegments: the pod is cylindric, and very long. Of this genus there is but but ope known fpecies. G A L E G A. The root. is oblong, white, and fibrated: the plant rifes to three feet high: the fialks ar~ ftnated and hollow: the leaves are compofed each of a great many pairs of oblon~ pmnre: .the flowers .are moderately large, and of a bluilh-white colour; they fiand m long fp1kes, on pedtcles arifing from the alre af the leaves. It is a native of Italy. . C. Bauhine calls it, Galega vulgaris. · The flowers are fomettmes altogether white, and fometimes larger than ordinary : Tournefort has made two new fpecies from thefe varieties. It has been e£l:eemed a greaffudorificJ but at prefent is little ufed. ANTHYLLIS. The Hijlory of P L A N T S. 54 I ANTHYLLIS. T H E calyx is inflated, and divided into five lhort fegments at the extremity, and covers the pod. This genus comprehends the V ulneraria of Tournefort and others. Anthyllis herbacea foliis quaterno-pinnatis jloribus, lateralibus rbe lateral-flowered, quaterno-pinnate-leaved Anthyllis. The root is fibrous; the ftalks are numerous, procumbent, and grow to a foot in l~ngth .= the leaves ftand at fmall ~ifiances ; they are compofed each of two pairs of ht~le pmnre, and a large oval termmatory o~e ; the flowers fiand on thort pedicles, anfing fr.om the alre of the leaves; they are httle and yellow, but their cups large and inflated like bladders. It is a native of Italy. C. Bauhine calls it, Lotus pentaphyllus veficarius. The other fpecies are, 1. The common, yellow Anthyllis. 2. The purple-flowered Anthyllis. 3· The broader-leaved Anthyllis. 4· The Anthyllis, called yellow, hoary, Barba Jovis. 5· The Anthyllis, called common Barba Jovis. AMORPHA. T H E vex ilium of the corolla is of an oval figure, and hollow. There are no alre nor carina in this fingcrlar genus. There is but one known fpecies. AM 0 R pH A. The root is brachiated and fibrated ; the fhrub rifes to four or five feet high: the branches are flender ;· the leaves large and pinnated; they fomewhat refemble thofe of the common acacia : the flowers are very fmall and purple. It is a native of South America. Miller calls it, Barba Jovis pfeudo-acacire foliis, flofculis purpureis minimis. Clafs the Seventeenth. Order the Third. Divijion the Second. Diadelphia Decandria, with hoary fligmata, and filaments not connected at the bqfe. ANAGYRIS. T H E vexillum of the flower is fhorter than the alre, and the alre are iliorter than the carina. Anagyris jloribus lateralibus. The Anagyris, with lateral flowers. ~ttnking l5ean 1trefotl. The root is brachiated and fibrated; the trunk is thick, woody, and covered with a brown bark ; it grows to twenty feet high, and fometimes forms a regular tree, though more ufually it is a ilirub: the leaves are oblong and hoary; on the under fide they ftand three on each pedicle: the flowers are numerous, and of a beautiful yellow. It is a native of Italy. C. Bauhine calls it, Anagyris fretida. There is but one other known fpecies of this genus, the narrower-leaved Anagyris. ROBINIA. T HE vexillum of ·the corolla is patent, reflex, and roundilh; the calyx is divided at the extremity into four ili~rt fegments; the upper.o?e is emarginated. This genus comprehends the Pfeudo-acac1a of Tournefort and R1vmus. 6 Y Robinia |