ONONIS _rotundifolia_ fructicosa, pedunculis trifloris, calycibus triphyllo-bracteatis, foliis ternatis subrotundis. _Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 3. p. 1010._ CICER sylvestre latifolium triphyllum. _Bauh. Pin. 347._ CICER sylvestre tertium. _Dod. Pempt. 525._ [Illustration: _N^o. 335_] Prof. JACQUIN, and most modern writers on Botany, consider the _Ononis_ here figured, as the _rotundifolia_ of LINNÆUS; it accords certainly with the figure of _Dodon._ to which that author refers, but is irreconcileable with his description; the leaves for example are neither _parva_, _integerrima_, nor _glabra_, the words by which LINNÆUS describes them; they are indeed evidently serrated in the figure of _Dodon._ which he quotes: by the name of _rotundifolia_, however, this plant is now very generally known in our nurseries, to which its beauty has gained it admission. LOBEL tells us in his _Adversaria_, printed in 1576, that the plant was then growing in the garden of a Mr. MORGAN; as it is not enumerated in Mr. MILLER's Dictionary, ed. 6, 4to,[2] we suspect that it has been lost out of the country and re-introduced. Baron HALLER informs us, that it is found wild in abundance at the bottom of the Alps in Switzerland; it is found also in other parts of Europe. It flowers in our open borders from May to July, in which it ripens its seeds, by which it is in general propagated, as also by slips; it grows to about the height of a foot and a half, is very hardy, and easy of culture. [336] LOTUS HIRSUTUS. HAIRY BIRD'S-FOOT-TREFOIL. _Class and Order._ DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. _Generic Character._ _Legumen_ cylindricum striatum. _Alæ_ sursum longitudinaliter conniventes. _Cal._ tubulosus. _Specific Character and Synonyms._ LOTUS _hirsutus_ capitulis subrotundis, caule erecto hirto, leguminibus ovatis. _Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 691. Ait. Kew. v. 3. p. 93._ LOTUS polyceratos frutescens incana alba, siliquis erectis crassioribus et brevioribus rectis. _Moris. Hist. 2. p. 177. s. 2. t. 18. f. 14._ LOTUS pentaphyllos siliquosus villosus. _Bauh. Pin. 332._ [Illustration: _N^o. 336_] The _Lotus hirsutus_, according to LINNÆUS, is a native of the South of France, Italy, and the East. In mild winters it will bear the open border with us, but it is more generally kept in the greenhouse, of which indeed it has long had possession, being cultivated, according to Mr. AITON, in 1683, by Mr. JAMES SUTHERLAND. It flowers from June to August. Its blossoms are of a white colour, which being contrasted with the redness of the calyx, gives them a pleasing appearance; CASP. BAUH. informs us, that they are purple also. This shrub will acquire the height of several feet; its flowers are usually succeeded by seed-vessels, which in favourable situations produce perfect seeds, by which the plant is easily propagated, as also by cuttings. [337] PRUNELLA GRANDIFLORA. GREAT-FLOWERED SELF-HEAL. _Class and Order._