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CYTISUS proliferus, . 
Silky Cytisus. o 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Leauminosm. Jussieu gen. 359. 
Div. Y. Corolla irregularis papilionacea. ` Legumen 1-loc., 2-valv, 
Frutices aut herbe; Solía simplicia aut ternata aut rarids digitata 
stipule nunc subnulla, nunc conspicue imo petiolo adnate aut ab oder 
istincte. 
CYTISUS. Cal. subbilabiatus suprà bidentatus & infrà tridentatus, 
Hunc brevis campanulatus, nunc longior cylindricus. Corolle vexillum 
reflexum; ale et carina simplex comniventes supra stamina. Stig. sipar 
plex. Legum. oblongum compressum polyspermum. — Frutices aw 
Suffrutices inermes, rarids arbuscula ; olia ternata; stipule subnullg 
aut minime ; flores terminales aut axillares, solitarii aut rarids spicati, 
plerdmque lutei. Td. loc. cit. 354. 
c. proliferus, floribus umbellatis latéralibus, caulibus erectis, foliis ele 
iipticis erectis subtis sericeis, calycibus lanatis. Hort. Kew. 3. 51. 
Cytisus proliferus. Linn. suppl. 388. Venten. cels. 13. Willd. sp. pl. 
3.1196. Hort. Kew: ed. 2. 4. 322. - Lamarck encyc. 2. 248. 
Scobon. Tenerjff. . 
. Frutex vimineus, elatior, sempervirens, pubéstens. Rami longi teretet, 
hirsutits villosi, cinescentes, paténtes, flesiles, foltati, racemoso-ramulosi, Tn 
mulis. numerosis, axillaribus, solitariis, brevibus, umbelliferis. Folia nume- 
rosa, aparsa, petiolata, ternata ; foliola Janceolato-ovalia, mucronata, aj pa 
villosa, subiŵs .sericeo-albicantia, petiolo duplo magisve iora.. Umbella 
4-8-flora è gemmá communi solitariá, terminali, pedicellis 1-floris, verticillatits 
fons, i partes uncie longis, fliformibus,. willosis, bracteolem linearem imo 
bio calycis aüpressum gerentibus. ` Peracta florescentia brevis ramulus excres» 
eere pergit 2 centro pedicellorum in longum ramum, ita ut fructus maturug 
evadat infernus in co. Flores ‘nulantes, pedicellis equales, inodori. Cal. 
lanatus, cylindricus, labiis equilongís, summo bidentato-exeiso, imo integerrimo 
Janceolato-navioulari, Cor. major, alba, vergens dein in ochroleucam, extern 
lawuginosa ; vexillum ovato-rotundum, emarginatum, refleciens, lateribus 
Poné dorsum conniventibus; ale huic isomeira, duplo angustiores, supra 
carinam convergentes à latere suo interiore, margine corrugate ; catina par. 
brevior, compressa, obtustla, petalis supern? toharentibus, Stam. monadel- 
pha, equalia ; anth, aurantiace. Germ. lineare, :compressum, sericeo-hirsue 
um stylo filiformi parüm brevis; stigma punctum viz tumidum, pubtru- 
Mo 
This fine evergreen shrub is native of the Canary Islands, 
from whence it was introduced by Mr. Masson in 1779. In 
the Island ef Teneriffe, where it is found on the mountains, 
tt is küown by the tame of Seobon. With us it requires to 
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