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GENISTA procumbens. 



Procurnhent Genista. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Leguminos^e. 



GENISTA L. — Calyx bilabiatus, labio superiore bipartito inferiore 3- 

 dentato, aut 5-lobus, lobis tribus inferioribus ad aplcem texh coalftis. Vex- 

 ilium oblongo-ovale. Carina oblonga, recta, genitalia non omnin5 continens. 

 Stamina monadelpha. Legumen plano-corapressum, aut rariiis subtur- 



gidum, polyspermum, rarii\s oligospermum, eglandulosum. ■ Frutices 



fioribus Jlavis. Dec. prodr. 2. 145. 



G. procumbens; ramis procumbentibus teretibus striatis subpubescentibus, 

 foliis lanceolatis acutis subtfis calycibusque pubescentibus, fioribus pedi- 

 cellatis axillaribus ternis, corollis glabris. Dec. L c. p. 152. 

 G. procumbens. Willd. sp. pi. 3. 940. Waldst. et Kit. pi. Hung, t. 180. 

 Schult. oBstr.fl. 2. 313. Sadler fi. Pest. 2. 175. 



Caules procumbentesj pedales v. sesquipedales, suffruticosi^ sulcati^ 

 leviter pubescent^s. Folia simplicia^ lanceolata, acuia^ subtils sericea^ 

 suprd, glabra^ scepiils alterna^ nunc etiam Jasciculata. Flores versiis Jas- 

 tigium ramorumy odorati, lutein axillares, bi~ v. femati^ pedicellatiy foliis 

 floralibus longiores. Calyx et pedicelli sericei. Corolla glaberrima, vex- 

 illo cmteris paulh breviore. 



A rare and pretty little hardy shrub, well adapted 

 for covering rock-work, over which its stems trail in dense 

 masses. Its flowers are very fragrant. 



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The accompanying drawing was made many years 

 since, and we have unfortunately no memorandum as to 

 whence it was procured. If it should have been furnished 

 by any reader of this work, we shall be glad to be 

 informed, in order that the collection may be referred to 

 in which it is to be procured. 



A native of various parts of Hungary and Moravia, 

 where it was discovered by Waldstein and Kitaibel. By 

 our friend Dr. Sadler, it was found growing on limestone 



