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ULEX* genistoídes. 
Portuguese Furze. 
DIADELPHIA, or MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Leguminoszx Juss. $ Papilionacee. (Introduction to the 
natural system of Botany, p. 86.) 
ULEX.— Calyx bibracteolatus, bipartitus, labio altero tri-, altero 2-den- 
tato. Stamina omnia convexa. Legumen ovali-oblongum, magis minusve 
compressum, vix longius quàm latum, pluri-ovulatum, oligospermum. 
Frutices Europei ramosissimi, ramulis foliisque spinescentibus, floribus soli- 
tariis luteis, leguminibus villosis —De Cand. prodr. 2. 144, caract. paul. 
mutat. 
U. genistoides, erectus, ramulis rigidis decussatis, foliis squamiformibus spi- 
nescentibus glabris, bracteis minutis appressis, calyce tomentoso, legu- 
minibus compressis exsertis. 
U. genistoides. Brotero fl. lusit. 2. p. 78. 
Stauracanthus aphyllus. ‘ Link in Schrad. neu. journ. 2. p. 1. p- 52." 
De Cand. prodr. 2. 144. : 
Frutex erectus, rigidus, spinescens, pallide viridis, ramis decussatis, 
glabris, v. pubescentibus, pungentibus. Folia minima, squamiformia, mu- 
cronata. Flores axillares v. terminales, solitarii. Bractese minime, sub- 
rotunda, villose, inconspicue. Calyx tomentosus, bivalvis, valvulis convexis : 
superiore 3-, inferiore 2-dentato, dentibus vald? obscuris. Flores flavi. Vexil- 
lum e£ carina extüs tomentose. Ale anguste, patentissime, carne equales, 
glabre. Stamina omnia connexa, extra carinam ascendentia. Legumen 
oblongum, paulo longius quàm latum, compressum, mucronatum, villosum, 
calyce multd longius. 
According to Mr. Loudon's Hortus Britannicus, this was 
introduced in 1823. The first time we were SO fortunate 
as to meet with it was in August last, when a specimen 
was sent us by Mr. Young, of Godalming, from the Garden 
of P. B. Webb, Esq., where it had been raised from seeds 
collected in Portugal by that gentleman. 
* According to De Théis, the root of Ulex is the Celtic ec or ac, a point. 
The French ajonc, formerly ac-jonc, is said to mean literally pointed-rush. 
