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GENISTA bracteolata. 
Racemose Genista. 
DIADELPHIA (MONADELPHIA) DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. FABACEX, $ PAPILIONACEZ. 
GENISTA. Botanical Register, vol. 14. fol. 1150. 
G. bracteolata ; incano-pubescens, foliis ternatis, foliolis obovatis obtusissimis 
basi angustatis, racemis terminalibus elongatis floribus dissitis. 
Genista bracteolata. Link enum. plant. hort. reg. berol. 2. 224. DeCand. 
prodr. 2. 146. 
The accompanying drawing 'of this rare plant was made 
in June, 1832, from a specimen communicated by Mr. Young, 
nurseryman, of Milford, which was unfortunately lost. It 
had been received by him from Mr. Webb, who had gathered 
it in Teneriffe, and sent it home under the name of Cytisus 
racemosus. Some years afterwards, upon shewing the figure 
to Mr. Webb, he recognized it as the Genista bracteolata of 
Link, an obscure plant unknown to DeCandolle. 
It approaches very near to some of the plants known in 
herbaria under the name of G. candicans, especially to that 
gathered by Mr. Boissier on the mountains of Ronda, and 
Link stations it next to that species; its long narrow leaflets 
and loose terminal racemes seem however to keep it distinct. 
The cultivation of the species should doubtless be the 
same as that of similar leguminous plants from the Canaries, 
such as Genista canariensis, now commonly called Genista 
rhodopnea (the rose-scented) in the gardens. 
They multiply readily from cuttings, and may be grown 
either in a pot in the greenhouse or planted out in the border 
of the conservatory. They form handsome bushes in either 
place, and become one mass of sweet-scented bloom for many 
weeks in the early part of the season. The soil which they 
April, 1840. I 
