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LEGUMINOS^. LIX. Genista. 



cent; corolla smooth. ^. H. Native of Barbary, on moun- 

 sive of the synonym. G. erin^cea, Gilib. hot. prat. 2. p. 239. tains near Lacalle. Spartium heterophyllum, Lher. stirp. 183. 



and Arragon. Spartium horridum, Vahl. symb. 1. p. 51. exclu- 



vvith a figure. 

 Horrid Genista. 



Fl. May, July. Clt. 1821. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



Spartium ferox, Desf. atl. 2. p. 136. t. 182. Legume linear 

 8-10-seeded. Seeds rather torulose, clothed with adpressed 



17 G. Lusita'nica (Lin. spec. 999. exclusive of the sy- 

 nonymes of Clus. and J. Bauh.) leaves trifoliate, on short stalks, 

 opposite ; leaflets linear, complicated, rather silky ; branches 

 spiny, terete, at length striated ; flowers terminal, few ; calyx 

 very hairy. T? . H. Native of Portugal. Lam. diet. 2. p. 

 G22. exclusive of the synonymes. Andr. bot. rep. 419. 



pubescence. 

 Fierce Genista. 



Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1800. Sh. 3 to 4 feet. 



25 G. Cupa'ni (Guss. cat. 1821. p. 77.) leaves sessile, tri- 

 foliate, hairy ; leaflets linear-lanceolate ; branches spiny ; racemes 

 terminal, few-flowered; calyx rather hairy; corolla smooth; 

 legume 1 -seeded, rather pilose. Tj . H. Native of the Ne- 



Por tug al Genista* Fl. March, May. Clt. 1771. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. brodes, on arid mountains. Acacia triphylla, &c. Cup. panph. 

 18 G. ACANTiiucLADA (D. C. leg. mem. vi.) leaves trifoliate, sic. ed. 1. vol. 2. t. 23 





nearly sessile ; leaflets linear, complicated, rather silky; branches 



CupaiiVs Genista. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



spinosc, stiff*, terete, at length striated ; flowers almost opposite, 26 G. triaca'nthos (Brot. phyt. 130. t. 54. fl. lus. 2. p. 89.) 



disposed along the branches in a kind of interrupted spike ; leaves sessile, trifoliate, and simple, glabrous ; leaflets linear 



calyx pubescent, f^ . H. 



Native of the Levant, in exposed 



Branches 



places in the island of Melos. D'Urv. enum. p. 85. 



usually opposite, floriferous ones also spiny. Flowers silky. 



Ovary silky. 



spiny. 

 Vexillum replicate laterally. 



Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Sjnnij-hrancJied Genista. 



19 G. EPHEDRoiDES (D. C. leg. mem. vi. t. S6.^ leaves few, 

 sessile, trifoliate, and simple ; leaflets linear, smoothish ; branches 

 spinescent, stiff*, terete, at length striated ; flowers alternate, 

 spicate ; calyx rather pubescent. P^ • H. Native of Sardinia, 

 on the sea shore. A smooth shrub, like Ephedra distachya. 

 Corolla rather silky. Vexillum shorter than the keel. Legume 



compressed, ovate, acute, 1 -seeded, clothed with silky-pubes- well as the bracteas, covered witli adpressed silky pili. 



lanceolate ; branches spiny ; spines branched ; racemes terminal, 

 few-flowered; calyx, corolla, and 1-seeded legume glabrous. 

 ^2 . H. Native of Portugal, on mountains and in woods about 

 Coimbra, and elsewhere in Beira. G. rostrata, Poir. suppl. 2. 

 p. 719. Spines simple, trifid or branched. 



Far. (i, interrupta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 147.) leaflets linear; 

 branches usually simple and shorter. Tj . H. Native about 

 Tangiers. Spartium interruptum, Cav. anal. 1801. vol. 4. p. 58. 



fhree-splned Genista. Fl. May, July. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



27 G. infe'sta ; branches striated, spiny; leaves ternate; 



leaflets obovate, silky beneath ; legumes compressed, and are, as 



" " *" Tj . H. 



cence. 



Ephedra-like Genista. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



20 G. LoBE^LU (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 499.) leaves few, lower 

 ones sessile, trifoliate, the rest nearly all sessile, scattered, linear- 

 oblong, rather silky ; branches crowded, spiny, striated, and 

 rather tuberculated ; flowers few, solitary, pedicellate, disposed 

 rtlong tlic branches in a kind of raceme ; calyx pubescent. ^2 . 

 H. Native of Corsica and Provence, in arid places. A dwarf 

 subshrub. Legumes 2-3-seeded, hardly pubescent. — Lob. adv. 



p. 409. — Chabr. sciag. p. 86. f. 1. Spartium erinaceoides, Lois, 

 fl.gall. p. 441. 



LoheVs Genista. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



21 G. PARViFOLiA ; hairy; leaves alternate, trifoliate, upper 

 ones simple ; leaflets oblong-linear, acute, complicated, smooth 

 above, lower ones obovate ; branches crowded, spiny, alternate, 

 younger ones furrowed ; flowers racemose. ^ . H. Native of 

 Sardinia. G. microphylla, Moris, clench, p. 13. Legume 4-5- tive of Spain and Portugal. 



Native of Calabria, in bushy places by the sea side. Spartium 

 infestum, Gussone, pi. rar. p. 290. 



Trouhlcsome Genista. FL May. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



28 G. cuspiDosA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 147.) leaves trifoliate and 

 simple ; leaflets ovate, oval or lanceolate ; branches spiny, terete, 

 divaricate, young ones rather leafy ; flowers alternate, n. • "* 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Spartium cuspiaatum, 

 Burch. cat. no. 1696. voy. 1. p. 348. A much-branched stitt 

 shrub. Legume oblong, membranous, few-seeded. 



Cuspidate Genista. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



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Spinose. Leaves all simple. 



29 G. HiRsu TA (Vahl. symb, 1. p. 51.) leaves lanceolate, and 

 are, as well as the branches, hairy; spines trifid, striated ; spiK 

 terminal, hairy ; corolla pilose, having the carina twice 

 length of the keel; legume pubescent, 1-seeded. T2 . H. 



seeded, linear, villous. 



Small-leaved Genista. Fl. June, July. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



22 G. Salzma'nni (D. C. leg. mem. vi.) leaves sessile, tri- 

 foliate or simple, oblong, obtuse, clothed with adpressed pubes- 

 cence ; branches at length striated, loose, spiny ; flowers some- 

 what racemose along the branches, twin, pedicellate, clothed 

 with adpressed silky-pubescence ; the 3 lower lobes of the calyx 

 about equal in length to the upper ones, and narrower. Fj * H. 

 Native of Corsica, on rocks near Corfe. G. umbellata, Salzm. 



Salzmann^s Genista. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



23 G. ASPALATHoiDES (Lam. diet. 2. p. 620.) leaves few, 

 lower ones sessile, trifoliate, the rest nearly all simple, scattered, 



gated. T2 . H. Native of the north of Africa. Spartium cus- 

 pidatum, Cav. anal. 1801. p. 5Q. 



Far. y, orientalis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 148.) spines hardly longej 



Native of the Levant. 



f 



than the leaves, trifid or simple. 

 near Tschesme. 



b.H. 



Hairy Genista. Shrub. 



30 G. Algarvie'nsis (Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 89.) leaves lanceo- 

 late ; spines simple, solitary; flowers terminal, subcapitaCi 

 bracteas hairy. ^ . H. Native of Algarves. G. hirsuta var. 

 a Algarviensis, D. C. prod. 2. p. 148. Calyx and corolla yem'- 



Algarves Genista. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



lincar-oblong, rather silky ; branches loose, somewhat recurved, 31 G. tuicuspida'ta (Desf. atl. 2. p. 138. t. 183.) leaves lan' 



spiny, terete, at length striated; flowers twin, subracemose ceolate, and are, as well as the branches, hairy or glabrous, 

 along the branches, pedicellate, clothed with adpressed silky spines somewhat tetragonal, stiff, for the most part trifid; racecne^ 



pubescence; calyxtrifid, the 3 lower lobes concrete into a tri- spike-formed, terminal ; calyx rather hairy; corolla glabrous, 



keel twice the length of the vexillum and wings- ^2* ". ^ 

 tive of Algiers, on hills. Spartium tricuspiditum, Cav. !• c. 



Tricusjndaie'leaxed Genista. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



32 G. GiBRALTA^RicA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 148.) leaves Imear- 

 lanceolate, glabrous, as well as the branches, calyxes, and cor 

 las : branches decumbent, flexible ; spines trifid and simp » 



dentate lip. 



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H. Native of Barbary, on rocks near Bonne. 



Spartium aspalathoides, Desf. atl. 2. p. 136.. 



y4spalathus-like Genista. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



24 G. fe'rox (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 708.) leaves trifoliate, or for 

 the most part simple, oblong, smoothish ; branches striated, 



spinescent at the apex ; flowers racemose ; calyx rather pubes- 



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