LEGUxMINOS^. LIX. Genista. 



151 



usually leafy ; racemes terminal, somewhat spicate ; carina of Europe, m France, Denmark, &c. In Britain on moist, 



longer than the vexillum and wings, f} - H. Native on the boggy, heathy commons. Smith, engl. hot. 132. G. minor, 



rocks of Gibraltar, about St. Roque. This plant differs from Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. G15. — Lob. icon. 2. p. 93. f. 2. Root woody, 



G. tricuspidaia in the habit being looser, and in the calycine long, and creeping. 



lobes being very acute and spiny. 



Gibraltar Genista. Shrub decumbent. 



33 G. TRiDENs (Cav. anal, scienc. nat. 1801. 4. p. 59.) leaves 



English Genista or Petty Whin. Fl. May, June. Britain. 



Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



41 G. Germa'nica (Lin. spec. 995.) leaves lanceolate, rather 



lanceolate-oblong, glabrous ; spines trifid, stiff; racemes ter- hairy; spines simple or branched; floriferous branches un- 

 minal ; calyxes and corollas glabrous ; keel a little longer than armed ; racemes terminal ; flowers rather villous ; carina longer 

 the wings, ^i . F. Native of the north of Africa, about Tan- than the vexillum and wings ; legume ovate, hairy, 2-4-seeded. 



Leaves become concave when drying. 



Shrub 2 feet. 



giers. 



Trident'S^ineH Genista. 



34 G. sylve'stris (Scop. earn. no. 875.) leaves linear -lanceo- 

 late, glabrous above, but clothed with adpressed villi beneath ; 

 spines axillary, branched, slender ; raceme spicate, terminal ; 

 flowers glabrous ; calycine teeth rather spiny ; carina longer 



, H. Native of Carniola and 



T? 



Native of Europe, in woods, and on heaths. Scorpius 



spinosus, Moench. meth. 134. Voglera spinosa, fl. Wett. 2. p. 

 500. — Fuchs. hist. 220. icon. 



Var, /3, inerrais (D. C. prod. 2. p. 149.) spines almost wanting. 



German Genista. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1773. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



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than the vexillum and wings, 

 of Croatia on hills. 



^ 



Unarmed. Leaves all simple. 



G. Hispanica, Jacq. icon. rar. t. 557. 

 Wood Genista. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1818. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



42 G. pu'rgans (Lin. spec. 999.) erect, much branched ; 

 branches terete, striated ; leaves very few, lanceolate, almost 

 35 G. -SoYPTiACA (Spreng. nov. prov. 20,) leaves linear-Ian- sessile, rather silky ; flowers axillary, solitary, on short pedicels; 

 ceolate, ending in a spiny mucrone ; spines branched ; stem fur- petals about equal in length, glabrous; young legumes clothed 

 rowed, beset with spreading hairs ; racemes secund ; corollas 

 smooth, "h . F. Native of Eervnt. This 



species comes very 

 near G. sylvestris^ but differs in having spreading hairs, not ad- 

 pressed ones, and therefore referable to G. Hispdnica. 

 Egyptian Genista. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



with adpressed pubescence. T? . H. Native of France, on hills, 

 especially in the Cevennes. 



Lin. svst. 474. 



gans 



Bull. herb. 115. Spartium pur- 

 syst. 474. Perhaps nearly allied to Cijtisus nuhi- 

 The seeds are cathartic. 



genus 



PurgiJig Genista. 



Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1768. Sh. 3 to 6 feet. 



43 G. RAMOsissiMA (Poir. 5uppl. 2. p. 715.) much branched, 



36 G. falca'ta (Brot. phyt. 133. t. 55. fl. lus. 2. p. 89.) 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, upper and cauline ones roundish, having 

 the margins, middle nerve, andbranchlets rather villous ; spines 

 stiff, and for the most part trifid ; racemes few-flowered ; carina 



longer than the vexillum and wings; flowers glabrous ; legumes Atlas, near Tlemsen. Spartium ramosissimum, Desf. fl. atl. 2. 

 falcate, _ - 



erect ; branches striated, tuberculated ; leaves few, lanceolate, 

 villous ; flowers nearly sessile along the branches, crowded ; 

 petals silky, about equal in length, ^ . H. Native of Mount 



many-seeded. 

 and Estramadura. 



J2 . H. Native of Portugal, in Biera p. 132. t. 178. Fruit unknown. 



Much 



Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



/^a/ca^e-legumed Genista. 



37 G. Corsica (D. C. fl. fr. suppl. p. 548.) plant quite branches striated; leaves lanceolate, clothed with adpressed 



44 G. cine'rea (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 494.) erect, much branched; 



smooth ; leaves linear-lanceolate ; stipulas rather spinescent 



5 



spines simple, rigid ; flowers axillary, solitary, pedicellate ; 



carina length of the glabrous vexillum ; legume 4-8-seeded, pressed vilH, 4-C-seeded. Tj 



quite smooth, h . H. Native of Corsica, about Bastia, Boni- mountains, from Arragon to Nice, in the limits of olives. Spar- 



pubescence ; flowers almost sessile along the branches, solitary ; 

 petals silky, about equal in length ; legume clothed with ad- 



" ■■ ^ " H. Native on arid hills and 



facio, &c. Spartium Corsicum, Lois. fl. gall. p. 440. 



^«>". /3, pubescens (D. C. prod. 2. p. 148.) branches and 

 young leaves clothed with adpressed pubescence. 

 tive of Corsica, near Calvi. 



Corsican Genista. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



T? . H. Na- 



88 



tium cinereum, Vill. prosp. 40. G. scoparia, Vill. dauph. 3. p. 



420. exclusive of synonymes. G. florida, Asso, ar. 94. 



Cinereous Genista. Fl. Ju. July. Shrub 2 to 6 feet. 



45 G. virgata (D. C. prod. 2. p. 149.) branches twiggy, 



terete, striated ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, rather silky ; flowers 



fl. fr. 4. p. 498.) leaves very ievv^ disposed in something like racemes; petals silky, about equal in 



length ; legume villous, 1-3-seeded, compressed, rather torose 



the seeds, b . F. Native of Madeira. 



G. SCORPIUS (D. C. n. ir. -*. p 



oblong, rather silky ; spines branched, spreading, striated, 



smooth ; flowers in fascicles, somewhat racemose, on short pe- between 



dicels, gkbrous ; carina length of vexillum ; legume 2-4-seeded. 

 1? * H. ^-^ • - ~ - _ - _ 



Spartium 



virgatum. Ait. hort. kew. 3, p. 11. Cytisus tener, Jacq. icon. 



Native of Spain, in arid places, and south of France, rar. t. 147. G. gracilis, Poir. suppl. 2. p. 715 



as well as Barbary. Wats. dent. brit. 78. Shrub very thorny, 



and when in an adult state almost leafless. Spartium scorpius, 



l^m. spec. 995. G. spinifldra, Lam. diet. 2. p. 621.— Clus. 

 l^ist. l,p. 106. £ 1. 



Scorpion Genista. Fl. March, Ap. Clt. 1570. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



39 G. Hispa'nica (Lin. spec. 999.) leaves lanceolate, villous ; 

 spines branched, stiflf; floriferous branches unarmed ; racemes 

 terminal, somewhat capitate ; carina villous, length of the vexil- 

 ^um, which is smooth ; legume oval, 2-4-seeded, rather hispid, 

 when mature rather smoothish. 

 south of France. 



Twiggy Genista. Fl. March^ 

 46 G. conge'sta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 149.) branches terete, 

 striated, much crowded ; leaves lanceolate, silky ; flowers ter- 

 minal, racemose, on very short pedicels ; vexilhim glabrous ; 



G. Native of Teneriffe. Spartium 



Allied to G. virgata. 

 Fl. Ap. July. Sh. 2 to 4 feet. 



^2 • H. Native of Spain and 

 "". ^^ *iauutr. Cav. icon. 3. t. 211. Lam. ill. t. 619. f. 3. 

 Opines in the old branches beneath the leafy branchlets. 



Spanish Genista. FL June, July. Clt. 1759. Sh. 4 to 1 ft. 



carina pubescent, ^q . 

 congestum, Willd. enum. 2. p. 74-k 



Cro7i'rfcc?-branched Genista. 



47 G. STYLOSA (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 176.) branches slender, 

 angular, flexuous, and are, as well as the leaves, linear and 

 smooth ; flowers in terminal racemes ; calyx bracteolate ; style 

 elongated, permanent. \i . H. Native of Portugal. Genista 



bracteolata, Willd. herb. 



Flowers yellow. 

 Shrub 2 to 4 ket. 



40 G. A'nglica (Lin. spec. 999.) smooth; leaves ovate-lan- 



ceolat 



f ^ ' fl ^P*nes simple ; floriferous branches unarmed ; racemes 



Jiw-tiowered, terminal ; carina longer than the wings and vexil- 



^^^ ; legume ovate-cylindrical, many-seeded. \ . H. Native 



Loxi^-styled Genista. 



48 G. SEuicEA (Wulf. in Jacq. coll. 2. p. 167.) decumbent ; 

 branches erect, terete ; leaves linear-lanceolate, silky beneath ; 

 flowers 3-4, terminal, sub-racemose ; petals silky, about equal 

 in length ; calycine lobes oblong, acuminated. 1^ . H. Native 



