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LEGUMINOS^. LIX. Genista. 



of Austria and Croatia, in subalpine places nfear the shore. 

 Jacq. icon, rar, 3. t. 556, Floral leaves about equal in length 



to the calyx. 

 Silky Genista. 

 49 G. 



FL May, June. Clt. 1812. 



Sb. ^ foot. 



56 G. TENUiFOLiA (Lois. Hot. 169.) sterns weak ; branches 

 terete, striated, erectish ; leaves linear, 1 -nerved, glabrous; 

 flowers disposed in terminal racemes, and are as well as the 

 legumes glabrous. Tj . H. Native of Piedmont. This species 



II 



!^u'sA (Lin. spec. 998. Vill. dauph. 3. p, 421. t. is nearly allied to G. tinctorm and G. depressa^ from which it is 



hardly distinct, unless in the flowers being smaller. 

 Fine-leaved Genista. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



44.) procumbent ; branches twisted, tubercled, as stiff as spines 

 at the apex, hairy, as well as the leaves, which are linear-lan- 

 ceolate ; flowers axillary, solitary, nearly sessile ; petals silky, 

 about equal in length; calycine lobes ovate, acutish. Tj . H. bent; floriferous branches triquetrous, ascending; leaves Ian- 



57 G. depre'ssa (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 460.) stems decum 



Native of the Levant and of Dauphiny, near Gap. 



ceolate, acute, clothed with adpressed pili ; flowers in the upper 



TrniUjig Genista. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1819. Sh. trailing, axils of the leaves on short pedicels, disposed in such a manner 

 50 G. apiiy'lla (D. C. prod. 2. p. 149.) branched, erect ; as to appear a leafy raceme ; corolla glabrous. Tj.H. Native 



?mes terminal, elongated, of Tauria, on mountains, and about Constantinople. Verylile 



G. mdnticum. 



Dej^resscd Genista. Shrub decumbent. 



leaves very few, linear, very short ; 



dense-flowered : lecrnmcs compressed, 2-seeded, young ones 



tomentose, adidt ones glabrous. ^ . H. Native of Siberia, in 



Flowers violaceous. Sp^rtium aphyl- 



58 G. scARio'sA (Viv. ann. bot. 1. p. 2. p. 175. fragtn. fl.ital 

 lum, Lin. fiL siippL 320. Pxill. itin. ed. gall, append, no. 357. 1. p. 5. t. 8.) quite smooth; stem ascending; young branches 



deserts about the Volga. 



t. 99. f. 2. G. virgata. Lam. diet. 2. p. GIG. 



triquetrous 



Leafless Genista. Fl. June, July. CJt. 1800. Sh. 3 to 4 feet. with scarious margins; flowers 



leaves, lanceolate or the lower ones are obovate, 



corolla twice the 



51 G. monospk'rma (Lam. diet. 2. p. GIG.) branches erect; 

 leaves very few, linear-oblong, clothed with adpressed pubes- 

 cence ; racemes lateral, few-flowered ; petals silky, about equal 

 in length ; legume ovate, inflated, membranous, glabrous, 1-2- 

 seeded. h . II. Native of Portu'ral, 



racemose ; 

 length of the calyx.' T2 . H. Native of Liguria, on hills from 

 Genoa to Sarzana, and in the kingdom of Naples, ex. Tenore, 



fl. nap. 2. n. 127. G. Januensis. Viv. cat. d. 10. Bert.pl 



G. Januensis, Viv. cat. p. 10. 



Lecrume linear, 4-7-seeded, 



Egypt. Spartium monosp^rmum, Lin. spec. 995. 



Spain, Barbary, and 



Curt. bot. 



Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1831 



mag. G83. 



Clus. hist. 1. p. 103. G. Rse'tam, Forsk. Flowers 



white. Branches slender, 



flexile. The use of this 



t^viggy, 



shrub along the shores of Spain is very great in stopping the 

 sand. It converts the most barren spot into a fine odoriferous 

 garden by its flowers, which continue a long time. The leaves 

 and young branches are delicious food for goats. The twigs 

 are used for tying bundles. Forskoel foimd the plant in Arabia, 

 and Desfontains in Barbary. The Spaniards call it Rcetamas 

 from its Arabian name Rcetam. 



Oncstcded Genista. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1G70. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



52 G. sru.EROCA'RPA (Lam. diet. 2. p. GIG.) twiggy branched ; 

 leaves few, linear, smoothish ; racemes lateral, many-flowered; 

 petals glabrous, equal in length ; legume ovate, rather fleshy, 

 1-2-seeded. T; . H. Native of the south of Europe and Bar- 

 bary. Spartium sphaerocarpon, Lin, mant. 571. 



102. f. 2. 



nap. X. p. 1^/. 



G. Genuensis, Pers, ench. no. 5. 

 somewhat coarctate. 



iS'cariow^-margined-leaved Genista. 

 Shrub ascendent. 



59 G. Anxa'ntica (Ten. fl. nap. prod. p. 41. fl. nap. 2. p. 

 127. t. 66.) quite smooth; stems diffuse; branches angular; 



leaves ovate-elliptic, rather coriaceous, veiny ; flowers racemose; 



Native of valleyi 



Legume 



corolla 3-times longer than the calyx. T2 . H. 



of Naples, called Amsantica. Corolla 8 lines long. 



8-10-seeded. Tlie name is called by the author j^nxdnticam 



his prod. fl. nap. p. 41. and Amsanctica in his fl. nap. text. 

 ■ ^ ^ Sh. diffuse. 



Anxantic Genista. 



Clt. 1818. 



Fl. June, July. 

 GO G. tincto'ria (Lin. spec. 998.) root creeping ; stems erect; 

 branches terete, striated, erect; leaves lanceolate, smootnisn; 

 flowers disposed in spicate racemes, and are as well as thetf* 



H. 



fields 



Clus. hist. 1. 



p. lU^. 1. 5i. Flowers small, yellow. 



Round-fruited Genista. 

 S to 4 feet. 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1731. Shrub 



gumes smooth. Tj . H. Native of Europe, frequent m 

 and woods ; in England in pastures, thickets, and dry borders 

 of fields. Smith, engl. bot. 44. Fuchs. hist. 809. Gems- 

 toides tinctoria, Moench. 132. The G. tinctoria is called Base- 

 broom y Green-weedy Greeu'woody Dyers' -weedy and Wood-nax 

 When cows feed on it their milk and the butter or cheese made 



53 G. ^tiine'nsis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 150.) erect, much from it are said to be very bitter. A bright yellow colour ma^ 

 inched: leaves fpiv. lin/^nr. sHbv • rap/^mAc tnvmi'n^l . T^ofnla be prepared from the flowers, and for wool that is to 1^ <^y 



ffreen with woad the dvers prefer it to all others. A dr^c 



branched ; leaves fewy linear, silky ; racemes terminal ; petals 



rather glabrous, about equal in length ; legume obliquely ovate, green 



compressed, 2-3-seeded, yoimg ones pubescent. 

 of Mount Etna, in the wcoded region. 

 Biv. St. sic. mant. 2. 



T2 . H. Native 

 Spartium /Ethnense, 



and a half of the powdered seeds operates as a nnild P^J^^Tj^ 

 c uuuuLu ifgiuu. opariiuiii /i::.innense, A decoction of the plant is sometimes diuretic, and the 

 Rafui. speech. 1. p. 17. Sims, bot. mag. has proved serviceable in dropsical cases, and a salt prepa 

 674^ Spartiuui trispermum, Smith in Rees' cycl. vol. 32. no. from the ashes is recommended to be used in that disorder. 



Vat. /3, latifblia (D. C. fl. fr. suppl. 547.) leaves \f^'^ 



' " Native of Auverirne on the Golden Moun^^ 



5 1 .) leaves rather vil!oi» , 



Flowers yellow, twice the size of those of G. sphcerociirpay 

 but one-half smaller than those of G.juucea. 



Mount Etna Genista. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 181 G. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



ceolate. ^2 • H. 



Var. y, hirsuta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 1 

 branches erect. 1 ^^ 



Var, ^, pratensis (Poll. pi. ver. 19.) leaves oblong-lanceoi » 

 mto the petiole at the base ; flowers solitary, on short pedicels ; rather hairy ; branches ascending. T; . H. Native ot 



54 G. MtLTicAu'us (Lam. diet. 2. p. 617.) humble ; branches 

 erect, twiggy; leaves linear-oblong, rather glabrous, tapering 



•alyx clothed with adpressed silky pubescence ; corolla glabrous, on the upper mountains. 



^2 . H. Native of the Balearic Islands. 



]\ I any 'Stemmed Genista. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



55 G. tetrago'na (Besser. enum. cont. 2. p. 73. no. 887.) 

 stem 



leaves nearly opposite, lanceolate, young ones and calyxes rather 

 silky; flowers somewhat racemose; corolla glabrous. Tj . 

 Native of the south of Podolia, in high fields at Tyra. 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 



Dyers' Broom or Green-weed. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



Fl. June, Aug. Brit. 



61 G. Sibi'rica (Lin. mant. 571.) stems erect 



brands 

 di*- 



tctragonal, furrowed, decumbent; branches ascending; terete, striated, erect ; leaves lanceolate, glabrous ; flo^^'^, ^ 

 1 .:.. 1 1 „ „„j „„!..„ !-__ pQggj jj^ spicate racemes; spikes disposed in panicles, an^^ 



as well as the lesnimes smooth. ^ . H. Native ot 



Genistoides elata, Moench. raetn- 



H. 



y'f/ro^onff /-branched Genista. 

 Siiruh decumbent. 



Jacq. hort. vind. 1. 190. 



./acq. iiori. vma. i. lyu. vjenisioiaes ejaui, a»*«-"— • ^ 



1 822. The plant is very like G. tincibria, but altogether smootn, 



more slender, and usually taller. 



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