LEGUMINOS^. LIX. Genista. 



15a 



Siberian Genista. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1785. Sh. 2 to 6 ft. terminal, leafless spike ; corolla smooth, but the keel is furnished 

 62 G. polygal^eo'lia (D. C. prod. 2. p. 151.) stem erect, with a villous line on the back. Tj . H. Native of Europe, in 



Mill. icon. t. 259. f. 2. Jacq. fl. austr. t. 



branches terete, striated, erect; leaves lanceolate, rather silky 

 beneath, as well as the calyxes ; racemes somewhat secund, dis- 

 posed in panicles ; corolla smooth. T2 . H. Native of the 

 north of Portugal, G. polygalaephylla, Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 86. 

 G. exaltata, Link. G. tinctoria Lusitanica maxima, Tourn. inst, 

 643. Allied to G.florida. 



Milk-wort-leaved Genista. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 2 to 4 feet. 



mountain pastures. 



209. G. herb^cea, Lam. fl. fr. Genistella raceniosa, Moench. 



meth. Saltzwedelia sagittalis, fl. wett. 2. p. 498. 



Var. /3, minor (D. C. prod- 2. p. 151.) a small shrub, having 

 the branches clothed with adpressed pubescence at the apex as 

 well as the leaves. 



-^rrow-jointed Broom, 

 prostrate, |- foot. 



May 



Clt. 1750. Shrub 



QS G. Perreymondi (Lois, fl, gall. ex. bull, sci. aug. 1828. 71 G. tridentata (Lin. spec. 998.) branches shrubby, tri- 



425.) stems decumbent; branches terete, striated, rather quetrous, membranous, somewhat articulated; leaves ovate, 



tridentate at the apex, glabrous ; flowers disposed into crowded, 

 terminal and lateral heads ; carina and leo^umes clotlied with 



leaves lanceolate, sraoothish ; flowers racemose, terminal ; 



erect 



legume clothed with canescent villi. ^2 • H. Native of France. 



Like G. tinctoria. 



Flowers yellow. 

 Perreymond's Genista. Fl. July. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 

 64 G. FLORIDA (Lin. spec. 998.) stem erect ; branches stri- 

 ated, terete ; leaves lanceolate, and are as well as the legumes 



Wings of stem 



clothed with adpressed silky down 



. H. 



glabrous. 



silky wool. 1^, H. Native of Portugal, on uncultivated hills 

 and among bushes. Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 86. 

 rather undulated, with the margins roughly denticulated. 

 Trtde?itate-\eixved Genista. Shrub 1 foot, 

 branches secund ; corolla 72 G. diffu sa (Willd. spec. 3. p. 942.) branches procumbent 



^^^ ^H ^H ^^ ^m ^m ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 



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Native of Spain. Legume 2-4-seeded, 



somewhat irregularly coarctate. 



/'/on'rf Genista. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1752. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



65 G. pulche'lla (Visiani, pL dalm. ex. bot. zeit. Jan. 1830. 

 p. 51.) silky; stems diffuse, much branched; branches fur- 

 rowed, young ones striped, tubercled at the buds, and rufescent 

 at the apex ; leaves simple, lanceolate, entire, small ; flowers in 

 crowded racemes, the pedicels all leaning to one side ; wings 

 smooth, shorter than the keel ; legumes pendulous, 2-3-seeded. 



from the neck, triquetrous ; leaves lanceolate, glabrous, a little 

 ciliated; peduncles axillary, erect, disposed in interrupted fasci- 

 cles 



H. 



G. humif iisa, 



Native of Italy 

 Wulf. in Jacq. 



corollas and legun^es glabrous. ^ 

 and Styria in exposed places, 

 coll. 2. p. 1G9. Spartium decumbens, Jacq. icon. rar. 3, t. 600. 



but not of Aiton. 



Diffuse Genista. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1815. Sh. procumb. 



73 G. prostra'ta (Lam. diet. 2. p. G18.) stems dilFuse, pros- 

 trate : branches angular, striated, rather villous ; leaves ovate- 



^ . H. Native of Dalmatia. Like G* Mihnensis and G.Jlorida^ oblong, rather villous beneath ; flowers axillary, on long pedi- 



but more silky. 



Neat Genista. 

 66 



Shrub diffuse. 



eels, erect ; corolla glabrous ; 



Icfjumes 



villous, 3-4-seeded. 



G. Ma'ntica (Poll. fl. ver. 2. p. 458. t. 4. f. 7.) stems nu- 

 merous, prostrate, angularly striated, hairy-pubescent ; leaves 

 Imear-lanceolate, pubescently-hairy ; peduncles axillary, shorter 

 than the leaves : 



corolla glabrous ; legume clothed with silky 

 Native of Italy, in woods near Mantua. Spreng. 



Allied to G. 



villi. Tj . H. 



pug. 2. p. 73. Horn, hort. hafn. suppl. p. 151. 

 ovata and Gjincforia, of which last it is probably a variety. 

 Mantua Genista. 



^2 . H. Native of Burgundy and the Alps of Jura. G, pedun- 

 culata, Lher. stirp. 184. G. decumbens, Dur. bourg. 1. p. 299. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. 718. G. Halleri, Reyn. mem. 1. p. 211. icon. 



Prostrate Genista. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1775. Sh. prostr. 



74 G. procu'mbens (Waldst. et Kit. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 940.) 

 branches procumbent, terete, striated, rather pubescent ; leaves 

 lanceolate, acute, pubescent beneath as well as the calyxes ; 

 flowers pedicellate, axillary, tern ; corolla glabrous, h • H. 



FL June, Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh. prostrate. Native of Hungary in woods, and of Moravia. Vexillum a little 



Q7 G. ova'ta (Waldst. et Kit. pi. hung. 1. t. 84.) stems nu- shorter than the keel. 



inerous, hairy, erectish, somewhat herbaceous, striated, terete ; 

 leaves ovate, or ovate-oblong, and are as well as the legumes 

 hairy ; racemes short ; corolla smooth. Tj . H. Native of Scla- 



Legume unknown. 



vonia and Hungary, and on the hills of Italy, 

 to Naples. 



Procumbent Genista. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816- Sh. proc. 

 75 G. a'lbida (Willd. spec. 3. p. 94-2.) stems procumbent, 

 striated, branched ; leaves lanceolate or linear, clothed with 



from Piedmont white villi ; flowers axillary, sessile ; 



G. ovata, Balb. Bert. Sav. Ten. G. nerv^ta, Kit. with silky villi ; legume tomentose. 



mlitt. 1815. is hardly distinct. 



Ota^e-leaved Genista. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. Shrub 2 

 to 4 feet. "" 



G. pa'tula (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 148.) much branched, 



calyx and corolla clothed 

 h . H. Native of Tauria 



68 



quite smooth ; branches terete, striated, panicled, spreading ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminated ; flowers and legumes gla- 

 brous. Tj , H, Native of Tauria, on hills at the river Cyrus, 

 near Tiflis., This species is nearly allied to G. tinctoria^ but the 

 flowers are one-half smaller. 



Spreading Genista. 



69 G. triangula'ris (Willd. spec. 3. p. 939.) smooth , 

 ranches triquetrous, and are as well as the stems ascending ; 

 leaves lanceolate, mucronate ; flowers axillary ; legume com- Wales 

 pressed, mucronate. 



and Bessarabia, on stony mountains. Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 149. 

 3. p. 459. Alb'ed to G.pilbsa. 



Whitened Genista. Shrub procumbent. 



76 G. PiLosA (Lin. spec. 999.) stems procumbent, striated, 

 branched, tuberculated ; leaves obovate-lanceolate, obtuse, com- 



: flowers 



Fl. Ju. Aug. 



plicated, clothed beneath with adpressed silky dovvi 

 axillary, on short pedicels; calyx and pedicels silky; legumes 

 pubescent, 3-4-seeded. T2 . H. Native of the south of France, 

 Switzerland, Germany, &c. ; in Britain on dry elevated downs 

 Clt. 1818. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. or heaths, on high sandy ground about Bury, Suffolk. About 



Tornham, on the north side of Bury, also on rocks near the 



At the foot of Cader Idris, North 



Lizard Point, Cornwall. 



rocks. 



I2.H. 



Native of Hungary, on calcareous 

 G. triquetra, Waldst. et Kit. hung. 2. p. 165. t. 153. but 



not of Aiton. " ^ 



Jacq. fl. austr. t. 208. Smith, engl. bot. 208. Fl. 

 dan. 1225.— Clus. 



hist. 1. p. 



103 



f. 2. G. repens. Lam. fl. fr. 



. Legume glabrous. 



ina„^M/ar-stemmed Genista. 

 25hrub ascendinfT, 1 foot. 



FL May, June. Clt. 1815. 



Genistoides tuberculata, Moench. meth. 



Pilose Genista. FL May, June. England. Sh. procumbent. 



77 G. MiCRA NTiiA (Ort. dec. 6. p. GS. t. 10. f. 1.) stems pro- 

 cumbent, smooth, angular; leaves linear-lanceolate; flowers 



70 G. sagitta'lis (Lin. spec. 998.) stems prostrate ; branches disposed in terminal spikes, ^d^s^a^^t J^ ^^'''V^ rather villous ; 

 herbaceous, ascending, 2-edged, membranous, somewhat 

 lated ; leaves ovate-lanceolate ; flowers disposed in an oyate> in the wood called Corazo, near Silos. 



articu- legume 2-3-seeded. T2 



Native of Spain, in humid places 



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