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the Scotch and comnion Laburnum is much used by cabinet- 



12 C. GRANDiFLORUS (D. C, prod. 2. p. 154.) branches angu- 



malcers and turners, for its hardness, beauty of grain, and du- lar, usually glabrous ; leaves in fascicles, petiolate,' trifoliate, 



rability. 



but for the most part simple, and are, as well as the leaflets. 



Alpine or Scotch Laburnum. Fl. June. Clt. 1596. Tree ovate-lanceolate, but the primary ones are roundish; flowers 



15 to 20 feet. lateral, pedicellate, solitary or twin ; legume woolly. T2 . H. 



5 C. ni'gricans (Lin. spec. 1041.) branches terete, twiggy; Native of Portugal, on hills, in hedges, and in woods. Spar- 

 leaves stalked, clothed with adpressed pubescence beneath, as tium grandiflorum, Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 80. 



well as the branches, calyxes, and legumes ; leaflets elliptic ; 



racemes elongated, terminal, erect ; calyxes bractless. T2 . H. 3 to 4 feet. 



Great-^oTvered Cytisus. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. Shrub 



Native of Piedmont, Vallais, and Bohemia, on hills and along 

 way sides. Jacq. austr. t. 387. Ker. bot. reg, 802, Lam, ill. t. 

 618. f 3. Duh. arb. ed. nov. 5. t. 46, f. 1. This plant turns 

 truly black on drying. 



13 C. scorA^Rius (Link, enum. 2. p. 241.) branches angular, 

 smooth ; leaves trifoliate, pctiolate, upper ones simple, and arc 

 oblong, as well as the leaflets ; flowers axillary, pedicellate, soli- 

 tary ; legume pilose on the margins. ^ . II. Native of Europe, 

 Blackish Cytisus. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1730. Sh. 3 to 6 feet. in woods and on commons ; plentiful in Britain. Spartium sco- 



6 C. SESsiLiFOLius (Liu. spec. 1041.) plant quite smooth; 

 branches terete; floral leaves almost sessile; leaflets ovate; 

 racemes terminal, erect, short ; calyxes each having a 3-leaved 

 bractea just under it. T2 • H. Native of the south of France 



pkrium, Lin. spec. 996. Oed. fl. dan. t. 313. Smitli, engl. hot. 

 1339. Genista scoparia, Lam. diet. 2. p. 623. but not of Vill. 

 Gen. hirsiita, Moench. meth. 144. — Duliam, arb. t. 84. The 

 common broom is used in many parts of Britain for besoms, and 



and Piedmont. Lam. ill. t. 618. f. 2. Duham. arb. ed. nov. 5. t. in some places it serves for tliatching cottages, corn, and Iiay 



45. f 1. Curt. bot. mag. 255.— J. Bauh. hist. 1. p. 2. p. 374. f 2. 



Sessile-leaved Cytism. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1629. Shrub 

 4 to 6 feet. 



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7 C. TRiFLoRus (Lher. stirp. 184. Desf. fl. atl. 2. 

 hut not of Lr 



.) hairy ; branches terete ; leaves 



p. 139. 

 petiolate ; 



leaflets obovate-elliptic ; flowers axillary, pedicellate, terete, 

 somewhat racemose at the tops of the branchlets. .^ . H. Na- 

 tive about Narbonne. In Provence, Liguria, Etruria, Sicily, 

 and Mauritania. C. villosus, Pourr. act. touh 3. p. 317 Clus. 



ricks. The flower-buds before expansion are sometimes pickled 

 in the manner of capers. The branches are said to be capable 

 of tanning leather, and of being manufactured into coarse cloth, 

 when tender they are mixed with hops in brewing, and in some 

 places used as fodder. The old wood furnishes the cabinet-makers 



The j)lant when 



burnt affords a most beautiful alkaline salt, and on this salt the 

 efficacy of broom in dropsies must depend. The seeds of broom 

 have a very bitter taste, and when given in decoction prove con- 



witli the most beautiful material for vineering. 



hist. 1. p. 94. f. 3. Branches rather hispid. Leaves villous. siderably diuretic. The branches have similar properties. 



Legume hairy. It differs from C. irijlhra of Lam. in the calyx 



being campanulate and broadly bilabiate, not tubula 



Three-flowered Cytisus. 

 3 to 4 ket. 



Fi. June, July. 



r. 

 Clt. 1640. 



Shrub 



8 C. MOLLIS (Willd. enum. suppl. 51.) leaflets oblong, clothed 

 wuh soft pubescence, acute at both ends ; peduncles axillary, 

 usually tern; calyxes subglobose, bifid, scarious. Tj 



V / 5y^^P^ sufficiently distinct from C. triflbrus. 



^oft Cytisus. FL June. Julv. Clt. 1818. Shrub 2 to 4 ft. 



Far. /3, dlbus ; flowers white. 



Common- Br 00m. Fl. April, July. Britain. Sh. 3 to 10 ft. 



Sect. IIL Calvcotome (from ^raXu^, cahjr^ calyx, and Toiir]^ 



tome, a cutting ; in reference to the calyx at length falh'ng off in 



part, giving it the appearance of being cut off). Link, in Schrad. 



h" Native neue, journ. 2. p. 2. p. 50. D. C. prod. 2. p. 154. — Calycotomon, 



Hoffmans. verz. plant. 1824. p. 166. Calyx campanulate, some- 



^ U PATENS (Lin, syst. veg 



ranches striated, somewhat pubescent ; leaves petiolate, trifo- 



^Jate, but the upper ones are simple, and are as well as the leaf- 



obovate, and clothed with adpressed pubescence ; flowers 



^ ^ M ^' ^sually twin, pedicellate, nodding ; legumes very hairy. 



H. Native of Portugal. C. pendulinus, Lin. fil. suppl. 



what bilabiate, at length circumscisely truncate. 



Legume thick- 



555. ex Lher. stirp, 1840 ^"f,^ ^" ^'>^ ^PP^^^' «"^^^^^- Shrubs, with spiny branches and 



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328. 



Gemsta tomentosa, Poir. suppl. 2. p. 719. Spartium 



yellow flowers. 



14 C. si'iNosus (Lam. diet. 2. p. 247.) branches angular, 

 spiny; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets obovate-oblong ; legumes quite 

 glabrous. l^- H. Native about Genoa, on bills in Corsica, 

 and of Algiers. Spartium spint^sum, Lin. spec. 997. — J. Bauh. 

 hist. 1. p. 2. p. 376. icon. — Lob. icon. 2. t, 95. 



Sjnny Cytisus. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1596. Sh. 5 to 6 feet. 



patens, Lin. syst. 535. Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 83. but not of Cav. . v /^ - . .t^^ , „ , r. m i »-.i 



Svrcading Cytisus. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1752. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. .1^ C lani gerus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 154.) branches stnatcd, 



o\}y^ ^' ^^^^^Eus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 154.) branches striated, 

 ganrous; leaves stalked; leaflets obovate, clothed with fine 



pubescence beneath; flowers axillary, aggregate 



pedicellate, 



b.H. 



odding; legumes clothed with adpressed silky villi. 

 2 D f-n ^'^"^^^ ^^^"* Algiers. Spartium arboreum, i.csi 

 shrub 8 ^' ^' ''' ^^"'^^^ pendulum, Poir. voy. 2. p. 208. 



man' ** ^^ feet high, with a trunk about the thickness 

 'nan s arm. 



of 



a 



Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 



^rboreous Cytisus. 

 p. 52^* ^^^^^^'^^ (Visiani, pi. dalm. ex bot. zeit. Jan. 1830. 

 cuneated^^^' i leaves ternate, petiolate ; leaflets elliptic, entire, 

 ^rmin I \t ' ^^^ obtuse at the apex, smooth ; racemes 



lous • c 'l .** *^' Pyamidal, straight ; pedicels hoary and vil- 



corol 1 i^^y k '^^ campanulate, 3-lobed ; lobes tomentosely ciliated ; Calvx tubular, bilabiate at the apex.— Unarmed shrubs. 

 Blahrn ^'^'''■^"s, but the carina is clothed with silky villi ; legume ^ . „. , , , -,. , 



R'aorous. mii,>..^ ^- t ., , -,,,,. -^ ^ rl , ° . • Flnwp.rx whife. or whitish. 



spmy ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets obovate-elliptic ; legumes very 

 hairy, and rather woolly. Tj . H. Native of Corsica, Crete, 

 Mauritania, Gibraltar, Portugal, &c. on hills. Spartium lanf- 

 gerum, Desf. atl, 2. p. 135. Sp. villostim, Poir. voy. 2, p. 207. 

 Calycotome villosa, Link, 1. c. Spartium spinosum, Brot. fl. lus. 



2. p. 85. 



Var. ft, rig'idus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 154.) spines very strong. 



^ . H. Native of the Great Syrtes. Spartium rigidura, Viv. fl. 



lib. p. 40. t. 17. f. 1. 



Wool-bearing Cytisus. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1821. Sh. 3 to 6 ft. 



Sect. IV. Tubocy'tisus (from tubus, a tube, and cytisus ; in 

 reference to the tubular shape of the calyx). D. C. 1. c. prod. 

 2. p. 155. — Viborgia, Mccnch. meth. 132. but not of Thunb. 



us, mucronate by the style, f? . H. Native of Dalmatia, 



•n Wool — ^""'■^ "y Liie siyie. r> . n. i>aiive oi uaimatia, 



yellow. °" niounts Grab and Krivoscie. Flowers fragrant, 16 C.proli'ferus (Lin. fil. suppl. 328.) stems erect; branches 



f^'dJen's Cytisus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



terete, velvety ; leaflets elliptic, and are, as well as the calyxes 

 silky; flowers lateral, umbellately aggregate; legume villous. 

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