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LEGUMINOS^. LX. Cytisus. 



^ . G. Native of TenerifFe, on the mountains. Ait. hort. kevv, 

 3. p. 51. Lher. stirp. 134. Vent. eels. t. 13. Lodd. bot. cab. 

 t. 761. Ker. bot. reg. 121. Flowers white. 



Proliferous Cytisus. FL Ap. May. Clt. 1779. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



17 C. LEUCA NTHus (Walds. et Kit. hung. 2. p. 141. t. 132.) 

 stems erect ; branches terete, and are, as well as the leaves, 

 clothed with adpressed pubescence; leaflets elliptic, acute ; 

 flowers at the tops of the branches ; heads of flowers bracteate, 

 by two leaves. Tj . II. Native of Croatia, in woods. Willd. 



Many-floTvered Cytisus. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1800. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



23 C. falca'tus (Waldst. et Kit. hung. 3. p. 264. t. 238.) 

 stems declinate ; branches terete, twiggy, young ones, as well as 

 the leaves clothed with adpressed villous pubescence ; petioles 

 hairy ; flowers usually tern, lateral, on short peduncles ; calyxes 

 clothed with adpressed villi. T2 • H. Native of Croatia, Vol- 

 hynia, Podolia, and Gallicia. Lodd. bot. cab. 520. The plant 

 cultivated in the garden of Geneva differs from the wild plant 



spec. 3. p. 1124. Sims, bot. mag. 1438. This species differs in the flowers being almost sessile, and in the leaves being pu 



from C. Atistriacus in the flowers being white, not yellow. 



Var. ft, 2^tf///</?/5 (Schrad. in litt.) flowers cream-coloured. 

 Tj . H. An intermediate plant between C. leucanthus and C 

 Austrlacns. 



JVIille-Jlowered Cytisus. FL June, July. Clt. 1806. Shrub 

 3 to 4 feet. 



bescent, not silky-villous. 



Falcate Cytisus. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1816. Shrub 2 to 4 feet 

 24 C. AusTRi^Acus (Lin. spec. 1042.) stems erect; branches 

 twiggy, terete, and are, as well as the leaves, clothed with ad- 

 pressed strigose pubescence ; leaflets lanceolate, attenuated at 

 both ends ; flowers terminal, somewhat umbellate ; calyxes and 



18 C. a'li3idus (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 101. no. 85.) stems legumes sparingly villous. Tj . H. Native of Austria, upper 



erect ; branches divaricate, terete, rather glabrous ; leaflets ob- 

 long, pubescent beneath, as well as the calyxes ; flowers axillary, 

 usually tern, pedicellate ; calyx with both lips entire. ^ . H. 

 Native of the south of Europe and north of Africa. Flowers 

 white. Ovary pubescent. 



fT/ti^i^/i-flowered Cytisus. Fl. June, July. Shrub 2 to 4 ft. 



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Flowers inirple. 



19 C. puRPu'uEUS (Scop. earn. no. 905. t. 43.) stems pro- 



Italy, the Ukraine, and Siberia, in woods and rough places. 



Mill. icon. 117. f. 2. Pall. itin. ed. gall. 1. 100. f. 3. Jacq. austr. 

 1. t. 21, 



Austrian Cytisus. Fl. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1741. Sh. 2 to 4 feet, 

 25 C. supi'nus (Jacq. fl. austr. 1. t. 20.) stems decumbent, 

 branched ; branches terete, young ones rather hairy, adult ones 

 smooth ; leaflets obovate, obtuse, ratlier hairy beneath ; flowers 

 2-4, usually terminal, pedunculate ; calyxes and legumes spar- 

 ingly villous. Tj . H. Native of Belgium, Austria, Pannonia, 



cumbent, twi^r^Y ; leaves, calyxes, and Wumes dabrous; leaf- c-i J^- ^1 i Vi t • j i -n j -^ \...^.v 



1 . 11 S -11 ^•! u . 1- 1 T TT biberia, lurkey, and Dauphmy, on exposed hills and m bushy 



lets oblong ; flowers axillary, solitary, on short pedicels. ^ . H. 

 Native of Carniola and Croatia, in exposed places. Jacq- austr. 

 append, t. 48. Lodd. bot. cab. 892. Sims, bot. mag. 1176. 

 Flowers purple. This plant is very beautiful when in flower, 

 but has a better effect when grafted on a rather tall laburnum. 

 rar. ft, alhijldrus ; flowers white. 



places. — Clus. hist. p. 96. no. vii. icon. C. lotoldes, Pourr, act, 

 toul. 3. p. 318. Flowers pale-yellow, with the vexillum red- 

 dish. 



Supine Cyt\s\x^. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1755. Sh. decumbent 

 26 C. HiRsu Tus (Lin. spec. 1042. Jacq. obs. 4. t. 96.)stenis 

 decumbent ; branches twiggy, terete, young ones hispid, adult 



i'„r;,fc-flowered Cyisus. Fl. May, Aug. CI.. 1792. Shrub „;;:;;;;* rfeLflets oES; villo,; Cl^ 



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Flowers yellow. 



Tj.H. 



^ ' on very short pedicels, aggregate ; calyxes and legumes hairy> 



Native from Genoa to Hungary, in rugged places. C. 

 20 C. BiFLORus (Lher. stirp. 184. Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 52.) supinus, Bertol. pi. gen. but not of Linnseus. C. triflorus, Lam. 



the leaves diet. 2. p. 250. — Clus. hist. 95. no. 4. 



Hairy Cytisus. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1739. Sh. decumtent. 



27 C. SEROTINUS (Kit, in litt.) stems ascending; branches 

 terete, hairy ; leaflets obovate, glabrous above, rather villous w- 

 neath ; flowers axillary, 2-3, pedicellate ; calyxes hairy. I? • |*' 

 Native of Hungary. This plant is sufficiently distinct from the 

 two preceding. 



Za^e- flowering Cytisus. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



28 C. capita'tus (Jacq. fl. austr. t. SS,) stems erect ; branches 



stems diffuse ; branches terete, and are as well 

 rather pubescent ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate ; flowers on short 

 peduncles, axillary, and usually twin ; calyxes and legumes 

 clothed with adpressed pubescence. Tj . H. Native of Austria, 

 Pannonia, Podolia, Tauria, and Siberia. Walds. et Kit. hung. 2. 

 p. 166. Duham. arb. ed. nov. 5. p. 45. f. 2. C. supipus, Jacq. 

 fl. austr. 1. t. 20. C. hirsutus, Gmel. sib. 4. p. 17. t. 6. f. 2. 

 C. hirsutus and C. supinus, Bieb. fl. taur. ex Stev. in litt. C. 

 macrospermus, Bess, in litt. 



Var. ft, glahcr (Lin. fil. suppl. 325.) branches and leaves gla- straight, hispid ; leaflets ovate-elliptic, villous ; flowers numerous, 



brous ; leaflets obovate. 



Var, y, suhspinescens (D. C, prod. 2. p. 155.) branches rather 

 hoary, more diffiise, somewhat spinescent at the apex. T2 . H. 

 Native of Naples and Hungary. 



TnO'Jlowered Cytisus. Fl May, June. Shrub procumbent. 



21 C. elonga'tus (Waldst. et Kit. hung. 2. p. 200. t. 183.) 

 stems erect ; branches elongated, terete, young ones villous ; 

 leaflets obovate, clothed beneath with adpressed villi ; flowers 

 lateral, usually in fours on short pedicels ; calyxes villous. \ . 

 H. Native of Hungary, in woods. Petioles of the upper 

 leaves longer than the calyxes. Flowers few. 



Elongated Cytisus. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1804. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



22 C. MULTiFLORus (Lindl. hot. reg. t. 1191.) stems erect; 

 branches elongated, terete, younger ones villous ; leaflets oblong. 



capitate at the tops of the branches ; calyxes and leguni^ 

 covered with hispid villi. ^ . H. Native of Burgundy, I^J' 

 and Austria, on the edges of woods. Lodd. bot. cab. 497. 

 supinus, Lin. spec. 1040. C. hirsutus, Lam. diet. 2. p. 25 • 

 • Flowers sometimes lateral in the autumn. g, 



Capi/a^^-flowered Cytisus. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1774. ^>0' 

 2 to 4 feet. 



29 C. CILIA TUS (Wahlenb. fl. carp. 219.) stems erect; youDg 

 branches hispid, adult ones glabrous; leaflets obovate, clotn 

 beneath with adpressed villi; flowers approximate, tern, 

 length lateral ; legumes glabrous, ciliated. \ - H. Native 

 the Carpathian mountains, on the plains of Litowa. . 



^ ^ Clt. 1817. Shrub 



CzVia^erf-podded Cytisus. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



Fl. June, July. 



decli 



tapering to the base, villous beneath, the same colour on both 30 C. poly'trichus (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. 477.) stems ^ 



surfaces ; flowers usually tern ; pedicels about equal in length nate ; branches hispid ; leaflets obovate-elliptic, and are, as we 



to the petioles ; vexillum emarginate, undulated. Tj . H. Na- as the calyxes, villous ; flowers lateral, usually twin, Pf^*^^' t^ 



tive of Europe. C. elongatus, Hortul, but not of Kit. C. legumes hairy. ^. H. Native of southern Tauria, on 



elongatus/3, multiflorus, D. C. prod. higher mountains in pine forests. This species is more na» . 



