Tab. 4195. 



GENISTA (Teline) Spachiana. 



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Mr. Spactis Genista. 



Nat. Ord. Leguminos^. — Diadelphia Decandkia. 



Gen. Char. Calyx bilabiatus, labio superiore bipartite), inferiore 5-dentato, aut 

 5-lobus, lobis 3 infer, ad apicem fere coalitis. Vexillum oblongo-ovale. Carina 

 oblonga recta genitalia non omnino continens. Stamina monadelpha. Legumen 

 plano-compressum aut rarius subturgidum, polyspermum, rarius oligospermum, 

 eglandidosum. — Frutices floribwfiavis. JDeCand. 



Genista (Teline) Spachiana ; ramis striatis nodosulis pilis ascendentibus pube- 

 rulis, sterilibus apice obtuse mucronatis, floralibus pendulis ; foliis omnibus 

 3-foliatis, foliolis ellipticis lanceolatisque, acuminatis, subtus prsecipue se- 

 riceo-hirtis, nervo medio crasso, mox supra fusco-virentibus, stipulis brevis- 

 simis anguste lineari-lanceolatis ; spica terminali ovata, bracteobs linearibus 

 tubo calycino brevioribus, labio inferiore longius 3-dentato dentibus linea- 

 ribus labium superius excedentibus, vexillo rotundato profunde emarginato, 

 medio ad apicem subpubescente, alis latis apice rotundatis glabellis, carina 

 oblonga hirta alis subbreviore ; stigmate antrorsum (versus axim) declivi, 

 legumine hirsutissimo seminum caruncula flavicante. P. B. Webb. 



This is a pleasing addition to the many-flowered and sweet- 

 scented group of Canarian Genista which in early spring en- 

 liven the conservatory and greenhouse. Though a native of the 

 Canaries, the present species was not taken up in the ' Phytogra- 

 phia Canariensis' forming part of the ' Hist. Nat. des lies Canaries,' 

 the author of that portion of the work not being able to decide on 

 the specific value of the plant, owing to the incomplete specimens 

 in fruit, but without flowers, which alone existed in his herbarium. 

 It has now flowered from seeds sent by him formerly to Europe, 

 both at Mr. Young's nursery at Milford near Godalming and at 

 the Jardin du Roi at Paris. It has been named in honour of Mr. 

 Edward Spach, assistant-naturalist in the latter establishment, 

 whose learning and acute observation have so much advanced the 

 "amiable science." 



M. Spach, in his elaborate revision of the Genista just pub- 

 lished in the Annales des Sciences Naturelles, has not discovered any 

 character sufficiently marked to enable him to break up this exten- 

 sive group into new and convenient genera. He has been con- 



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