Tas. 8075. 
GENISTA paLMatica. 
North-Western Balkan Peninsula. 
Lreuminos%.—Tribe GENISTEX. 
Genista, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 482. 
Genista dalmatica, Bartl. in Bart]. & Wendl., Beitr. Bot. pars ii. p. 74; 
Reichenb. Pl. Crit. vol. iv. p. 61, tab. 383; G. sylvestri, Scop., maxime 
affinis, spinis divaricatis rigidis, foliis magis redactis distincta. 
Suffrutea rigidus, parvulus, a basi multiramosus, subpulvinatus; rami erecti 
vel ascendentes, preter ramulos spinigeros simplices vel ima basi tantum 
divisi, 3-4 poll..longi, pilosi; ramuli spinigeri numerosissimi quasi folia 
divaricato-pinnata referentes, aphylli vel foliis minutis subulatis mox 
deviduis, spinis tenuibus rigidis acutissime mucronatis ad 3 lin. longis. 
Folia pauca, imprimis in partibus ramorum inferioribus, sessilia, patula, 
linearia vel lineari-lanceolata, acuta, 24-5 lin. longa, lete viridia, pilosa. 
Facemi terminales, densiusculi, 1-14 poll. longi; bracteze foliis similes 
sed angustiores, calycibus paulo breviores; pedicelli brevissimi ; bracteole 
bine, subulatze, calyci adpress eius tubo equilonge. Calyx turbinato- 
campanulatus, 2 lin. longus,’ pilosulus, laciniis subulatis rectis tubo 
zequilongis. Corolla aurea, 4-5 lin. longa; vexillum late ovatum, breviter 
uvguiculatum, quam carina brevius; ale carina duplo breviores; carina 
obtusa, dorso sericeo-pubescens. Ovarium pilosum. Legqumen patens, 
globoso-ovoideum, compressum, acumine brevi ascendente, 5-6 lin. longum, 
monospermum.—Cytisus sylvestris, var. pungens, Vis. Fl. Dalm. vol. iii. 
p. 269. 
Genista dalmatica is a characteristic element of the 
xerophytic vegetation of Dalmatia, Herzegovina, and the 
Illyrian islands. It forms part of the underwood of the 
pine forests, and the shrubby vegetation of the ‘* Karst”’ 
region ; but also enters into the composition of the ever- 
green ‘* macchie”’ (bush) of the islands. It is so closely 
allied to G. sylvestris, which takes its place in the flora of 
Istria and Carniolia, that the two might be considered as 
geographical races of one species. So far, however, 
G. dalmatica has maintained its peculiarities in cultivation, 
even in the moister climate of this country, where it 
flowers in June and July. 
Descr.—A small, rigid shrub, forming dense tufts of 
numerous spinous hairy branches, three to four inches 
long; branches almost undivided, except at the base, but 
having spine-bearing branchlets, which resemble divari- 
cately pinnate spinescent leaves, the spines being rigid, 
very pungent, and up to one-fourth of an inch long, with 
May Ist, 1906, 
