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like those of Spanish Broom (Spartium junceum, L.) but 
rather paler, bright lemon-yellow, middle-sized, scentless, 
in erect, leafless panicles from six inches to a foot long, 
truly lateral and axillary, but at first appearing terminal, 
by their pushing aside out of its direction in a geniculate 
manner the young shoot, which by being also adnate to 
the petiole of the uppermost developed leaf, resembles 
rather a side-branch coming out at the base of the panicle. 
Bracteas small, linear-subulate, adpresso-pubescent, about 
half the length of the pedicels when the flowers ex- 
pand. Pedicels a quarter to one-third of an inch long, 
round, adpresso-pubescent, erecto-patent, jointed close be- 
neath the calyx. This last is in the bud oblong, with five 
shallow, but distinct, equal teeth ; in the flower large, in- 
flated, cup-shaped, slightly gibbous above ; the base thrust 
in (intrusus ) like the bottom ofa bottle : teeth broad, very 
shallow and inconspicuous : the whole hoary-pubescent, 
pale greenish-yellow, and full of honey. Standard reflexed, 
uniform, bright yellow. Keel and wings of equal length, 
nearly as long, and the same uniform colour as the stand- 
ard. Stamens ten; their filaments nearly white, smooth 
upwards, but pubescent and thickened at the base ; per- 
fectly distinct and free throughout. Anthers pale brown. 
Style simple, with the stigma truncate, smooth, green, 
about the length of the stamens. Ovary linear, silky, con- 
taining many ovules. Pod five or six inches long, curved, 
drooping, indehiscent, moniliform; the seeds forming glo- 
bose, bead-like knots, pale yellowish, finally dark brown or 
blackish, hoary with very fine cinereous pubescence: fre- 
quently several seeds are abortive, and then the pod between 
the remainder is stran gulated and reduced almost toa thread. 
Seeds from five or six to ten or twelve, the size of small 
peas, subglobose or subcordate, a little pointed both at top 
and bottom, with a faint, indistinct groove down the back, 
quite smooth and shining, tawny brown or dark fawn 
colour, darker about the hilwm, which is a small elliptic 
cavity with dark edges. 
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Fig. 1. Ripe Legume. 2. Seed: nat. size, 
