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/Spartium MonosPeRMUM. WHITE SINGLE= 
SEEDED Broom. — “ie 
4 Seek tSEE des aE AE % 
Clafs and Order. 3 
Diaperpara DECcANDRIA.— 
Generic Chara@er. « 
Stigma longitudinale fapra villofum.. Filam. germini adhe- 
' Tentia. Ca/. deorfum produétus. _ fe 
ES pecific ‘Ghorabir and Synonyms. 
| SPARTIUM monofpermum ramis teretibus ftriatis, racemis 
oe paucifloris: floribus fubaggregatis, foliis lanceo- 
a2  latis fericeis. Hort. Kew. 3. p. 10.. 
| SPARTIUM. monofpermum. Spec. Plant. 995. Reich. 3., pe 
F - gor. Syf, Veg. 643- Desf. All. 2. p. 129. 
SPARTIUM tertium flore albo. Baub, Pin. 369. 
_ SPARTIUM tertium hifpanicum, Cluf. Hifi. 1. p. 103. 
¢ SPARTIUM fecundum | ——— 6 ve Hip. 206. quoad 
Bee cas oo cae 
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| “Atall hhrub with very "hn § flexile branches, from Se 
fides. of which the flowers grow crowded tagether on fhort | 
tftalks. When very young it has fimple lanceolate leaves, 
but thefe fall off before the plant comes into flower, when’ 
| itis entirely leaflefs, 
| Anative of Spain, Portugal, aid Morocco, growing in fandy 
| Places near the fea, where, according to DesFoNnTaINEs, it 
: makes a very beautiful appearance, meng covered with a pro- 
lufion of fhow-white flowers. 
___ To be treated as a hardy greenhoule plant, rather impatient 
“of Water or damp air. F lowers in May. May be propagated 
y feeds or cuttings. Introduced in 1690 by Mr. Bentick. 
Our drawing was taken at the Nurfery f Meffrs. GRimwoop 
d Wyxes. — , | 
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wee S appears to us, that in oe ‘isis Hijfpan. the figure referred to Sisk ise 
te aoe isons: really belongs to Spartium /ecundum, and that this miftake 
— transferred to So poopie and thence copied by every 
a sutton whether this conje¢ture be well- ee een hes 
