Tab. 8685. 



CYTISUS MONSPESSULANUS. 



Mediterranean region. 



Leguminosae. Tribe Genisteae. 

 Cytisus, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. i. p. 484. 



Cytisus monspessularms, Linn. Sp. PI ed. i. p. 740 ; Briq. Etnd. Cylis. Alp. 

 Marti p 141; Bcichb. Ic. Flor. Germ. vol. xxii. t. 2079, figs. l. & If. j 

 Aschers. & Graebn. Syn. Mittcleurop. Fl. vol. vi. Abt. ii. p. 297 ; Schneider, 

 Laubholzk. vol. ii. p. 41, figs. 27 e-h, 28, d; Bean, Trees and 8hrubt, 

 vol i. p. 460 ; a C. Hosmariensi altera specie subsectionis Phyllotehnar, 

 Briq., differt foliolis minoribus subtus haud dense sericeis, floribus minori- 

 bus, vexillo sericeo. 



Frutex 1-3 ra. alt us, ramosisssimus, ramis prominenter striatis, jvmioribus 

 pafcule pubescentibus. Foliola obovata vel obovato-oblonga, obtusa vel 

 obtusiuscula, apiculata, 10-20 mm. longa, 5-8 mm lata, supra glabra, 

 subtus pubescentia. Flore* 3-9, in ramuhs laterahbus fasciculati vel 

 subumbellati; pedicelli vix 2 mm. longi, villosuli, medio minute 

 bracteati, apice 2-bracteolati. Calyx 2-labiatus, 4-5 mm. longus villo- 

 sulus, labii superiors dentibus minutis intermedio longiore, mfenoris 

 segmentis triangularibus. Corolla lutea, 8-9 mm. longa, petahs sub- 

 aequilon-is, vexillo late ovato vel rotundato-elhptico glabro, alis glabns, 

 carina obtusa superne parce sericea. Legumen 1-Z cm. longum, 4 mm. 

 latum, birsuto-sericeum.— C. candicans, Lam. & DC, Fl. tranc. vol. iv. 

 p 504. Genista candicans, Linn. Cent. i. 609 ; Amoen. Acad. vol. iv. 

 p 284. Teline candicans, Webb in Webb & Berth. Phyt. Canar. vol. 11. 

 p. 35. T. monspcssulana, C. Koch, Dendrol. vol. l. p. 30.— O. bTAPF. 



According to Sweet the Broom here figured was intro- 

 duced into England in 1735, but in the third edition of 

 the Gardeners' Dictionary published that year MiLer 

 alludes to it as the Base Tree Trefoil of Montpelher and 

 already established in this country. It was still to be 

 found wild at Graumont near Montpelher up to forty 

 years ago, but owing to the clearing of the land was 

 hardly able to maintain itself. Its natural area extends 

 from the Canaries to Algeria and Spain and thence 

 throughout the Mediterranean region to Greece, while a 

 peculiar variety occurs in Syria. Tournefort towards 

 the close of the seventeenth century was the first author 

 to associate the plant particularly with Montpelher, 

 whence the name Cytisus monspessulanus first used by 



November, 1916. 



