the current season this Broom may be pruned back in spring 
to within an inch or two of the old wood. Its other re- 
quirements are best met by a well-drained loamy soil and a 
sunny position. Usually considered a Cytisus this plant has, 
however, been treated by Bentham and Hooker as the type 
of a very distinct monotypic section, Lembotropis, within 
that genus, and Dr. Briquet, who has added to that section 
another species, C. glabrescens, Sart., has transferred the 
two allied forms composing it to the genus Genista, Linn. 
In so far as regards the former conclusion there can be 
little hesitation in following Dr. Briquet; to whichever of 
the two genera our plant be referred its nearest ally is 
C. glabrescens. But so far as the latter is concerned it 
appears, as yet, preferable to follow Bentham and Hooker. | 
Description.—Shrub; twigs at first shortly adpressed 
white-pubescent, soon becoming glabrous; their bark tawny. 
Leaves 3-foliolate or rarely 5-foliolate ; leaflets oblanceolate 
or wide-oblanceolate, rounded and apiculate, base cuneate, 
the lateral 41—-2-in. long, }-1 in. wide, the terminal rather 
longer, papery, glabrous above, sparingly adpressed-hairy 
beneath, lateral nerves rather obscure on both surfaces; 
petiolules very short ; petiole }~2 in. long, channelled above, 
shortly adpressed-pubescent. Jtacemes terminal, in flower 
6-7 in. long; rhachis tomentose Jike the young twigs; 
bracts deciduous ; pedicels up to + in. long, decurved at the 
tip, in flower straight, tomentose like the rhachis; bracteole 
solitary to and near the tip of each pedicel, usually persisting 
in fruit. Calyx 2-lipped, 14 lin, long, shortly adpressed- 
pubescent outside, teeth small, lanceolate. Corolla yellow ; 
standard refracted, suborbicular, emarginate, under } in, 
long, over } in. wide, glabrous outside, thinly pilose near 
the base within, claw under 1 lin. long; wings } in. long, 
7 in. wide, claw 1 lin. long; keel 4 in. long, 4 in. wide, 
claw under 1 lin. long. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary 
under 4 in. long ; style 4 in. long. Pod usually about 14 in. 
long, 4 in. wide, tawny, thinly adpressed-pubescent. Seeds 
under { in. long, pale brown, shining; sibebiole sinall, white. 
Fig. 1, flower, petals removed; 2, standard; 3, wing-petal; 4, keel-petal ; 
5, pistil; 6, pods; 7 and 8, segments of it , 3 ; 
enlurged except 6 and 7, which are of weesceaten. stares vepeaenarese to 
