We 
As the synonymy cited above indicates, there has been 
considerable diversity of view as regards the generic 
position of this plant, though it seems clear that there is no 
justification for either of the two rival views which have 
found most favour, and that the species cannot be considered 
a Spartium or a Genista. There is more to be said in favour 
of the view that this endemic species represents a distinct 
generic type, but although in habit it is more suggestive 
of a Fetama, Mr. Craib considers that, in the present state 
of our knowledge, it is preferable to follow Dr. Briquet and 
retain the plant in the genus Cytisus. The material from 
which our figure has been prepared was sent by Sir F. 
Moore from the Royal Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, where it 
is grown against a wall. Like other Brooms, that of the 
Peak of Teneriffe is a lover of the sun, and though not 
hardy in the open ground in most parts of this country, 
might well succeed on a sunny wall. At Glasnevin ‘it 
flowers in May, and is very striking in its long wands of 
creamy white blossom. It should be propagated by seeds. 
Description.—Shrub, branches rather stout, erect, striate, 
at first loosely clothed with white hairs, soon glabrous. 
Leaves 3-foliolate, with petioles 1 in. long; leaflets linear- 
lanceolate to narrow-oblanceolate, acute or obtuse, cuneate 
at the base, usually about as long as the petiole, pubescent 
on both surfaces, Flowers lateral, shortly pedicelled, 
pedicels adpressed hairy. Calyx almost 2-lipped, tubular- 
campanulate, gibbous above, adpressed-hairy; tube } in. 
long; upper lip with 2 short, acute, deltoid teeth; lower 
lip somewhat spreading, 3-toothed, the central tooth the 
longest. Corolla glabrous ; standard oblong-obovate, retuse, 
auricled below, 4 in. long, 1 in. wide, claw 1 in. long; 
wing-petals 1 in. long, } in. wide, claw ¢ in. long; keel blunt, 
auricled below, } in. long, qo In. wide, claw 1 in. long. 
Stamens monadelphous, Ovary linear, flattened, narrowed 
to the base, glabrous, many-ovuled ; style filiform; stigma 
capitate, papillose. Pod compressed, usually over 1 in. 
long, } in. wide, brown. Seeds black, almost ovate, } in. 
long; arillus rather thick and pale, its margin crenulate. 
Fig. 1, a flower, petals removed; 2, vexillum; 8, wing-petal; 4, keel; 
9, pistil ; 6, ovary, laid pet 7, part of a fruiting branch; 8 and 9, secd:— 
all enlarged except 7 and , Which are of natural size, 
