Tap. 8528, 
GENISTA HIsPANICA. 
Portugal and Spain to Liguria. 
Leaumrnosaz. Tribe GENISTEAE. 
Genista, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 482. 
Genista hispanica, Linn. Sp. Plant. p. 999; Cav. Icon, vol. iii: p. 6, t. 211; 
Jacq. Icon. t. 557; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1738; Gren. et Godr. Fl. France, 
vol. i.-p. 356: Bicknell, Fl. Pl. Riviera, t. xii. fig. B; Rouy et Fouc. Fi. 
France, vol. iv. p. 225; Reichb. Icon. t. MMLXXXV. fig. i. ii.; Spach in Ann. 
Sc. Nat. sér. iii, vol. ii. p. 271; Aschers. et Graeb. Syn, Mitt. Eur. ¥7. vol. vi. 
sai ii. p. 245; a G. gibraltarica, DC., cui affinis, inflorescentia breviore 
ensiore, carina dorso superne pubescente facile distinguenda. 
Suffrutex erectus vel suberectus; ramuli steriles pinnato- vel decomposito- 
spinosi, plerumque penduli vel subpenduli, ad 6 em. longi, virides, pilis 
longis hic illic instructi; ramuli floriferi tantum folia evoluta gerentes, vel 
e ramis infra ramulos steriles vel e ramulis sterilibus orti, ad 8 em. longi, 
aie: longis albis adpressis instructi. Folia simplicia, anguste oblongo- 
lanceolata vel oblongo-oblanceolata, apice acuta vel subacuta, basi cuneata, — 
ad 10 mm. longa et 3°75 mm. lata, pagina superiore glabra, inferiore 
‘  margineque pilis longis albis plus minusve deciduis instructa, integra, 
nervis lateralibus subobscuris, vix petiolata. Racemi densi, subcapituli- 
formes, circiter 2 cm. longi et diametro; bracteae parvae, ante anthesin 
dectduae; pedicelli 4 mm. longi. Calyx viridis, bilabiatus, extra, ut 
pedicelli, pedunculi ramulique floriferi pubescens; tubus 1-5 mm. longus; 
labium superum e lobis duobus deltoideis obtusiusculis tubo subaequi- 
longis, inferum e lobis tribus lanceolatis obtusis mediano 2 mm. longo 
lateralibus paulo brevioribus constitutum. Corolla lutea; vexillum ovato- 
rotundatum, circiter 8 mm. diametro, glabrum, ungui fere 2°5 mm. longo; 
alae 8°5 mm. longae, 4 mm. latae, margine inferiore basin versus pilis 
paucis albis instructae, ungui vix 2 mm. longo; carina 8°5 mm. longa, 
circiter 2°5 mm. lata, dorso superne pilis paucis albis longis instructa, 
ungui 2°5 mm. longo. Stamina monadelpha. Ovariwm 4 mm. altum, 
pilis longis albis tectum, pluriovulatum, stylo 5:5 mm. longo, stigmate 
arvo capitato. Legumen rhomboideo-oblongum, ad 9 mm. longum et 
q mm. latum, fusco-brunneum, primo pilis longis paucis instructum mox 
glabrum; semina subellipsoidea, brunnea, subnitida, 2 mam. Jonga.— 
partium hispanicum, Spreng. Syst. vol. ill. p. 177. Cytisus hispanicus, 
ukot. in Rad. Jugos Akad. Zagreb. vol. xxx1. p. 100.—W. G. Cras. 
The Genista here figured has long been a favourite garden 
shrub in southern England. Though named G. hispanica, 
it is not confined to the Iberian peninsula, but extends from 
Portugal to Liguria in North-Western Italy. Its nearest 
allies are G. gibraltarica, DC., and G. decipens, Spach ; from 
the former it is distinguished by the shorter and denser 
DrcemBer, 1918, 
