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Cytisus leucanthus. Pale-flowered 



Cytisus. 



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67<t/} and Order. 



DlADELPHIA DeCANDRIA. 



Generic Cbarafler, 



Cat. 2-labiatus : labio fuperiore 2-dentato. Caring ere&a. 

 Legum. bafi attcnuatum, compreflum. (Stamina monadelpba. 

 Folia ternata.) 



Specific CbaracJcr and Synonyms. 



CYTISUS leucanthus ; caulibus ereBis ramofis, floribus capi- 

 tals, calycis labio fuperiore emarginate truncato : infenore 

 integerrimo acuto. 



CYTISUS leucanthus; floribus umbellatis terminalibus, cau- 

 libus ere&is, foliolis ellipticis glabris acutis. IVilld. Sp, 

 PL 3. p. 1 1 24. Pcrfoon Syn. 2. p. 81O. 



CYTISUS leucanthus. Plant, rar. Hung. t. 132. 



Descr. Stem fhrubby, branched upwards ; branches vil- 

 lous. Flowers in terminal fubumbellated beads. Leaves pe- 

 tiolatc : leaflets lanceolate, filky on both fides from adprefled 

 mining hairs. Calyx cylindrical, bilabiate: upper lip emarginate- 

 truncate : lower lip apparently fimple, acute. Co rolla elongated : 

 vexiltum oblong-obcordate, with reflexed fides. Ala not half 

 the length, clawed. Carina two-petaled : petals united at the 

 point, nearly like the alae. Filaments all connecled. Germen 

 oblong, flattened, filky. Style naked : Jligma fubcapitate. 



The branches are flenderer, and the flowers much finaller 

 than in Cytisus aujlriacus. 



We were favoured with living fpecimens of this plant by 

 Mr. Donn, from the Botanical Garden at Cambridge, at the 

 Tame time with thofe of Salvia Hablitziana, publilhed in lad 

 number. We have alfo received fpecimens of the fame plant 

 from Mr. Buchanan, Nurferyman at Sydenham. 



Native of the heaths and woods of the Banate, in Hungary. 

 Hardy. Flowers in Auguft. 



