ROEINIA: FURZE 303 



Flowers white, scented, numerous, in long, pendulous, 

 loose, axillary racemes. Calyx shortly and broadly toothed, 

 the upper lobe slightly so, making it nearly 2-lipped; 

 standard large and erect, with reflexed edges, yellowish at 

 base ; wings oblong, curved ; keel curved, obtuse. Stamens 

 9 united, 1 free, almost equal. Pollen grey-white, smooth, 

 ellipsoid, with 3 longitudinal folds, about 37 /JL long. Ovary 

 stalked, ovules numerous. Style sharply bent upwards at 

 right-angles to the ovary : stigma capitate, crowned with 

 hairs. Pods broad, flat, linear, 6 8 cm. long, glabrous, 

 pendent, compressed and margined above, with about 4 7 

 seeds. 



** Stamens all united : flowers yellow. 



t Calyx deeply divided into 2 lips, and coloured 

 yellow ; flowers solitary or in pairs. Legume 

 brown velvety. 



Flowers about 15 mm. long. Wings 

 longer than the keel. 



Ulex europceus, L. Furze, Gorse (Fig. 120). Spiny 

 shrub, with large yellow protandrous flowers, devoid of 

 honey and pollinated by bees. 



Flowers singly or in pairs in the axils of the upper- 

 most leaves (spines) and so grouped into spike-like masses. 

 Large, golden-yellow. Calyx hairy, divided to the base 

 into two unequal lips. Ala3 wrinkled at upper posterior 

 margin. Stamens all united. Pollen deep yellow, rough, 

 ellipsoid fusiform, with 3 longitudinal grooves. Style in- 

 rolled. Pod short, hardly longer than the calyx, hairy. 



Flowers about 7 8 mm. long. Wings not 

 longer than the keel. 



Ulesc nanus, L. Dwarf Furze. Flowers like the 



