Habitat. Egypt. : 
Quality. Nareotic ; yields a fine blue dye. 
- 
Uses. Leaves often mixed, sometimes 
largely, with Alexandrian Senna. It 
is commonly cultivated for its indigo 
in Nubia. 
Cyrisus. De Candolle. 
Calyx 2-lipped, the upper lip ge 
rally atte. Sudan’ broad. 
Stamens monadelphous. P. 
compressed, many-seeded. 
1. C. scoparius Link. — ( Broom.) 
Fig. 245. 
Branches angular, smooth ; leaves 
small, the upper simple, the 
lower trifoliate ; flowers axillary, 
solitary, stalked ; pods hairy at 
the edges. he 
Habitat. WHeaths of all Europe. | 
Quality. Emetic, purgative, diuretic. 
Uses. Broomtops in dropsy. 
2. C. Laburnum Linngeus.—(LA- 
er BURNUM.) : 
/ A tree; leaflets 3, ovate-lanceolate, 
Bee} downy beneath ; racemes pene 
dulous, many-flowered. 
S 4 Habitat, Alps of Europe. 
*\.) Quality. Seeds narcotic, dangerous. a 
\ 4 Uses. Seeds are a frequent cause of 
dents among children. This is oW 
to the presence of an active pr 
called Cytisine. 
3. C. alpinus Miller.—(The Se 
Lapurnum of Gardens.) a 
Perhaps a variety of the last; 
no doubt, similar properties. 
Fig, 244.—T Apollinea ; 245. 
pede 5 Tephrosia Apo’ . 
