lyS LEGUMINOSAE 



CYTISIJS— continued 



C. Battandieri. 15. June. D. Lflts. ov., 3, covered with silky hairs. Fls. \, 

 yellow, fragrant, in upright terminal racemes. Pod 2 x ^. North Africa. 

 (Fig. 2 H.) 

 C. Dallimorei. 9. May. D. Ls. downy. Fls. |, pink to crimson. Hybrid 



raised at Kew. 

 C. nigricans. 5. June-July. D. Stems erect, cylindrical, downy. Lflts. obov., 

 I, pointed. Fls. \, yellow, slender-stalked, in terminal spikes. Pod i\ 

 or less, hairy. Europe. (Fig. 3 F.) 

 C. purpurea. Purple Broom. 1 1. May-June. D. Prostrate, with ascending 

 hairless branchlets. Ls. long-stalked; lflts. ov., obov., i. Fls. f, purple. 

 Pod I \, hairless. East Europe. 

 C. scoparius. Common Broom. 6. May. D. Branches erect, green, angular. 

 Lflts. lane, |, slightly hairy. Fls. i, bright yellow. Pod 2, hairy on 

 margins. Europe (including Britain). (Fig. 37 N.) 

 Variety Andreanus. Fls. yellow with chocolate wings. 

 Y ariety fidgens. Fls. yellow with red wings. 

 Variety sulphureus. Fls. pale yellow. Smaller and more compact. 



Erinacea pungens. Hedgehog Broom, i. April-May. D. Branches erect, 

 green, stiff, and spiny-pointed. Ls. few, simple, linear, |, entire. Fls. |, purplish 

 blue, in few-flowered clusters just below apex of branchlet. Pod f , oblong, hairy, 

 splitting. East Pyrenees and North-west Africa. (Fig. 37 a.) 



GENISTA. Stems green. Ls, usually simple. Fls. yellow, in terminal racemes 

 or clusters. Pod linear-oblong; seed without appendage. 



{a) Ls. opposite, yfol. 



G, horrida. i. July. D. Stems rigid, spiny, silver-grey. Fls. \. South 



France and Spain. (Fig. 37 e.) 

 G. radiata. 3. June. D. Lflts. ^, hnear. Fls. in small heads. Central and 



South Europe. (Fig. 37 Q.) 



{b) Ls. alternate, simple 



G. aetnensis. Etna Broom, 20. July. Branches long, dark green, with very 



few Is. Ls. linear, |. Fls. scattered singly. Pod \, ending in sharp curved 



point, Sicily. (Fig. 37 T.) 

 G. anglica. Needle Furze, Petty Whin. 2. June. D. Spiny. Ls. lane, ov., \. 



Europe (including Britain). (Fig, 37 c) 

 G. anxantica. Neapolitan Broom, i, June, D, Ls.ov,, i, hairless. Pod hairless. 



South Italy. 

 G.hispanica. Spanish Gorse. i^. May-June. Clusters of branching spines. 



Ls. few, lane, \. Fls. in small heads. South-west Europe. (Fig. 37 d.) 

 G.pilosa. Hairy Greenweed. \\. June. D. Ls. obov., ^, blunt-ended, hairy, 



in clusters on older shoots. South-west Europe (including Britain). 



(Fig. 117 G.) 

 G. sagittalis. i. May-June. Prostrate. Stems broadly 2-winged, hairy. Ls. 



few, ov., f. Europe. 

 G. {Carniold) tinctoria. Dyer's Greenweed. 2. June-July. D. Semi-pros- 



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