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B. Leaflets oLovate-ol)long or ellii)tical, oUnse. Stipules 

 minute, dociduoup. Stems puberulent, taller than the pre- 

 ceding. Eacemes terminal and lateral elongated. Corolla 

 yellow, striped with red. Pods ohlong cylindrical, stalked, 

 glabrous, many-seeded, deflexed. Undershrub*. Cult. B.G. 

 also in Formosa. 



(af,^t^^*-) C. Saltiana, Andr. 



3. ULEX, L. 



Flowers yellow, solitary in the axils. Calyx membranous, 2- 

 bracteolate, 2 -partite, upper lobe 2-, lower S-tcothed. Wings 

 and keel ol)tnse. Anthers dimor[)hous. St^'le smooth, stigma 

 capitate. Pod few-seeded, compressed, scarcely longer than the 

 calyx. Densely sftinous shrubs ; spines spreading, furrowed rigid. 

 Leaves spinescent, exstipulate. Branches spinous. Cult. B. G. 

 Fl. November. 



(>N 1) I - -y r) TL europceus, L. 



4. SPARTIUiVl, L. 



Flowers yellow, in terminal racemes. Calyx spathaceous, deeply 

 parted on the upper side, minutely .5-toothed. Standard sub- 

 orbicular. Keel acuminate, adnate to the starainal-tube l)y the 

 claws. Anthers dimorphous. Style incurved, stigma oblique de- 

 current on the inner side. Pod subseptate within. Shrubs, often 

 leafless. Tjeaves unifoliolate ; stipules none. Branches terete. 

 Cult. Fl. June. Tokio. 



( 1^ ?' -^ ) S. junceum, L. 



5. GENISTA, L. 



Flowers yellow, racemed. Calyx 2-bracteolate shortly 2-lipped ; 

 upper lip deeply 2-ftd, lower shorter 3-toothed. Wings gibbous 

 at the base, adnate to the staminal tube. Keel obtuse. Anthers 

 dimorphous. Style incurved, stigma oblique. Pod compressed, 

 5-10-seeded. Low unarmed shrubs. Leaves unifoliolate, sessile, 

 lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous; stipules minute, setaceous. 

 Branches striate-angled. Cult. B. G. 



( b i« y ^^' :t - -y ?•) G. tinctor-ia, L. 



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