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GENISTA bracteolata. 

 Macemose Genista. 



DIADELPHIA (MONADELPHIA) DECANDBIA. 

 Nat. ord. Fabaceje, § Papilionace^. 

 GENISTA. Botanical Register, vol. U.fol. 1150. 



G. bracteolata; incano-pubescens, foliis ternatis, foliolis obovatis obtusissimis 

 basi angustatis, racemis terminalibus elongatis floribus dissitis. 



Genista bracteolata. Link enum. plant, hort. reg. berol. 2. 224. DeCand. 

 prodr. 2. 146. 



The accompanying drawing of this rare plant was made 

 in June, 1832, from a specimen communicated by Mr. Young, 

 nurseryman, of Milford, which was unfortunately lost. It 

 had been received by him from Mr. Webb, who had gathered 

 it in TenerifFe, and sent it home under the name of Cytisus 

 racemosus. Some years afterwards, upon shewing the figure 

 to Mr. Webb, he recognized it as the Gejiista bracteolata of 

 Link, an obscure plant unknown to DeCandolle. 



It approaches very near to some of the plants known in 

 herbaria under the name of G. candicans, especially to that 

 gathered by Mr. Boissier on the mountains of Ronda, and 

 Link stations it next to that species ; its long narrow leaflets 

 and loose terminal racemes seem however to keep it distinct. 



The cultivation of the species should doubtless be the 

 same as that of similar leguminous plants from the Canaries, 

 such as Genista canariensis, now commonly called Genista 

 rhodopncBa (the rose-scented) in the gardens. 



They multiply readily from cuttings, and may be grown 

 either in a pot in the greenhouse or planted out in the border 

 of the conservatory. They form handsome bushes in either 

 place, and become one mass of sweet-scented bloom for many 

 weeks in the early part of the season. The soil which they 



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