DIADELPHIA—DECANDRIA. Ulex. 265 



nica; but the thorns of the latter are repeatedly and plentifully ' 

 compound. 



354. ULEX. Furze. 



Linn. Gen. ^7^. Juss. 3o2. FLBr.7i)Q. Lam.t.62\. Gcertn. 



t.\b\. 

 Genista-Spartium. Tourn. tA\2. 



Cal. of 2 ovate-oblong, concave, equal, coloured, permanent 

 leaves, rather shorter than the keel ; the upper with 2 

 small teeth ; lower with 3. Cor, of 5 petals ; standard 

 ovate, cloven, ascending ; wings oblong, obtuse, rather 

 shorter than the standard ; keel of 2 petals, straight, ob- 

 tuse, cohering by their lower edges. Filam. in 2 sets, 

 both united at the base ; one in 9 awl-shaped segments ; 

 the other simple, awl-shaped, separate for more than half 

 its length. Anth. roundish, of 2 lobes. Germ, oblong, 

 nearly cylindrical, hairy. Style awl-shaped, curved up- 

 wards. Stigma small, obtuse. Legume oblong, turgid, 

 stiaight, scarcely longer than the calyx, of 1 cell, and 2 

 rigid, elastic, concave valves. Seeds from 6 to 8, polished, 

 somewhat angular, slightly compressed, with a tumid 

 cloven crest. 



Stem woody, bushy, with abundance of large, compound, 

 very sharp, alternate thorns. Leaves few, small, simple. 

 Ft. axillary, bright yellow. 



1. \]. europccus. Common Furze, Whin or Gorse. 

 Teeth of the calyx obsolete, converging. Bracteas ovate, 



lax. Branches erect. 

 Ulex europeeus. Linn. Sp.PlA^Ab. mild, v, 3.969. Fl.Dr.7o6. 



Engl. Bot. V. 11. t. 742. Forst. in Sym. Syn. IGO. Hook. 



Scot. 2 1 2. Fl. Dan. t. COS. Ehrh. Arb. 86. 

 U. grandiflorus. Pourrci in Act. Tolos. v. 3. 333. 

 Genista spinosa vulgaris. Unii Syn. 4/5. Ger. Em. 13)9./. 

 Ci. sj)inosa major, longioribus aculei.s. Bank. Pin. 394. 

 Ci. s|)inosa. Dod. Ptnipt. 7'>9 f. 

 (uMiislelhe spinosie alhnis, Nepa quibusdam. Bauh. Hist. v. \.p. 2. 



400./. , , 



Scorpiub primus, (lus. Hist. v. \. lOU.J. 

 S. alter, sive Genista spinosa. Dalcch. Hist. I(i4./ 

 On sandy or gravelly heaths and commons abundantly. 

 Shrub. May; and occasionally at all seasons. 

 Stem from 2 to .') feet iiigh, with innumerable, dense, upright, 



green, roughisli, furrowed, branches, spinous at the ends, and 



beset with large, coni|)ound, spreading, striated, green, smoother. 



