266 DICOTYLEDONS. LEGUMINOS-IL. Ulcx. 



* Shrubby. 



1 . S. salicifolia, leaves ovato-lanceolate serrated glabrous, racemes 

 terminal compound, p. 152. — IVoods. 



** Herbaceous. 



2. S. Filiptiidula, leaves interruptedly pinnate, all the leaflets 

 uniform deeply cut or serrated paniculato-cymose. p. 152.— 

 Pastures. 



3. S. Utmaria, leaves interruptedly pinnate serrated downy be- 

 neath, terminal leaflet largest and lobed, flowers in compound 

 (and as it were proliferous) cymes, p. 152. — Meadows. 



Order XLVII. LEGUMINOS.E. Juss, 



Co/.inferior, 5-cIeftor 5-toothed. Cor. of 5 petals, papilionaceous. 

 Stam. 10, monadelphous, diadelphous or distinct. Ovary one, 

 1-celled. Slijle and Stigma 1 . Legumen 2-valved, dehiscent, 

 or indehiscent. Placefita marginal. Seeds with or without al- 

 burrien, furnished with a mkropyle. Radicle recurved on the 

 cotyledons, which are large and thick. 



Herbs or Shrubs. Leaves alternate, compound, furnished with 

 general and partial stipules j jointed. 



* Stam. all connected or monadelphous, the tube often cleft above. 

 1. GENISTA. 

 Cal. 2-lipped, upper one with 2, lower one with 3 teeth. Slandard 

 bent backwards from the rest of the flower. [Genista and 

 Sparlium, Sm.) 



* Branches unarmed. 



1, G. scoparia, leaves tcrnatc and solitary oblong, flowers axillary 

 shortly pedicellate, legumes hairy at the margin, branches an- 

 gular.' p. 211. 



2. G. linctoria, leaves lanceolate glabrous, branches rounded stri- 

 ated erect, flowers racemose, legumes glabrous, p, 212. 



■^" Branches spinose. 



S. Q. anglica, leaves ovato-lanceolate glabrous, spines simple 

 none on the flowering branches, flowers axillary subracemose^ 

 legumes glabrous, p. 212. 



2. ULEX. 



Cal. of 2 leaves, with a small scale at the base on each side. Le- 

 gume turgid, scarcely longer than the cal. 



1. U. europceus, cal. teeth obsolete connivent, bracteas ovate lax^ 

 branchlets erect, p. 212. 



2. U. nanus, '* teeth of the cal. lanceolate spreading, bracteas 



ntitiutc clf'te-pre^sed, branches reclining," Sm, p. 212^ 



