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DIADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. Ulex. 
Europe’ us. Uv. eaye shorter than the —— with 2 spear-shaped 
na’nus, 
eciduous scales at the bas 
Be bot. 742—-F/, dan. 608-—Clus. i 1, 106. 2-Dod. 759. 1=Ger. 
em. 1319. 1-Park. 1004, 1—F. B. i, 5. 400. 2. 
Stems and — deeply furrowed. Leaves deciduous. 
Calyx ea woolly, but not equally so in all plants. 
Bloss. yellow. Besides the pair of scales at the top of the fruit- 
stalk close to the calyx, there is a single scale at its base, on t 
outer side. 
French Furze. Gorze. Common Furze. Heaths, road sides, 
and pastures, but does not flourish in very poor soil. Extremely 
luxuriant in Cornwall, growing to the height of 6 or 8 feet. 
P. Feb,—Aug. 
U. Calyx about as long as the blossom, with @ dark-co- 
loured spots at the base. 
E. bot. 743. 
Stems and branches less deeply furrowed than in the preced- 
ing, and the leaves more permanent ; but the best distinction is 
that pointed out to me by Mr. Stackhouse, who first observed 
that the U. europaeus had a pair of distinct scales at the base of 
= calyx, which are pale and deciduous like the leaves ; but that 
the U. manus has a pair of dark-coloured spots, not deciduous. 
These = examined under a glass are really scales, but ve 
alyx 
of their thorns ; but the luxuriant and more upright growth of 
the former is strongly contrasted by the awariih 
pearance of the latter, 
orze. Dewarf F Whins. ‘On Barren Commons. 
Flowers all the year, or never more fully than in ee 2 
and October. 
ONO'NIS. Cal. with 5 divisions ; segments strap- 
shaped: standard scored: filaavetits united 
without an opening : /egumens swoln, sitting, 
we of 1 cell. 
ashes are used to make ley. Team horses may be s upported by by this — 
plant, if it is cut youngand bruised in a mill to break the thorns. Goat's 
cows, sheep, and horses feed upon the tender tops, 
