MAY. 16] 
Genista ANGLICA. Needle Greenweed, or Pettywhin. 
Not unfrequent on moist, peaty heaths and moors, but 
easily passed over if not sought for, as it resembles at first 
glance the Ulex. Its stems are declining, and very much 
beset with spines, except the flowermg branches, which are 
free. The leaves are very small, smooth, and narrow. Flowers 
yellow, in small spikes. Pod smooth. Another species less 
common, Genista pilosa, is found on dry sandy heaths. It 
flowers twice in the year, in May and September. Its leaves 
are very small, and silky beneath, flowers yellow, stems re- 
clining, but it has no spines, and the pods are downy. 
DIADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. 
CALYCIFLORZ. FABACE. 
OROBUS. (Brrrer Vetcu.) 
Generic Character. Pistil long, narrow, downy above, be- 
coming the pod. Calyz obtuse at the base, its upper segments 
deeper and shorter. The /eaves have no tendrils, which dis- 
tinguishes it from the Vetches. 
Orosus TuBERosvs. (Plate XL. Fig. 42.) Zuderous Orobus. 
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