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pressed down the tlower bursts open. It has thus an explosive motion, 

 much as in Dyer's Greenweed. 



Furze is dispersed by ants, and also by the plant itself, the seeds 

 being" thrown out of the pods by a catapult movement. 



It is a .sand-loving plant, requiring a dry, sandy soil; but it is also 

 a humus-loving" plant, needing a humus soil to some e.\tent. 



It is galled by Asphondylia ulicis. Psendococcus aceris and I'lacop- 

 tlioyits rhododactvlns also attack it. 



The Thysanoptera T/in'ps ii/icis, Sericofhrips staphyliniis, and the 



t'lRZE {Ulex europceus, L. ) 



Photc. J n. Cr.ibtrcc 



moths Grapholitha ulicetana, Biiialis grandipciiiiis, Anarsia sparticlla, 

 Gelechia malvclla, the Homoptera Livella ulicis and Aphis ulicis feed 

 on it; and so do the beetles Philorhinum sordiduiu, Micranibe vini, 

 Ti))iarclia z'iolacco nigra, Lupcj-us nigrofasciaius, the Homoptera Dclto- 

 cephalus coronifcr, Livilla ulicis, and A. rytcrna, the Heteroptera 

 Piezodorus li/uralus, Hctcrogastcr uiiiccr, Dictyoiiota crassicornis, 

 Hypsitylus bicolor, Asciodevia obsoleiuui, &c. 



Ulex is Pliny's name, but what he intended for it is wrapped in 

 obscurity; the second name applies to its European distribution. 



Furze is called Prickly Broom, Firsun, French Furze, Frez, F"ur, 

 P^urrys, Great Purze, Furzen, Furzen- bushes. Fuzz, Gorse, Gorst, 

 Goss, Gost, Ling, Lwyce, Ruffet, Thorn, Brooni, \'liz, W hin, and 

 Whins. 



