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*Leaves densely silky-hairy on both surfaces :— 
1. Cytisus pallidus, Poir.—Laxly leafy; leaflets rather 
elongate-lanceolate, averaging about 4 cm, long an 
7 mm. broad, silky-hairy above, silvery below with 
long closely appressed hairs; bracteoles as long as or 
longer than the calyx; calyx-lobes linear-subulate. 
ndemic to La Palma. Native name ‘“‘Gacia 
blanca.”’ 
2. Cytisus Perezii, Hutchinson, sp. nov.—Very densely 
leafy; leaflets distinctly obovate, averaging about 
3 cm. long and 1:2 cm. broad, densely clothed with 
long closely packed silky hairs on both surfaces; brac- 
teoles much shorter than the calyx; calyx-lobes tri- 
angular-lanceolate. 
Endemic to the islands of Grand Canary and 
Hierro. Native name ‘“‘ Escabon de Canaria.” 
**D caves densely silky-hairy only on the lower surface, the upper 
surface glabrous or nearly so :— 
3. Cytisus proliferus, Linn.—Rather densely leafy; leaf- 
lets linear or linear-oblanceolate, averaging ~ about 
3 cm. long and 0-5 em. broad, glabrous or very nearly 
so above from the beginning, but especially so when 
mature, closely silky-hairy below. 
Endemic to Tenerife and Gomera. Native name 
‘* Escabon.”’ 
*** eaves glabrous or thinly pubescent with few short scattered 
hairs :— 
lanceolate. 
Endemic to La Palma. Native name ‘‘ Tagasaste.” 
5. Cytisus stenopetalus,* Christ.—Laxly leafy; leaflets 
obovate or obovate-oblanceolate, averaging 25 cm. 
long and 0-8 em. broad, thinly and shortly pubescent; 
racemes overtopping the leaves, man -flowered ; brac- 
teoles half as long as the calyx; calyx-lobes triangular- 
lanceolate. 
Endemic to La Palma, Gomera and Hierro. Native 
name ‘‘ Gacia. 
PS * 
1. Cytisus pallidus, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. ii. 442 (1811); Bot. 
Mag. t. 8578. 
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* Readily distinguished from C. maderensis, Masf., from Madeira, with 
which it was united 
