578 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART Ill. 
Description, §c, The hardy species are deciduous or sub-evergreen shrubs, 
generally with trifoliolate leaves and yellow flowers ; there is a great same- 
ness of character among them; and, though many are quite distinct, yet it is 
highly probable that the greater number now recorded as species are only 
varieties. They are chiefly natives of Europe; but a few are found in the 
north of Africa, and they are all hardy or half-hardy. A number of the spe- 
cies were formerly included under the genus Spartium, and some under C¥tisus, 
from which they have been separated by Lamarck, whose arrangement as 
modified by De Candolle, we have adopted in the following enumeration, 
- g& 1. G. pARviIFLO‘RA Dec. The small-flowered Genista. 
Identification. Tec. Prod., 2. p. 145.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 148, 
Synonyme. Spartium parviflorum Vent. Hort. Cels., t.87. 
Engraving. Vent. Hort, Cels., t. 87. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaf trifoliolate, its petiole very short; its leaflets usually deciduous, very narrow, 
glabrous. Flowers in lengthened terminal racemes. Legumes compressed, 1—3-seeded, rather 
pubescent, being covered with minute closely pressed down, slightly spreading. (Dec. Prod., ii. 
p. 145.) A deciduous shrub, a native of the Levant, near the Gulf of Mundania, producing its 
yellow flowers from May to August. It was introduced in 1817; and, in British gardens, grows 
to the height of 6 ft. or 7 ft. 
% 2. G. cLtava’ta Poir. The club-shaped-calyxed Genista. 
Identification. Poir. Supp., 2. p. 717. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 145. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 149. 
Synonyme. Spartium sericeum Vent. Hort. Cels., t. 17., but not of Ait. 
Engraving. Vent. Hort. Cels., t. 17. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaf trifoliolate. Leaflets linear-sublanceclate, silky beneath. Flowers in terminal 
heads. Legume compressed, so as to be flat, tapered at the base, containing 1—2 seeds. (Dec. 
Prod., ii. p.145.) A deciduous shrub, from 2ft. to 4 ft. high, a native of Mogador, in Spain; 
introduced in 1812. Its flowers, which are produced from May to August, are yellow, and rather 
larger than those of the preceding species. De Candolle thinks it is perhaps a species of C¥tisus. 
a 3. G.ca’npicans L. The whitish-surfaced Genista. 
Identification. Lin. Ameen. ; Dec. Prod.,2. p. 145.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 149. 
Synonymes. C¥tisus candicans Lin. Sp.; C. pubescens Meench. 
Engravings. Dend. Brit., t.80. ; and our fig. 267. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaf trifoliolate, petiolate; leaflets obo- 
vate, pubescent, with appressed down. Branches angled. 
Flowers in terminal heads, few in a head. Legume 
hairy. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 145.) It is allied to G, cana- 
riénsis, but has larger leaves, and scentless flowers. (Dec.) 
A sub-evergreen shrub, a native of Mogador, Italy, and the 
Levant. Introduced in 1735, and producing its large 
scentless flowers from April to July. In British gardens, 
it grows to the height of 4 ft. or 5ft.; and the great ad- 
vantage of this species is, that it grows rapidly, and flowers 
freely. In a newly formed garden or shrubbery, where it 
is desirable to produce a considerable effect the first sum- 
mer, there are few shrubs better adapted for this purpose 
than the different species of Genista; provided the plants 
are done justice to, in all that relates to culture. 
x 4. G. TRI’quETRA Ait. The triangular-sfemmed ,Genista. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 3. p.14. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 146. 5 Don’s Mill., 2. p. 149. 
Synonyme. G. triquetra Lam. ? , 
Engravings. Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 314,; and our fig. 268. =s 
Spec. Char., Se, Branches 3-sided, decumbent, the younger 
ones villose. Leaves trifoliolate, simple about the ex- 
tremities of the branches; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, vil- 
lose. Flowers in short terminal racemes. (Dec. Prod., ii. 
p. 146.) A trailing shrub, which, in winter, has the ap- 
pearance of being evergreen from its somewhat winged 
and triangular green shoots. It is a native of Spain, 
Italy, and France; it was introduced in 1748, and, in \{ 
British gardens, produces a vast profusion of flowers # 


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from April to July. No shrub is more ornamental on rockwork ; and when 
trained to a stake, and allowed to form a head, or grafted standard high 
