CHAP, XLI. LEGUMINA‘CER. GENI‘STA. 579 
on a laburnum, it forms a singular object, and, when in flower, a most 
magnificent one. It is also an admirable plant for training against a wall, 
particularly in dry situations, where it is exposed to the sun. Where it is 
desired to train a plant in the form of a man, an animal, or of any artificial 
object, by planting Genista triquetra in a favourable soil and situation, and 
placing over it a wire frame of the exact form of the object to be produced 
in green, the shoots might be trained to the frame; and in summer, when 
the plant was in flower, the form would appear as if covered with gold; 
while in winter, from the greenness of the shoots, it would be completely 
green. 
2% 5. G. BRACTEOLA‘TA Lk. The bracteolated Genista. 
Identification. Lk. Enum., 2. p. 224.; Dec. Prod., 2. p, 146.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 149. 
Spec. Char., &c. Branches striated, pubescent. Leaves pubescent, trifoliolate ; the leaflets obovate: 
Flowers in short terminal racemes. Calyx hairy. (Dec. Prod., ii. p.146.) A deciduous shrub, 
growing to the height of from 2ft. to 4ft., and flowering from March to May. It was introduced 
in 1823, but from what country is unknown. De Candolle knows so little about it, that he expresses 
a doubt, in his Prodromus, as to whether he has given itits right place in the series of species. 
x 6. G. UMBELLA‘TA Poir. The umbellate-fowered Genista. 
Identification. Poir. Suppl, 2. p.715.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 146.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 149. 
Synonyme. Spartium umbellatum Desf. Ati., 2. p.133., L’Hérit. Stirp., 183. 
Spec. Char., &§c. Leaf trifoliolate, its petiole short, its leaflets linear-lanceolate, and rather silky. 
Flowers in terminal heads. Calyx hairy, ina silky manner, Corolla and legume silky. Branches 
glabrous, (Dec. Prod., ii. p.146.) Found in Barbary, on arid hills, and introduced in 1799. It 
grows to the height of from 1 ft. to 2ft., and flowers from April to June. 
Variety. 
= G. u.2capitdta Dec. has the branches and leaves clothed with silky hairs. It is a native 
of Mogador, and issynonymous with the Spartium capitatum Cav. Annal. 1801, p. 63. 
“7. G. Lusita’nica L. The Portugal Genista. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 999., exclusive of the synonymes of Clus. and J. Bauh.; Lam. Dict., 
2. p. 662., exclusive of the synonymes; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 146.; Don’s Mill., 2. p.150. 
Engraving. Andr. Bot. Rep, t. 419, 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches spiny, round, becoming striate. Leaves trifo- 
liolate, opposite, upon short petioles ; the leaflets linear, folded, somewhat 
silky. Flowers few, terminal. Calyx very hairy. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 146.) A 
native of Portugal, where it grows 4 ft. high. Introduced in 1771, and 
flowering from March to May. It forms a very spiny shrub, remarkable for 
having opposite leaves and branches; a character not common among Le- 
guminacee. 
% 8. G, (L.) RADIA‘TA Scop. The rayed-branched Genista. 
Identification. Scop. Carn., No. 871. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 146,; Don’s Mill., 2. 
PR se Spartium radiatum Lin. Sp, 996., Mill. Icon., t. 249. f. 1., 
Sims Bot. Mag., 2260, ; G. ilvénsis Daiech. 
Engravings. Mill, Icon., t.249. f.1.; Bot. Mag., t. 2260. ; and our jig. 269. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches angled, grouped, glabrous. 
Leaf trifoliolate, almost sessile, opposite, the leaflets 
somewhat silky, Flowers in terminal heads, 2—4 in 
ahead. Corolla and legume silky, The old branches 
show a tendency to become spiny. The legumes are 
oval, short, compressed, pointed with the style, and 
include two seeds. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 146.) A native 
of Italy, Carniola and the Vallais; introduced in 1758, 
and flowering in June and July. It bears a close re- 
semblance to G. lusitanica, differing from it principally 
in being without spines, and having its leaves some- 
what longer. Both this species or variety, and G. lu- 
sitanica, have a very singular appearance when without 
their leaves ; and, in that point of view, they may be con- 
sidered as almost as interesting in winter as they are 
in summer. Shrubs of this kind of interest are most desirable for intro- 
ducing among evergreens, more especially if they are at the same time free 
flowerers. 

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