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Spec. Char., e Decumbent, with upright round branches, Leaves simple, linear-lanceolate, silky 
beneath. Flowers terminal, 3 or 4 together, in a sort of raceme. Petals silky, nearly equal. Lobes 
of the calyx oblong-acuminate; the floral leaves equalling the calyx in length. (Dee. Prod., ii. 
p. 149.) A decumbent shrub, not exceeding 6in. in height; a native of Austria and Croatia, in 
subalpine places near the shore ; introduced in 1812, and flowering in May and June. 
xy 19. G.numiru‘’sa L. The trailing Genista. 
se hie PIE Lin. Sp., 998.; Vill. Dauph., 3. p.421.t. 44.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 149. ; Don’s Mili. 
, p.io2. 
Engraving. Vill, Dauph., 3. p.421. t. 44. 
Spec. Char., &c. “Procumbent, the branches crooked, bearing tubercles, pilosely hairy, so rigid at the 
tip as toseem spiny. Leaves simple, linear-lanceolate, pilosely hairy. Flowers axillary, solitary, 
almost sessile. Petals silky, almost equal. Lobes of the calyx ovate, subacute. (Dec. Prod., i. 
p. 149,) A trailing shrub, from the Levant, in 1819, flowering in May and June. 
% 20. G. apHy’LLA Dec. The leafless Genista. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 149.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 152, 
Synonymes. Spartium aphyllum Lin. Fil. Suppl., 520.; G. virgata Lam. Dict., 2. p. 616. 
Engraving. Pall. Itin. Ed. Gall. Append., No. 357. t. 99. f. 2. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branched, upright. Leaves simple, very few, linear, very 
short. Flowers disposed distantly in lengthened terminal racemes. Legumes 
compressed, including 2 seeds; when young tomentose ; when adult, glabrous. 
(Dec. Prod., ii. p. 150, )Found in Siberia, in deserts, about the Volga; and 
introduced in 1800. It grows to the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft. in British gar- 
dens ; and is one of the few species of Genista which have flowers of any 
other colour than yellow, those of this species being violaceous, and pro- 
duced in June and July. 
% 21. G. MoNOSPE’RMA Lam. The one-seeded Genista. 
Identification. Lam. Dict., 2. p. 616.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 150.; Don’s Mill.,2 p. 152. 
Synonymes. Spartium monospérmum Lin. Sp., 995., Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 683.; G. Retam Forsk. 
Engravings. Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 683. ; and our fig. 272. 
Spec. Char., &c. Branched, upright. Leaves simple, very few, linear-oblong, 
adpressedly pubescent. Flowers in lateral racemes, few in a raceme. Petals 
silky, almost equal. Legumes ovate, inflated, mem- 
branaceous, glabrous, including 1—2 seeds. (Dec. 
Prod., ii. p.150.) An erect shrub, with numerous 
slender, twiggy, flexile branches, and white flowers. 
It is a native of the coast on both sides of the Me- 
diterranean Sea, where, in many places, it serves: 
to retain and consolidate the drifting sand. The | 
leaves and young branches are, in these countries ~ 
eaten by sheep and goats; and the twigs are used 
for tying vines to stakes, or tying up faggots; and 
they are also twisted into ropes. In British gar- 
dens, the plant is highly ornamental. There is a fine 272 
plant of it in the Hammersmith Nursery. 


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& 22. G. spumRocaR’PA Lam. The round-fruited Genista. 
Identification. Lam. Dict., 2. p. 616.; Dee. Prod., 2. p. 150.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 152. 
Synonyme. Spaxtium spherocarpon Lin, Mant., 571. 
Engraving. Clus, Hist., 1. p. 102. f. 2. 
Spec. Char., &c. Twiggy, branched. Leaves simple, few, linear, almost glabrous. Flowers in laterat 
racemes, many in a raceme. Petals glabrous, equal. Legumes ovate, in some measure fleshy, con. 
taining 1—2seeds. Flowers small, and pale yellow. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 150.) A twiggy shrub, a 
native of the south of Europe and north of Africa, introduced in 1731. It grows to the height of 
3 ft. or 4ft., and produces its small yellow flowers in June and July. 
% 23. G. mTHNE’NsIs Dec. The Mount Etna Genista, 
Identification. Dee. Prod., 2. p. 150.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 152. 
Synonymes. Spartium zthnense Biv. St. Sic. Mant., 2, Rafin. Specch., 1. 
p. 17., Sims Bot. Mag, 2674.; Spartium trispérmum Smith in Rees’s 
Cycl., vol. 32. No. 5. 
Engravings, Bot. Mag., t. 2674. ; and our fig. 273. 
Spec. Char., §c. Upright, very much branched. Leaves simple, few, linear, 
silky. Flowers in terminal racemes. Petals almost glabrous, nearly equal 
in length. Legumes obliquely ovate, compressed, containing 2—3 seeds ; 
when young, pubescent. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 150.) An erect twiggy shrub, a 
native of the wooded region of Mount Etna, and resembling the preceding \ 
species, except that the flowers are twice the size. It was introduced in 
1816, grows to the height of from 2 ft. to 4 ft., and produces its yellow flow- 4 
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