CHAP. XLI. LEGUMINA‘CEX®. GENI'STA. 583 
% 24. G. scario‘sA Viv. The scarious-margined-leaved Genista. 
Identification. “Viv. Ann. Bot., 1. p. 2.175.; Fragm. Fl. Ital., 1. p.5.t.8.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 150. ; 
Don’s Mill, 2. p. 152. : ; 
Synonymes. G. januénsis Viv. Cat., p. 10., Bert. Pl.; G. genueénsis Pers. Ench., No 5. 
Engraving, Frag. Fi. Ital., 1. t. 8. 
Spee. Char., §c. The whole plant perfectly glabrous. Stem ascending. Younger branches 3-sided. 
Leaves simple, lanceolate, or the lowest obovate, dry and shriveled in the margin. Flowers in 
racemes. Corolla twice thelength of the calyx. Legume linear, including 4—7 seeds, some of the 
intervals between them constricted. (Dec. Prod.,2. p. 150.) An upright shrub, a native of Liguria 
and of the kingdom of Naples. Introduced in 1821 and flowering in June and July. 
x 25. G. anxa’ntTIca Ten. The Anxantic Genista. 
Ede iaeion. sen Fl. Nap. Prod., p. 41.; Fl. Nap., 2. p. 127. t. 66.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 150.; Don’s 
ill., 2. p. 152. 
Synonyme. G. amsantica Tenore. 
Engravings. ¥F1. Nap., 2. p. 127. t. 66.; Swt. Fl.-Gar., 2d ser. t. 266.; and our figs. 274, 275. 
Spec. Char,, §c. The whole plant is 
perfectly glabrous. Stems spread- 
ing. Branches angled. Leaves 
simple, ovate-elliptical, rather coria- 
ceous, veiny. Flowers in racemes, 
Corolla thrice as long as the calyx; 
and about 8 lines long. Legume con- 
taining 8—10 seeds. (Dec. Prod., ii, & 
p. 150.) <A diffuse shrub, a native © 
of the kingdom of Naples. Intro- 
. duced in 1818, and flowering in June 
and July. There are plants of this species in the Chelsea and other bo- 
tanic gardens. It is wel) adapted for ornamenting rockwork, from its trail- 
ing habit, and profusion of yellow flowers. 

x 26..G. TINcToO‘RI1A L. The Dyer’s Broom, or Green Weed. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 998. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 151.; Don’s Mill, 2. p, 152, 
Synonymes. Base Broom, Green Weed, Green Wood, Dyer’s Weed, and Wood-waxen ; Genét des 
Teinturiers, Genet de Sibérie, Fr. ; farbender Ginster, Ger. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 44.; and our jig. 276. 
Spec. Char., §c. Root creeping. Stems almost 
upright. Branches round, striated, upright. 
Leaves simple, lanceolate, rather glabrous, 
Flowers glabrous, in spiked racemes. Legume 
glabrous. (Dee. Prod., ii. p. 151.) A creeping- 
rooted low shrub, common in Europe, in grassy 
fields, and in woods and copses, particularly 
in dry gravelly or sandy soils; flowering in 
July. It is very common in pastures in many 
places both in England and Scotland; and, 
when cows feed on it, it is said by Ray to give 
a bitter taste to their milk. All parts of this 
pau. and especially the branches, and leaves, 
ave long been used by dyers for producing yellow, especially for dyeing 
wool that is afterwards to be dyed green with woad (Jsatis tinctoria L.), 
We are not aware that the Genista tinctoria is in cultivation, as a dyer’s 
plant, either in Britain or on the Continent ; but,in Suffolk and Norfolk, 
and probably other counties, the wild plant is collected in quantities, and 
sold to dyers. The ashes afford an alkaline salt, which is employed as a 
diuretic in dropsy and other diseases. In Britain, the principal use of the 
plant, when in a state of cultivation, is as an ornamental shrub, 

Varieties. 
a G. t. 2 latifolia Dec. — Leaves broad-lanceolate. (Dec. Prod.) A native 
of Auvergne, on the Golden Mount. (Don’s Mill.) 
a G, 1. 3 hirsita Dec. — Leaves somewhat villose. Branches upright. A 
native of sunny meadows. 
