CHAP. XLI. LEGUMINA CE®. GENI'STA. 585 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches smooth, 3-angled, and, as well as the stems, ascending. Leaves lanceolate, 
and mucrona‘e. Flowers axillary. Legume compressed, and mucronate. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 151.) 
A shrub, not exceeding 1 ft. in height, a native of Hungary, on calcareous rocks, and closely 
resembling G. triquetra, of which, notwithstanding its simple leaves, it may possibly be only a 
variety ; the change not being greater than what takes place in Fraxinus excélsior simplicifdlia. 
35. G. sacirta‘tis L. The arrow-jointed Genista. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 998. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p.151.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 153. 
Synonymes. G. herbacea Lam. Fl. Fr.; Genistélla racemdsa Meench Meth.; Saltzwedélia sagittalis 
Fl. Wett., 2. p. 498. 
Engravings. Mill. Icon., t.259. f. 2.; Jacq. Fl. Aust., t. 209.; Hayne Abbild., t.117.; and our 
Jig. 277. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Stems prostrate. Branches 96 
herbaceous, ascending, 2-edged, mem- 
branous, somewhat articulated. Leaves 
ovate-lanceolate. Flowers disposed in an 
ovate, terminal, leafless spike. Corolla 
smooth; but the keel is furnished with a 
villous line on the back. (Don’s Dhill., ii. 
p-. 153.) A prostrate shrub, a native of 
Continental Europe, in mountain pas- 
tures. Introduced in 1750. It seldom 
exceeds half a foot in height, and, for prac- 
tical purposes, may be considered as a 
herbaceous plant. It flowers in May and 
June, and is a very distinct, ornamental, 
and hardy sort; growing and flowering freely. 

Variety. 
x G. s. 2 minor Dec. Prod., ii. p.151.— A small shrub, having the 
branches clothed with adpressed pubescence at the apex, as well as 
the leaves (Don’s Mill., it. p. 153.) 
* 36. G. pirFu‘sA Willd. The diffuse Genista. 
Identification, Willd. Sp., 3. p. 942.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 152.; Don’s Mill, 2. p. 153. 
Synonymes. G. humifisa Wulf in Jacq. Coll., 2. p. 169. ; Spartium procumbens Jacq. Icon. Rar., 3. 
t. 555. but not of Aiton. 
Engraving. Jacq. Icon. Rar., t. 555. 
Spec. Char., &c. Branches procumbent from the neck, triquetrous. Leaves lanceolate, and smooth, 
a little ciliated. Peduncles axillary, erect, and disposed in interrupted fascicles. Corollas and 
legumes glabrous. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 152.) A procumbent shrub, a native of Italy and Styria, in 
exposed places, where it flowers in May and June. It was introduced in 1815, and is probably 
a variety of the preceding species. 
«37. G. prostra‘ta Lam. The prostrate Genista. 
Identification. Lam. Dict., 2. p.618.; Dee. Prod., 2. p. 152. ; Don’s Mill, 2. p. 153, 
Synonymes. G.pedunculata L’Herit. Stirp., 184.; G. decambens Dur. Bourg., 1. p. 299. ; G. Haller? 
fteyn. Mem., 1. p. 211. icon. 
Engravings. Lodd, Bot. Cab., 718.; Reyn. Mem., 1. p. 211. icon. ; and our fig. 278. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stems diffuse, prostrate, Branches 
: 78 
angular, striated, rather hairy. Leaves ovate-oblong, \ a 


somewhat hairy beneath. Flowers axillary, on a8 
long erect pedicels. Corolla glabrous. Legumes \\y>7— LG 
hairy, 3—4-seeded. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 152.) A SUAS ES : 
prostrate shrub, a native of Burgundy, and the 
Alps of Jura. Introduced in 1775, and not unfrequent in gardens and nur- 
series. It flowers in May and June. 
x 38. G. procu’mMBENS Waldst. et Kit. The procumbent Genista. 
Poe aton. Waldst. et Kit. in Willd. Sp., 3. p.940.; Dec. Prod., 2. p.152.; Don’s Mill, 2. 
p. 153. 
Spec. Char. §c. Branches procumbent, round, striated, rather downy. Leaves 
- Janceolate, acute, and, as well as the calyxes, downy beneath. Flowers pe- 
dicellate, axillary, in threes. Corolla glabrous. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 152.) A 
procumnbent shrub, a native of Hungary and Moravia; introduced in 1816, 
and flowering from June to August. Most likely only a variety of the pre- 
ceding species. Frequent in collections. 
