586 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART IIl. 
x 39. G. pito'’sa Lin. The hairy Genista. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 999.; Smith’s Eng. Fl. 3. p. 263,; Hayne Abbild. der deut. Holz., p. 161. ; 
Dec. Prod., 2. p. 152.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 153. 
Synonymes. G. repens Lam. Fl. Fr.; Benistéides tuberculata Meench Meth. 
ae Jacq. Fl. Austr., t. 208.; Clus. Hist., 1. p. 103. f.2.; Hayne Abbild., t. 120.; and our 
Spec. Char., $c. Stems procumbent, stri- 
ated, branched, tuberculated. Leaves 
obovate-lanceolate, obtuse, folded, and 
having beneath a close-pressed silky 
down. Flowers axillary, on short pe- 
dicels. Calyx and pedicels silky. Le- 
gumes pubescent, and 3—4-seeded. (Dec. 
Prod., ti. p. 152.) A procumbent shrub, 
a native of the south of France, Switzer- 
land, Germany, &c., and of Britain, on + 
dry elevated downs or heaths, in Suffolk, 
Cornwall, and in North Wales; flowering in May and June. The specific 
name, pilosa, is certainly not very appropriate; for there are other species, 
such as G. candicans, which are much more hairy. 

~~ 40. G. prtoca’rPA Link. The hairy-fruited Genista. 
Identification. Link. Enum., 2. p. 223.; Dec. Prod. 2. p. 152.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 154 
Spec. Char. §c. An erect shrub, with angular downy branches, and lanceolate 
leaves, clothed beneath with silky pubescence. Flowers racemose, on short 
pedicels. Legume hairy. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 152.) A shrub, growing to the 
height of 2 ft. or 3 ft. Introduced in 1823, but from what country is un- 
certain. It flowers in June and July. 
App. i. Hardy Species of Genista not yet introduced. 
The following abridged descriptions are almost all taken from De Candolle’s 
Prodromus and Don’s Miller. We have given them here, in order to direct 
the attention of patriotic travellers to the subject; because the seeds of many 
of the sorts might, doubtless, be obtained from the directors of botanic gardens, 
in the places where they are indigenous ; and seeds of all the species will retain 
their vital powers for two years or more. 
G. méilis Dec. ; Spartium mélle Cav. Ann., 1801. p.57. Leaves on short petioles, trifoliolate, and 
as well as the calyxes, branches, and legumes, clothed with soft villi. Flo Xi H 
ere of en gat See Prod., ii. p. 145.) y wens Sanat are 
. patens Dec. ; Spartium patens Cav. Icon., 2. p. 58. t. 176., exclusive of the synon 
striated, twiggy, glabrous. Leaves stalked, trifoliolate ; leaflets obovate, pubescent Honeeth “itowere a 
fours, pedicellate, nearly terminal. Legume glabrous, 3—6-seeded. Native of Spain, on mountains 
near Albayda. It differs from C¥tisus patens, in the upper lip of the calyx being acutely bipartite. 
lower lip of 3 bristles, not with the lips nearly equal and entire. Flowers from Aprilto July. Shrub, 
4 ft. to 8ft. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 145., and Don’s Mill, ii. p. 149.) ; . 
G. sessil?fdlia Dec. Lég. Mém., 6. Leafiets 3, rising from the same point on the branches, linear- 
subulate, silky, sometimes solitary. Spike terminal, elongated, loose-flowered. Corolla silky. Legume 
ovate, acuminated, pubescent, 1—2-seeded. A shrub, from 1 ft. to 2 ft. in height, a native of Galicia 
on hills. The flowers closely resemble those of G. pildsa ; but the standard is shorter than the keel, 
(Dec. Prod., ii. p. 146.) ‘ 
G. casparrina Guss. ex Schlect. Linnza., 4. p. 38., under Spartium. A beautiful shrub, with slender 
gee the lower leaves ternate, and the upper ones simple. Like G. radiata. (Don’s Mill., 2 
p. 149. : 
G. acanthéclada Dec. Lég. Mém. 6., D’Urv. Enum. Leaves nearly sessile, and trifoli ; 
linear, complicated, and rather silky. Branches round, stiff, tect! and spiny, poten ab Ieee 
state Rigg ee ae = cuposite Bspored along weber in a kind of interrupted spike. Calyx 
pubescent. is found wild in exposed places in the Levant, in the Islan i 
a shrub from 2 fe, to 3 ft high. (Dec. Prod. ii. p. 147) ; ON ee 
x, Lobélii Dec. Fl. Fr., 4. p. 499., Lob. Adv., p. 409., Chab. Sciag., p. 86. f. 1. ; Spartiu i 6. 
ides Lots. Fl. Gail., p. 441. Leaves few, and the lower ones beset oa re oben dhe Beet ielaile, 
scattered, linear-oblong, and rather silky. Branches crowded, spiny, striated, and rather tuber. 
culated. Flowers few, solitary, pedicellate, disposed along the branches in a kind of raceme. Calyx 
es. A shrub, from 1 ft. to2 ft. high, found in arid places in Corsica and Provence. (Dec. Prod., 
li. p. 147, 
G. parvifolia G. Don; G. microphylla Morzs. Elench., p. 13. Hairy. Leaves alterna’ ifoli 
upper ones simple; leaflets oblong-linear, acute, complicated, Peet above; lower pceerecim 
Branches crowded, spiny, alternate ; younger ones furrowed. Flowers racemose. Native of Sardinia. 
Legume 4—5-seeded, linear, villous. Shrub, 1ft. to 2 ft. high. (Don’s Mill., 2. p. 150.) 4 
G. Salzmdnni Dec. Lég. Mem.,6.; G. wmbellata Salam. Leaves sessile, trifoliolate, or simple, ob- 
