594 ARBORETUM AND FRU'TICETUM. PART III. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches round, twiggy. Leaves 
stalked, and clothed with closely pressed down gy 
beneath, as well as the branches, calyxes, and 
pods; leaflets elliptic. Racemes elongated, ter- 
minal, erect. Calyxes without bracteas. (Dec. 
Prod.,ii. p. 154.) A handsome deciduous shrub, 
growing irom 3 ft. to 6 ft. high, on hills and along 
way sides, in Piedmont, Vallais, and Bohemia; 
producing fine yellow flowers in June and July. 
The whole plant turns black when drying; whence 
the specific name. It was introduced in 1730, and 
is very generally to be found in collections. It A 
ripens seeds in abundance; and it may also be 
propagated by grafting on C. Labirnum, thus | 
forming a handsome standard. Price, in London, Y 
seedlings, 5s. per 100; transplanted plants, from Is. to Ils. 6d. each; and 
plants grafted standard high, from 2s. 6d. to 5s. each: at Bollwyller, 50 
cents a plant, or 3 francs for 25 seedlings: in New York, 50 cents a plant. 
2% 5. C. sEssiLiFo‘Lius L. The sessile-leaved Cytisus. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1041. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 153.; Doni’s Mill., 2. p. 155. 
Engravings. Lam. Ill, t. 618. f.2.; N. Du. Ham., 5. t.45. f. 1.; Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 255.; J. Bauh. 
Hist., 1. p. 2. p. 374. f. 2.3 and our figs. 284, 285. 
Spec. Char., §c. The whole plant quite smooth. Branches round. Floral 
leaves almost sessile, and leaflets ovate. Racemes terminal, short, and 
erect; each calyx having a 3- s 
leaved bractea under it. (Dec. 
Prod., ii. p. 153.) Ashrub, with 
upright branches, and smooth 
shining leaves, growing to the 
height of from 4 ft. to 7 ft., and 
flowering in May and June. It 
is a native of the south of France 
and Piedmont, and was culti- 
vated in Britain by Parkinson, 
in 1569. It is in very general 
cultivation in British gardens, ge- 
nerally as a bush, but sometimes grafted standard high on the laburnum ; 
when it forms a very formal symmetrical, round-headed, small tree, which, 
however, is highly beautiful when in flower. In Dauphiné, it grows with 
great vigour, throwing up numerous suckers ; and these, with the leaves and 
flowers, are greedily eaten by cattle, horses, and sheep, and are considered 
by the inhabitants as highly nutritive. We have given two figures of this 
species both drawn to the same scale, to show how much it varies in the 
magnitude and general appearance of its foliage, according to soil and situ- 
ation. It will be observed that in fig. 285. the leaves are not at all sessile, 
as in the other; but we are nevertheless certain that they are the same 
species. Price, in London, Is. a plant; or, grafted standard high, from 
2s. 6d. to 5s. each. At Bollwyller, dwarf plants are 50 cents each; and at 
New York, 50 cents. 
% 6. C. TRIFLO‘RUs L’ Hérit. The three-flowered Cytisus. 
Identification. L’Hérit. Stirp., 184.; Desf. Fl. Atl., 2. p. 139. ; 
Dec. Prod., 2. p. 154.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 155. 



Synonyme. C. villdsus Pour. Act. Toul., 3. p. 317. 
Engravings. Clus. Hist., 1. p. 94. £.3.; Duh., t.5. f. 452.; and 
our fig. 286. 
Spec. Char.,§c. The whole plant hairy. Branches 
round. Leaves petiolate; leaflets ovate-elliptic. 
Flowers axillary, pedicellate, terete, and some- .._. 
what racemose at the tops of the branches. o3 S 
(Dec. Prod., ii. p. 153.) A straggling hairy 

