600 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stems decumbent. Branches round and twiggy; when 
young, hairy, but smooth when old. Leaflets ovate, hairy beneath. Flowers 
lateral on very short pedicels, aggregate. Calyxes and pods hairy. (Dee. 
Prod.,ii. p. 156). Found in rugged places from Genoa to Hungary. In- 
troduced in 1739, and flowering from June to August. 
% 21. C. capita‘tus Jacg. The headed-flowered Cytisus. 
Identification. Jacq. F). Austr., t. 33.; Dec. Prod. 2. p. 156.; Don’s Mill,, 2. p. 156.. 
Synonymes. C. hirsutus Lam. Dict., 2. p.250.; C, supinus Lin. Sp., 1040. 
Engraving. Lodd, Bot, Cab., t. 497. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stems and branches erect, the latter hispid. Leaflets ovate- 
elliptic, hairy. Flowers numerous, and forming heads at the points of the 
branches ; but sometimes lateral in the autumn. Calyxes and pods covered 
with short hairs. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 156.) An upright-growing shrub, from 
2ft. to 4ft. high. Found wild on the edges of woods in Burgundy, Italy, 
and Austria. Introduced in 1774, and flowering in June and July. Plants, 
in London, are Is. each. : : 
se 22. C. crt1a‘tus Wahlenb. The ciliated-podded Cytisus. 
Identification. Wahlenb. F1. Carp., 219.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 156. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 156. 
Spec. Char., §c, Stems upright. Branches smooth when old, but when 
young, hispid. Leaflets obovate, clothed beneath with closely pressed 
hairs. Flowers approximate in threes, at length lateral. Pods glabrous 
and ciliated. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 156.) A shrub, from 2 ft. to 4ft. high, a 
native of the Carpathian Mountains; flowering in June and July; and intro- 
duced in 1817. 
ww 23. C. poLy’tRicHus Bieb. The many-haired Cytisus. 
Identification. Bieb, F). Taur. Suppl.,477.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 156.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 156. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stems declinate. Branches hispid. Leaflets obovate-ellip- 
tic. Flowers lateral, usually in pairs, pedicellate. Calyxes and pods hairy. 
(Dec. Prod., ii. p. 156.) This shrub is found in pine forests, on high 
mountains, in Tauria; and De Candolle observes of it, that it has the 
hairiness of C. capitatus, the disposition of the flowers of C. hirsitus, and 
the habit of C. supinus. It was introduced in 1818. It grows from 2 ft. 
to 3 ft. high, and flowers in June and July. 
§ v. Lotétdes Dec. 
Derivation. From lotos, the lotus, and ezdos, appearance; from the general resemblance of the spe- 
cies to the genus Lotus. Aitkin. 
Spec. Char., §c. Tube of the calyx short, obconical; the upper lip 2-parted, 
the lower 3-toothed. Corolla hardly longer than the calyx. Many-stemmed 
decumbent shrubs, deciduous, with few flowers, generally capitate and ter- 
minal, and all yellow. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 156.) 
& 24, C. aRGE’NTEUS L. The silvery Cytisus. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1043.; Desf. Atl., 2. p.139.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 156. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 157. 
Synonyme. Lodtus argénteus Brot. Fl. Lus., 2. p. 119. 
Engraving. Lob. Icon., 2. p. 41. f. 2. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stems decumbent. Leaves, calyxes, corollas, and pods 
clothed with a closely pressed silky down. Leaves petiolate, trifoliolate ; 
leaflets oblong-lanceolate. Flowers 3—4, produced at the points of the 
shoots. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 156.) A decumbent shrub, a native of Carniola, 
the south of France, and Mauritania. Introduced in 1739, and flowering 
in August. A silky silvery-looking shrub, from the prevalence of closely 
pressed silky down over all its parts ; noticed in the specific character, and 
whence it derives its specific name. Plants, in the London nurseries, are 
1s, 6d. each. 
