CHAP. XLI. LEGUMINA‘CEE. ADENOCA‘RPUS. 603 
Genus IX. 
ADENOCA/RPUS Dec. Tue Apenocarpus. Lin. Syst. Monadélphia 
Decandria. 
Identification. Dec. F\. Fr. Supp., 549. ; Lég. Mém., 6.; Prod, 2. p. 158.; Don’s Mill, 2. p. 157. 
Derivation. From adén, a gland, and karpos, fruit; in reference to the legumes being beset with 
pedicellate glands, 
Description, §&c. Shrubs, having very divergent branches ; trifoliolate leaves, 
that have petiolar stipules, folded leaflets, and are usually grouped; and yellow 
flowers upon bracteolate pedicels, and disposed in terminal racemes. (Dec. 
Prod., ii. p. 158.) Natives, chiefly, of Europe, which require the same cul- 
ture as C¥ytisus ; from which genus most of the species have been separated. 
% 1. A.utspa’nicus Dec. The Spanish Adenocarpus. 
Identification. Dec. F\. Fr. Suppl., 549.; Lég. Mém., 6.; Prod., 2. p.158.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 158. 
Synonymes. CyYtisus hispdnicus Lam. Dict., 2. p.248.; C. anagfrius L’Hérit. Stirp., 184., N. Du 
Ham., 5. p. 149. 
Spec. Char., §c. Calyx glandulose and villose; lower lip with three equal 
segments, that are barely longer than the upper lip. Branchlets hairy. 
Flowers grouped. Standard rather glabrous. (Dec. Prod., ii. p.158.) A 
shrub, between 2ft. and 4 ft. high, a native of shady and moist places in 
Spain and Portugal. (Dec.) Introduced in 1816, and producing its yellow 
flowers in June and July. 
z 2, A. InTERME‘DIUS Dec. The intermediate Adenocarpus. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 158. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 158. Qa, 
Synonyme. C¥tisus complicatus Brot. Fl. Lus., 2. p. 92. “s 
Engravings. Clus. Hist., 1. p. 94. f.1.; and our jig. 295. 
Spec. Char., §c. Calyx pubescent ; pubescence glandu- 
lated; the middle of the three segments of the lower 
lip of the calyx longer than the side ones, and than the 
upper lip. Branchlets rather villose. Flowers rather 
distant. Standard rather glabrous. (Dec. Prod., ii. 
p. 158.) A native of sunny gravelly places in Portugal 
and Old Castile, and Mount Scuder, in Sicily, and of 
Mongiana, in the kingdom of Naples. A shrub, 4 ft. 
high, in cultivation in British gardens; but the year of 
its introduction is unknown. It produces yellow flow- 
ers from May to July. This is a very handsome spe- 
cies, and one that is much admired for its fine terminal 
spikes of flowers, which, in favourable seasons, and in 
a dry soil, ripen abundance of seeds. 

& 3. A. parviro‘Lius Dec. The small-leaved Adenocarpus. 
Identification. Dec. Lég. Mém., 6., and Prod, 2. p.158.; Don’s Mill, 2. p, 158. 
Synonymes. C¥tisus parvifdlius N. Du Ham, 5. p. 147., Lam. Dict., 2. p. 248., — 
exclusive of the synonymes; C¥tisus divaricatus Ll Hérit. Stirp., 184; Cytisus 
complicatus Dec. Fl. Fir., No. 3821. ; Spartium complicatum Lozs. Fl. Gaill., 441 
Engravings, N. Du Ham., 5. t. 47. f. 1. ; and our Jig. 296. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Calyx somewhat pubescent, with glandulous 
pubescence ; the central segment of the lower lip longer 
than the side segments, and much exceeding the upper lip 
in length. Branches glabrous. Flowers distant. Standard 
pee ae (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 158.) A native of sunny 
eaths in the west of France. A shrub, between 2 ft. and 
10 ft. high. Branches whitish. (Dec.) 

