140 BRITISH BOTANY. 



deciduous, developed into spines, which branch at the base. 

 Flowers bracteate, borne on the primary and secondary spines 

 (abortive branches). Calyx ovate, hairy. 



On heaths. Shrub. Perennial ; March-June. 



U. strictus, Mack. Erect-branched Furze. — l.b.s. 249 b. 



Stem much humbler than in the foregoing, with erect branches 

 and small slender spines. Flowers (rarely produced) on the sum- 

 mit of the stem and branches, slightly different from those of 

 the preceding. 



In Lord Londonderry's Park, Down, Ireland. Shrub. Peren- 

 nial ; April, May. 



U. nanus, Forst. Dwarf Furze. — e.b. 743. l.b.s. 250. 

 A. 12. C. 40. Lat. 50-55°. • Alt. 0-200 yds. Tern. 52-48°. 



Stems procumbent or ascending, 1-2 feet high, hairy. Spines 

 slender, taper, smooth, branched at the base. Flowers much 

 smaller than in TJ. europcEus, with very minute adpressed bracts. 

 Calyx downy ; wings shorter than the keel. — It flowers in au- 

 tumn. The common Furze flowers in spring. Dwarf forms of 

 the latter may be mistaken for U. nanus. 



On heaths. Shrub. Perennial ; August-November. 



Genista, Lin. in part. — Under- shrubs, rarely spinous. Leaves 

 simple. Flowers terminal or axillary, in clusters. Calyx her- 

 baceous or slightly coloured, the upper lip 2-toothed, the lower 

 3-toothed. Standard (upper petal) equal to the wings and keel 

 (lateral and lower petals) or shorter than these. Stigma oblique, 

 on the inner side of the style. Legume compressed, many-seeded, 

 rarely few-seeded. 



G. anglica, Lin. Needle Greenweed, or Pettywhin. — e.b. 132. 

 L.B.S. 253. 



A. 17. C. 70. Lat. 50-58°. Alt. 0-700 yds. Tem. 52-40°. 



Shrub tough, wiry, about a foot high, leafless below, spinous 

 and leafy above (the spines appear to be abortive branches, and 

 when recent bear two or three minute thick leaves) . Leaves (leaf- 

 lets) oblong-pointed or blunt, glabrous. FloM'ers in terminal leafy 

 clusters. Legume nearly cylindrical, pointed. Seeds 5-10, ovate, 

 black, shining. 



In dry sandy places. Per. ; April-July. 



G. tinctoria, Lin. Woad-waxen, Dyer's Greenweed. — e.b. 44. 

 L.B.S. 251. 



