CHAP. XLI. LEGU.MINA'CE.E. 6'ENl'sTA. 579 



on a laburnum, it forms a singular object, and, when in flosver, a most 

 magnificent one. It is also an admirable jilant for training against a wall, 

 particularly in dry situations, where it is exposed to the sun. Where it is 

 desired to train a plant in the form of a man, an animal, or of any artificial 

 object, by planting fxcnista triquetra in a favourable soil and situation, and 

 placing over it a wire frame of the exact form of tiie object to be produced 

 in green, the shoots might be trained to the frame ; and in sunnner, when 

 the plant was in flower, the form would appear as if covered with gold ; 

 while in winter, from the greenness of the shoots; it would be completely 

 green . 



a 5. G. BRACTEOLA^TA Lk. The bracteolated Genista. 



Identification. Lk. Enum., 2. p. £24. ; Dec, Prod., 2. p. 146. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 149. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches striated, pubescent. Leaves pubescent, trilbliolate ; the leaflets obovate- 

 Flowers in short terminal racemes. Calyx hairy. {Dec. Prod., ;i. p. 146.^ A deciduous shrub, 

 growmg to the height of from v' t\. to 4 ft., and flowering from March to May. It was introduced 

 in lhi>, but from what country is unknown. l)e Candplle knows so little about it, that he expresses 

 a doubt, in his Prodromus, as to whether he has given it its right place in the series of species. 



j» 6. G. umbella'ta Poir. The umheWate-Jlowered Genista. 



Identification. Poir. Suppl , 2. p. 71,5. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 146. ; Don's Mill., 2. p 149 

 Synoni/ine. 5partium umbellJitum Desf. Atl., 2. p. 153., L'Hi-rit. Stirp., 183. 



Spec. Char., S;c. Leaf trifoliolate, its petiole short, its leaflets linear-lanceolate, and rather silky. 

 Flowers in terminal heads. Calyx hairy, in a silky manner. Corolla and legume silky. Branches 

 glabrous. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 146.) Found in Barbary, on arid hills, and introduced in 1799. It 

 grows to the height of from 1 ft. to 2 ft, and flowers from April to June. 

 f'aricti/. 



j» G. «. 2 cnpitdta Dec. has the brancjies and leaves clothed with silky hairs. It is a native 

 of Mogador, and is synonymous with the 6'partiuni capit^tum Cav. Aniial. 1801, p. 63. 



a 7. G. lusita'nica L. The Portugal Genista. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 999., exclusive of the synonyraes of Clus. and J. Bauh : Lam Diet 



2. p. 662., exclusive of the synonymes; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 146. ; Don's Mill " p l^O ' 



Engraving. Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 419. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Branches spiny, round, becoming striate. Leaves trifo- 

 liolate, opposite, upon short petioles ; the leaflets linear, folded, somewhat 

 silky. Flowers few, terminal. Calyx very hairy. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 146.) A 

 native of Portugal, where it grows 4 ft. high. Introduced in 1771, and 

 flowering from March to May. It forms a very spiny shrub, remarkable for 

 having opposite leaves and branches ; a character not common anion" Le- 

 guminaces. 



* 8. G. (l.) radia'ta Scop. The rAyed-branched Genista. 



Identification. Scop. Cam., No. 871. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 146. ; Don's Mill., 2. 



p. 149. 

 Synonymes. 5partium radiiUum Lin. Sp , 996., Mill. Icon., t. 249. f. 1., 



Sims Boi. Mag., 2260. ; G. ilv<:nsis Da/ech. 

 Engravings. Mill. Icon., t.249. f. 1. ; Bot. Mag., t. 2260. ; and our^fg. 269. 



Spec Char., Sfc. Branches angled, grouped, glabrous. 

 Leaf trifoliolate, almost sessile, opposite, the leaflets 

 somewhat silky. Flowei's in terminal heads, 2 — 4 in 

 a head. Corolla and legume silky. The old branches 

 show a tendency to become spiny. The legumes are 

 oval, short, compressed, pointed with the style, and 

 include two seeds. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 146.) A native 

 of Italy, Carniola and the Vallais; introduced in 1758, 

 and flowering in June and July. It bears a close re- 

 semblance to G. lusitanica, diflcring from it principally 

 in being without spines, and having its leaves some- 

 what longer. Both this s[)ecies or variety, and G. lu- 

 sitanica, have a very singular appearance when without 

 their leaves; and, in that point of view, they may be con- 

 sidered as almost as interesting in winter as they are 

 in summer. Shrubs of this kind of interest are most desirable for intro- 

 ducing among evergreens, more especially if they are at the same time free 

 flowercrs. 



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