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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III 



Spec. Char., &c. Decumbent, with upright round branches. Leaves simple, linear-lanceolate, silky 

 beneath. Flowers terminal, 3 or 4 together, in a sort of raceme. Petals silky, nearly equal. Lobes 

 of the calyx oblong-acuminate; the floral leaves equalling the calyx in length. (Dec. Prod., ii. 

 p. 149.) A decumbent shrub, not exceeding 6 in. in height; a native of Austria and Croatia, in 

 subalpine places near the shore ; introduced in 1812, and flowering in May and June. 



jt 19. G. HUMiFu'sA L. The trailing Genista. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 998.j Vill. Dauph., 3. p. 421. t. 44. ; Dec Prod, 2. p. 149.; Don's Mill. 



2. p. 152. 

 Engraving. Vill. Dauph., 3. p. 421. t. 44. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Procumbent, the branches crooked, bearing tubercles, pilosely hairy, so rigid at the 

 tip as to seem spiny. Leaves simple, linear-lanceolate, pilosely hairy. Flowers axillary, solitary, 

 almost sessile. Petals silky, almost equal. Lobes of the calyx ovate, subacute. [Dec. Prod., ii. 

 p. 1490 A trailing shrub, from the Levant, in 1819, flowering in May and June. 



at 20. G. apuv'lla Dec. The leafless Genista. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 14". ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 152. 



Si/nony7nes. Spartium aphyllum Lin. Fit. Siipp/., 320. ; G. virgSlta Lam. Diet., 2. p. 616. 



Engraving. Pall. Itin. Ed. Gall. Append., No. 3u7. t. 99. f. 2. 



Sjjcc. Char., Sfc. Branched, upright. Leaves simple, very few, linear, very 

 short. Flowers disposed distantly in lengthened terminal racemes. Legumes 

 compressed, inchiding 2 seeds; when young tomentose ; when adult, glabrous. 

 {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 150. )Found in Siberia, in deserts, about the Volga ; and 

 introduced in 1800. It grows to the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft. in British gar- 

 dens ; and is one of the few species of Genista which have flowers of any 

 other colour than yellow, those of this species being violaceous, and pro- 

 duced in June and July. 



« 21. G. monospe'rm A Z/r«rt. The one-seeded Genista. 



Identification. Lam. Diet., 2. p. Clfi. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. l.W. ; Don's Mill., 2 p. 152. 

 Sijnonymcs. Spartium monosp^rraum Lin. Sp., 9!).')., Curt. But. Mag., t. 683. ; G. lits^tam Forsk. 

 Engravings. Curt. Bot. .Mag., t. 6S3. ; and ouryi^'. 272. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Branched, upright. Leaves simple, very few, linear-oblong, 

 adpressedly pubescent. Flowers in lateral racemes, few in a raceme. Petals 

 silky, almost equal. Legumes ovate, inflated, mem- 

 branaceous, glabrous, including 1 — 2 seeds. (Dec. 

 Prod., ii. p. \50.) An erect shrub, with numerous 

 slender, twiggy, flexile branches, and white flowers. 

 It is a native of the coast on both sides of the Me- 

 diterranean Sea, where, in many places, it serves 

 to retain and consolidate the tlrifting sand. The 

 leaves and young branches are, in these countries "^f'^ 

 eaten by sheep and goats ; and the twigs are used 

 for tying vines to stakes, or tying up faggots ; and 

 they are also twisted into ropes. In British gar- 

 dens, the plant is highly ornamental. There is a fine 

 plant of it in the Hammersmith Nursery. 



s 22. G. sph.eroc.\r'pa Lam. The round-fruited Genista. 



Identification. Lara. Diet., 2. p. 616. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 150. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 152. 



Synonyme. .Spartium sphserociirjion Lin. Mant., 571. 



Engraving. Clus. Hist., 1. p. 102. f. 2. 



Spec. Char., SiC. Twiggy, branched. Leaves simple, few, linear, almost glabrous. Flowers in lateral 



racemes, many in a raceme. Petals glabrous, equal Legumes ovate, in some measure fleshy, con. 



taining 1—2 seeds. Flowers small, and pale yellow. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 150.) A twiggy shrub, a 



native of the south of Europe and north of Africa, introduced in 1731. It grows to the height of 



3 fl. or 4ft, and produces its small yellow flowers in June and July. 



ae 23. G. .ethne'nsis Dec. The Mount Etna Genista. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 150. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 152. 



Synonymes. Spikrtium jethnense Biv. St. Sic. Mant., 2., Bafin. Speech., \. gro 

 p. 17., Sitns Bot. Mag, 2674.; Spartium trisptrmum Smith in Bees^s ~ 

 Cycl., vol. 32. No. 5. 



Engravings. Bot, Mag., t. 267+. ; and our^g. 273. 



Spec. Char., S(C. Upright, very much branched. Leaves simple, few, linear, ./>/,> 

 siiky. Flowers in terminal racemes. Petals almost glabrous, nearly equal / Et/ 

 in length. Legumes obliquely ovate, compressed, containing 2 — 3 seeds ; / \'/ ^ 

 when young, pubescent. [Dec. Prod., ii. p. 150.) An erect twiggy shrub, a [ 

 native of the wooded region of Mount Etna, and resembling the preceding V 

 species, except that the flowers are twice the size. It was introduced in Sf-y^^ 

 1816, grows to the height of from 2 ft. to 4 ft., and protluccs its yellow flow- &/■?/). 

 crs in June and July. \ i^^iy 



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