CHAP. XLI. 



LEGUMINA CEiE. GENl STA. 



585 



Saltzwed^ho sagitt^lis 

 209. ; Hayue Abbild., t. 1 17. ; and our 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches smooth, 3-aiigled, and, as well as the stems, ascending. Leaves lanceolate, 

 and mucrona'e. FlowiTs a.iwillary. Legume compressed, and mucronate. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 151.) 

 A shrub, not excoeding 1 It. in heiglit, a native of Hungary, on calcareous rocks, and closely 

 resembling G. trlquetra, of which, notwithstanding its simple leaves, it may possibly be only a 

 variety ; the change not being greater than what takes place in fraxinus excelsior simplicifblia. 



„* 35. G. SAGiTTA^Lis L. The arrow-jointed Genista. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 998. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 1.51. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 153. 

 Synonymes. G. herbacea Lam. Ft. Fr. ; Genistella raccmftsa Mccnch Meth. 



Ft. ffelt., 2. p. 498. 

 Engravings. Mill. Icon., t.259. f. 2. ; Jacq. Fl. Aust, 

 fig. Til. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Stems prostrate. Branches 

 herbaceous, ascending, 2-etiged, mem- 

 branous, somewhat articulated. Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate. Flowers disposed in an 

 ovate, terminal, leafless spike. Corolla 

 smooth ; but the keel is furnished with a 

 villous line on the back. (Don's jMUI., ii, 

 p. 153.) A prostrate shrub, a native of 

 Continental Europe, in mountain pas- 

 tures. Introduced in 1750. It seldom 

 exceeds half a foot in height, and, for prac- 

 tical purposes, may be considered as a 

 herbaceous plant. It flowers in May and 

 June, and is a very distinct, ornamental, 

 and hardy sort ; growing antl flowering freely. 



Variety/. 



^G. s. 2 minor Dec. Prod., ii. p. 151. — A small shrub, having the 

 branches clothed with adpressed pubescence at the apex, as well as 

 the leaves {Don's Mill., ii. p. 153.) 



-* 36. G. DiFFu'sA Willd. The diflfuse Genista. 



Lleniification. Willd. Sp., 3. p. 942. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 152. ; Don's Mill , 2. p. 153. 



Synony7nes. G. humiftisa Wulf in Jacq. Coll., 2. p. 169. ; Spartium procumbens Jacq. Icon. liar., 3. 



t. 555. but not of Alton. 

 Engraving. Jacq. Icon. Rar., t. 555. 



Spec. Char.,SfC. Branches procumbent from the neck, triquetrous. Leaves lanceolate, and smooth, 

 a little ciliated. Peduncles axillary, erect, and disposed in interrupted fascicles. Corollas and 

 legumes glabrous. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 152.) A procumbent shrub, a native of Italy and Styria, in 

 exposed places, where it flowers in May and June. It was introduced in 1815, and is probably 

 a variety of the preceding species. 



Jt 37. G. prostra'ta Lam. The prostrate Genista. 



Identification. Lam. Diet., 2. p. 618. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p 152. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 153. 



Synonymes. G. pedunculita L'Hirit. Slirp., 181. ; G. decumbens Dur. Bourg., 1. p. 299. ; G. Halleri 



Heyn. Mem., 1. p. 211. icon. 

 Engravings. Lodd. Bot. Cab., 718. ; Reyn. Mem., 1. p. 211. icon. ; and ourj?^^. 278. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Stems diflfuse, prostrate. Branches 



angular, striated, rather hairy. Leaves ovate-oblong, | ' ^j^ 

 somewhat hairy beneath. Flowers axillary, on - ^^ . 



long erect pedicels. Corolla glabrous. Legumes \^-p!' 

 hairy, 3— 4-seeded. (Dec. Prod., il p. 152.) A ^-''^^^^ 

 prostrate shrub, a native of Burgundy, and the 

 Alps of Jura. Introduced in 1775, and not unfrequent in gardens and nur- 

 series. It flowers in May and June. 



jk 38. G. procu'mbens Waklst ct Kit. 

 Waldst. et Kit. in Willd. Sp., 3. p. 940. 



Identification. 

 p. 153. 



The procumbent Genista. 



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



Sjicc. Char. S,-c. Branches procumbent, round, striated, rather downy. Leaves 

 lanceolate, acute, and, as well as the cal\ xes, downy beneath. Flowers pe- 

 dicellate, axillary, in threes. Corolla glabrous. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 152.) A 

 procumbent shrub, a native of Hungary and Moravia; introduced in 1816, 

 and flowering from June to August. Most likely only a variety of the pre- 

 ceding species. Frequent in collections. 



