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ARBOllETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART in. 



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Jc 39. G. PILO'SA Lin. The hairy Genista. 



MeaMcation. Lin. Sn., 999. ; Smith's Eng._Fl. 3. p. 263. ; Hayne Al.bild. der deut. Holz., p. Iril. ; 

 Dec Prod . 2. p. 152. : Don's Mill., 2. p. Ibj- , ,., ir j ir,,). 



Jig. 279." 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Stems procumbent, stri- 

 ated, branched, tuberculated. Leaves 

 obovate-lanceolate, obtuse, folded, and 

 having beneath a close-pressed silky 

 down. Flowers axillary, on short pe- 

 dicels. Calyx and pedicels silky. Le- 

 gumes pubescent, and 3— 4-seeded.(Z)<fT. 

 Prod., ii. p. 152.) A procumbent shrub, 

 a native of the south of France, Switzer- 

 land, Germany, &c., and of Britain, on 

 dry elevated downs or heaths, in Suffolk, 

 Cornwall and in North Wales ; flowering in ISIay and June. The specihc 

 name, pilosa, is certainly not very appropriate; for there are other species, 

 such as G. candicans, which are much more hairy. 



-^ -iO. G. piloca'rpa Linh. The hairy-fruiteJ Genista. 



Identification. Link. Enum., 2. p. 223. ; Dec. Prod. 2. p. 1.52. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 154. 



Spec. Char. Sfc. An erect shrub, with angular downy branches, and lanceolate 

 leaves clothed beneath with silkv pubescence. Flowers racemose, on short 

 pedicels. Legume hairy. {Dec' Prod., n. \^.\b2.) A shrub, growing to the 

 hein-ht of -2 ft. or 3 ft. Introduced in 1823, but from what country is un- 

 certain. It flowers in June and July. 



App. i. Hardy Species of Genista not yet introduced. 



The following abridged descriptions are almost all taken from De Candolle's 

 Prodromns and Don's JMillcr. We have given them here, in order to direct 

 the att^ion of patriotic travellers to the subject; because the seeds of many 

 of the sorts niiiiht, doubtless, be obtained from the directors of botanic gardens, 

 in the places where they are indigenous ; and seeds of all the species will retain 

 their vital powers for two years or more, 



(4 mollis Dec • Snartium molle Cav. Am., 1801. p. 57. Leaves on short petioles, trifoliolate, and 

 as well as the calv.^ies, branches, and legumes, clothed with soft viIIl Flowers axillary, crowded. 

 Native of Mogad'or. (Dfc. Prud., ii. p. 145.) 



G. pa< -"-- "■■'-*■ J-— = ''-". T., 



striated, 

 fours, pe 



lower lip oViTbrisVlesTnot wrtli t'he lips nearly 'equal aniVentire. Flowers from April lo July. Shrub,' 

 4 ft. toSft. (Z)fc Prorf., ii. p. 145.,andX)o»'«.V(//., ii. p. 149.) 



G scssilifdiia Dec. Leg. Mem., 6. Leaflets 3, rising from the same ponit on the branches, linear- 

 subulate silky sometimes solitary. Spike terminal, elongated, loose-tlowercd. Corolla silky. Legume 

 ovate acuminated, pubescent, l-l2-seeded. A shruh, from 1 ft. to 2 ft. in height, a native of Galicia, 

 on hills. The flowers closely resemble those of G. pil6sa ; but the standard is shorter than the keel. 



G cawanhui Guss! ex Schlect. Linna-a., 4. p. 38., under .5p.irtium. A beautiful shrub, with slender 

 branches, the lower leaves ternate, and the upper ones simple. Like G. radiata. {Don's Mili., 2. 



G acanthiclada Dec. L(5g. l\I^m. 6., D'Urv. Enum. Leaves nearly sessile, and trifoliolate ; leaflets 

 linear complicated, and rather silkv. Branches round, stitf, terete, and spiny, becoming at length 

 striated Flowers almost opposite, d'isposed along the branches in a kind of interrupted spike. Calyx 

 pubescent. It is found wild in exposed places in the Levant, in the Island of Melos, where it ionns 

 a shrub from 2 ft. to 3 ft. high. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 147) 



G Lobil\\ Dec Ft. Fr., i. p. 499., Lob. Adv., ]). 409., Chab. Sciag., p. 86. (. 1. ; Spartium erinaceo- 

 ides Lois Fl. Gall., p. 441. Leaves few, and the lower ones sessile, and trifoliolate ; the rest sessile, 

 scattered linear-oblong, and rather silky. Firaiiches crowded, spiny, striated, and rather tuber- 

 culated 'Flowers few, solitary, pedicellate, disposed along the branches in a kind of raceme. Calyx 

 pubescent. A shrub, from 1 ft. to 2 ft. high, found in arid places in Corsica and Provence. {Dec. Prod., 



" G parvifhlia G. Don ; G. microphylla iloris. Elencli., p. 13. Hairy. Leaves alternate, trifoliolate, 

 upper ones simple; leaflets oblong-linear, acute, complicated, smooth above; lower ones obovate. 

 Branches crowded! spiny, alleniatc ; voungcr ones furrowed. Flowers racemose. Native of Sardinia. 

 Legume 4— 5-seeded, Uncar, villous. ' Shrub, 1 ft. to 2 ft. high. {Don's Mill., 2. p. 150.) 

 G Satxmdnni Dec. L^g. Mkm.,(\. ; G. urabellata Sn/xwi. Leaves sessile, trifoliolate, or simple, ob- 



