594. 



ARBORETUM AND FRUTICF.TUM. 



PART 111. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches round, twiggy. Leaves 

 stalked, and clothed with closely pressed down 

 beneath, as well as the branches, calyxes, and 

 pods ; leaflets elliptic. Racemes elongated, ter- 

 minal, erect. Calyxes without bracteas. {Dec. 

 Prod.,\\. p. 154.) A handsome deciduous shrub, 

 growing from 3ft. to 6ft. high, on hills and along 

 way sides, in Piedmont, Vallais, and Bohemia; 

 producing fine yellow flowers in June and July. 

 The whole plant turns black when drj ing ; whence 

 the specific name. It was introduced in 1730, and 

 is very generally to be found in collections. It 

 ripens seeds in abundance ; and it may also be 

 propagated by grafting on C. /laburnum, thus 

 forming a handsome standard. Price, in London, 

 seedhngs, 3*. per 100; transplanted plants, from \s. to Is. Gd. each; and 

 plants grafted standard higli, from 2s. 6(1. to 5.t. each : at Bollwyller, 30 

 cents a plant, or 3 francs for 23 seedlings : in New York, 30 cents a plant. 



£ 3. C. SEssiLiFO^Lius L. The sessile-leaved Cytisus. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1041. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 153.; Don's Mill., 2. p.l.M. 



Eneravings. Lam. 111., t. 618. f. 2. ; N. Du. Ham., 5. t. 45. f. 1. ; Curt. Bot. Mag., t. S-W. ; J. Baiih. 

 Hist., 1. p. 2. p. 374. f. 2. ; and omji^s. 284, 285. 



Spec. Char., ^c. The whole plant quite smooth. Branches round. Floral 

 leaves almost sessile, and leaflets ovate. Racemes terminal, short, and 



erect; each calyx having a 3- 



leaved bractea under it. (Dec. 



Prod., ii. p. 133.) A shrub, with 



upriglit branches, and smooth 



shining leaves, growing to the 



height of from 4 ft. to 7 ft., and 



flowering in May and June. It 



is a native of the south of France 



and Piedmont, and was culti- 

 vated in Britain by Parkinson, 



in 13G9. It is in very general 



cultivation in British gardens, ge- 

 nerally as a bush, but sometimes grafted standard high on the laburnum ; 

 when it forms a very formal s\nnnetrical, round-headed, small tree, which, 

 however, is highly beautiful when in flower. In Dauphine, it grows with 

 great vigour, throwing up numerous suckers ; and these, with the leaves and 

 flowers, are greedily eaten by cattle, horses, and sheep, and are considered 

 by the inhabitants as highly nutritive. We have given two figures of this 

 species both drawn to the same scale, to show how much it varies in the 

 ma<Tnitude and general appearance of its foliage, according to soil and situ- 

 ation. It will be observed that m Jig. 283. the leaves are not at all sessile, 

 as in the other ; but we are nevertheless certain that they are the same 

 species. Price, in London, Is. a plant ; or, grafted standard high, from 

 2s. Cf/. to 5s. each. At Bollwyller, dwarf plants are 50 cents each; and at 

 New York, 30 cents. 



36 6. C. triflo'rus VHerit. The three-flowered Cytisus. 



Identification. L'Herit. Stirp., 184. ; Desf. Fl. Atl., 2. p. 139. ; 



Dec. Prod., 2. p. 154. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 15.5. 

 Siinonyme. C. villusus Pour. Act. Tout., 'H. ■p. 317. 

 Engravings. Clus. Hist., 1. p. 94. f. 3. ; Duh., t. 5. f. 4.52. ; and 



our^^. 286. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. The whole plant hairy. Branches 

 round. Leaves petiolate ; leaflets ovate-elliptic. 

 Flowers axillary, pedicellate, terete, and some- 

 what racemose at the tops of the branches. 

 {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 153.) A straggling hairy 



