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5^j(?c. Char., Sfc. Stems decumbent. Branches round and twiggy; when 

 3-oung, hairy, but smooth when old. Leaflets ovate, hairy beneath. Flowers 

 lateral on very short pedicels, aggregate. Calyxes and pods hairy. {Dec. 

 Prod., ii. p. 156). Found in rugged places from Genoa to Hungary. In- 

 troduced in 1739, and flowering from June to August. 



* 21. C. CAPITA^TUS Jacq. The headed-Jlowered Cytisus. 



Identification. Jacq. Fl. Austr., t. 33. ; Dec. Prod. 2. p. 156. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 156. 

 Synonymes. C. hirsiitus Lam. Diet., 2. p. 250. ; C. suplnus Lin. Sp., 1U40. 

 Engraving. Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 497. 



SjJec. Char., ^c. Stems and branches erect, the latter hispid. Leaflets ovate- 

 elliptic, hairy. Flowers numerous, and forming heads at tiie points of the 

 branches J but sometimes lateral in the autumn. Calyxes and pods covered 

 with short hairs. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 156.) An upright-growing shrub, from 

 2 ft. to 4 ft. high. Found wild on the edges of woods in Burgundy, Italy, 

 and Austria. Introduced in ITT-i, and flowering in June and July. Plants, 

 in London, are \s. each. 



a 22. C. cilia'tl's Wahlenb. The ciliated-juorfrferf Cytisus. 



Identification. Wahlenb. Fl. Carp., 219. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 156. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 156. 



Spec. Char., i^-c. Stems ujiright. Branches smooth when old, but when 

 young, hispid. Leaflets obovate, clothed beneath with closely pressed 

 hairs. Flowers approximate in threes, at length lateral. Pods glabrous 

 and ciliated. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 156.) A shrub, from 2 ft. to 4 ft. high, a 

 native of the Carpathian Mountains; flowering in June and July; and intro- 

 duced in 1817. 



j» 23. C. poly'trichus Bieb. The many-haired Cytisus. 



Identification. Bieb. Fl. Taur. Suppl.,477. j Dec. Prod, 2. p. 156. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 156. 



Spec. Char., 4'c. Stems declinate. Branches hispid. Leaflets obovate-ellip- 

 tic. Flowers lateral, usually in pairs, pedicellate. Calyxes and pods hairy. 

 {Dec. Prod., i]. p. 156.) This shrub is found in pine forests, on high 

 mountains, in Tauria; and De CandoUe observes of it, that it has the 

 hairiness of C. capitatus, the disposition of the flowers of C. hirsutus, and 

 the habit of C. supinus. It was introduced in 1818. It grows from 2 ft. 

 to 3 ft. high, and flowers in June and July. 



§ V. hotuides Dec. 



Derivation. From loto.i, the lotus, and eidos, appearance ; from the general resemblance of the spe- 

 cies to the genus Lotus. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Tube of the calyx short, obconical; the upper lip 2-parted, 

 the lower 3-toothed. Corolla hardly longer than the calyx. Many-stemmed 

 decumbent shrubs, deciduous, with few flowers, generally capitate and ter- 

 minal, and all yellow. {Dec, Prod.,'\i. p. 156.) 



-* 24. C. arge'nteus L. The silvery Cytisus. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1043. ; Desf. Atl, 2. p. 139. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 156L ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 157. 

 Synonyme. ibtus argtnteus Brat. Fl. Lus., 2. p. 119. 

 Engraving. Lob. Icon., 2. p. 41. f. 2. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Stems decumbent. Leaves, calyxes, corollas, and pods 

 clothed with a closely pressed silky down. Leaves petiolate, trifoliolate; 

 leaflets oblong-lanceolate. Flowers 3 — 4, produced at the points of the 

 shoots. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 156.) A decumbent shrub, a native of Carniola, 

 the south of France, and Mauritania. Introduced in 1739, and flowering 

 in August. A silky silvery-looking shrub, from the prevalence of closely 

 pressed silky down over all its parts ; noticeil in the specific character, and 

 whence it derives its specific name. Plants, in the London nurseries, are 

 \s. 6d. each. 



