CFJAP. XLr, LFGUMINA CE;E. ADF.NOvA RPUS. 



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Genus IX. 



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ADENOCA'RPUS Dec. 



The Adenocarpus. 

 Decandria. 



Lin. Syst. Monadelphia 



Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr. Supp., 549. ; Leg. Mem., 6. ; Prod , 2. p. 158. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 157. 

 Derivation. From adSn, a gland, and karpos, fruit ; in reference to the legumes being beset with 

 pedicellate glands. 



Descrijjfion, Sfc. Shrubs, having very divergent branches ; trifoliolate leaves, 

 that have petiolar stipules, folded leaflets, and are usually grouped ; and yellow 

 flowers upon bracteoiate pedicels, and disposed in terminal racemes. (^Der. 

 Prod., ii. p. 158.) Natives, chiefly, of Europe, which require the same cul- 

 ture as Cytisus ; from which genus most of the species have been separated. 



a^ 1. A. hispa'nicus Dec. The Spanish Adenocarpus. 



Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr. Suppl., 549. ; L^g. M^m., 6. ; Prod., 2. p. 158. ; Don's Mill., 2 p. 158. 

 Synonymes. Cytisus hispanicus Lam. Diet., 2. p. 248. ; C. anagyrius L'Herit. Stirp., 184., iV. Du 

 Ham., 5. p. 149. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Calyx glandulose and villose ; lower lip with three equal 

 segments, that are barely longer than the upper lip. Branchlets haiiy. 

 Flowers grouped. Standard rather glabrous. (Z)fr. Pror/., ii, p. 158.) A 

 shrub, between 2 ft. and 4 ft. high, a native of shady and moist places in 

 Spain and Portugal. (Dec.) Introduced in 1816, and producing its yellow 

 flowers in June and July. 



a^ 2. A. iNTERME^Dius Dcc. The intermediate Adenocarpus. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 158. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 158. 

 Synonyme. Cytisus complic^tus Brot. Fl. Lus., 2. p. 92. 

 Engrniiin^.<!. C'lus. Hist., 1. p. 94. f. 1. ; and our fig. 295. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Calyx pubescent ; pubescence glandu- 

 lated ; the middle of the three segments of the lower 

 lip of the calyx longer than the side ones, and than the 

 upper lip. Branchlets rather villose. Flowers rather 

 distant. Standard rather glabrous. (Dec. Prod., ii. 

 p. 158.) A native of sunny gravelly places in Portugal 

 and Old Castile, and Mount Sender, in Sicily, and of 

 Mongiana, in the kingdom of Naples. A shrub, 4 ft. 

 high, in cultivation in British gardens ; but the year of 

 its introduction is unknown. It produces yellow flow- .^^i^ 

 ers from May to July. This is a very handsome spe- '^"^ 

 cies, and one that is much admired for its fine terminal '*^ 



spikes of flowers, which, in favourable seasons, and in 

 a dry soil, ripen abundance of seeds.' 



as 3. A. PARviFoYius Dec. The small-leaved Adenocarpus. 



Identification. Dec. Leg. M^m., 6., and Prod, 2. p. 158. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 158. 



Synonymes. Cytisus parvif61ius N. Du Ham , 5. p. 147., La7n. Diet., 2. p. £48., 

 exclusive of the synonymes; Cytisus divaric^tus /,'//e'r/7. Stirp., 184; Cytisus 

 complicatus Dec. Fl. Fr., No. 3821. ; Sp&rtium complicatum Lois. Fl. Gall., 441 



Engravings. N. Du Ham., 5. t. 47. f 1- ; and our fig. 296. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Calyx somewhat pubescent, with glandulous 

 pubescence ; the central segment of the lower lip longer 

 than the side segments, and mucii exceeding the upper lip 



in length. Branches glabrous, 

 pubescent. (Dec Prod., ii. p, 

 heaths in the west of France. 

 10 ft. high, Branches whitish. 



Flowers distant. Standard 

 158.) A native of sunny 

 A shrub, between 2 ft. and 

 (Dec.) 



