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moved into separate pots, aiul be replaced in 

 tlie hot-bed, due shadi.- huing given till tbfv are 

 re-established, when they must have air and 

 water in proporiion to ilie warniih of' the sea- 

 son. As the aiitunu) apiiioaehcs they should be 

 removed into i!ie haik-bed ot the stove, where 

 they are best kept ihe two first seasons ; but they 

 may atUrw.uHls be e.xposed in the open air in the 

 hot sinnuKT months. 



These plants are valuable for the variety whieli 

 ihfv aflord in stove colieetions. 



CAHLICK. See Allium. 



GAi{ LICK- PEAR. See Crateva. 



GELDLIIl ROSE. See VinouNUM. 



GEXiS TA, a genus containing plants of the 

 low shruijby deciduous and evergreen kinds. 



It belongs to the class and order Dladtlphia 

 Dccandrlu, and ranks in the natural order of 

 PaliUiuiiacca'. 



The characters arc : that the calyx is a one- 

 leafed perianthium, small, tubular, two-lipped : 

 upper lip iwo-toothcd, more deeply divided ; 

 lower three-toothed, nearly equal : the corolla 

 is papilionaceous : banner oblong, remote from 

 the keel, the whole reflex : wings obiontr, loose, 

 shorter than the others : keel straight, "emarsi- 

 nate, longer than the banner: the stamina have 

 ten filaments, connate, emerging from the keel; 

 anthers simple: the pistilluni is an oblong 

 germ : style simple, rising : stigma sharp, roiled 

 in : the pericarpium is a romidish leeume, tur- 

 gid, one-ceiled, two-valved : the seeds solitary, 

 usually kidney-lbrm. 



The species chiefiy cultivated arc : 1 . G. tinc- 

 toria, Conunon Dyer's Genista, or Broom ; 



2. G. sanittalis, Jointed Genista, or Broom; 



3. G.JloiicIa, Spanish Dyer's Genista, or Broom ; 



4. G. pilosa, Hairy Genista, or Broom ; 5. G. 

 ^nglua, English Genista, I'etty-whitc, or 

 Needle-Furze; 6. G. caiidkans. Hoary Genista, 

 or Montpelier Cytisus; 7. G. Canarie/isis, Ca- 

 nary Genista, or Cytisus. 



In the first the roots creep far and wide. The 

 stems are many, angular, tough, from a foot 

 to eighteen inches or two feet m height, some- 

 times more ; the branches subdivided, endinir 

 in short spikes of yellow flowers, with stipules 

 between them. The leaves alternate, sessile, 

 fjuite entire, acuminate, an inch long, and two 

 lines broad, smooth, except ihat the edges and 

 the nerve underneath are slightly villose. It is 

 a native of most pans of Europe. 



The second species sends out several stalks, 

 which spread flat on the ground, and divide in- 

 to many flat branciRS whith are jointed, and 

 their two sides are edged like a broad-sword ; 

 they are herbaceous but perennial. At each 

 of the joints is placed one small sessile spear- 



shaped leaf, ending in a point, of a deep- 

 green colour and smooth. The flowers are 

 produced in close spikes at the ends of the 

 branches, and succeeded by short hairy pods, 

 which contain three or four kidnev-shaped 

 seeds. It is a native of France. 



The third rises with woody stalks two or three 

 feet high, sei.ding out many taper ch.innellcd 

 binnches, wli^eh grow erect. The leaves are 

 small, alternate. The spikes of flowers termi- 

 nating; succeeded by short pods, wiiich turn 

 black w Ilea ripe, and contain four or five l.:id- 

 ney-shapeJ seeds. It js a native of ^pain, 

 flowering in June and July. 



The fourth species difters from the first in 

 havinL": ilie branches depressed on every side and 

 procumbent, wli.lo tliat is upright. 'I'hc root 

 is long, running obliquely, and'furnished with 

 many small fibres. The stem a foot in len"-tli 

 or more, much branched, and tough ; the old 

 branches naked, the young ones c-lothed with 

 numerous, minute, oval or oval-lanceolate 

 leaves, entire, smooth on the upper surface, 

 bene.uh covered with long white silky hairs. 

 The flowers are in short spikes on the summit 

 of the branches, on short hairy peduncles. It 

 is a native of Sweden, flowering in May. 



The fifth has the stem much branched : the 

 branches tough, without leaves, furnished with 

 extremely sharp slender thorns, from a tpiarter 

 to half an inch in length ; the shoots of the 

 year grow in bundles on the summits of the old 

 ones, and sparingly from the sides, bearing nu- 

 merous, small, light green, oval or lanceolate, 

 smooth, entire leaves, intermixed with soft 

 spines. The flowers are small, pale yellow, and 

 few. It is a native of Britain. 



The sixth species rises to the heifzht of seven 

 or eight feet, sending out many slender branches, 

 the ujipcr parts of which, for more than a foot 

 in length, send out small Howeriug-branches on 

 their sides, supporting five yellow flowers, which 

 ap|Kar in June and July. It is a native of 

 Sjiain. 



The seventh has the leaves obovate, some- 

 what nnicronate ; but the floral leaves subsessile 

 and minute. The calyx is trifid, the lowest 

 segment three-toothed. The flow ers are in eo- 

 ryn>bs, five or six together, and sweet-scented. 

 It is a native of the Canaries. 



Culture. — The first six hardy sorts are all 

 cajiable of being raised by sowing the seeds in 

 beds of common earth, or, which i?; better, in 

 the places where thev are to remain, in the early 

 autumn or spring ; but the former is the more 

 advantageous, as much time will be saved. 

 Where raised in beds, the plants nmst be care- 

 fully taken up and removed, when they have 



