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LEGUMINOS^E. 



upper branches are destitute of thorns, and produce leafy 

 clusters of yellow flowers, which (like some other yellow 



GENISTA TINCTORI A (Dyer's Green-weed, Woad-waxeri). 



flowers belonging to this Natural Order) are remarkable 

 for turning green in drying. Fl. May, June. Shrub. 

 2. G. tinctoria (Dyer's Green-weed, Woad-waxen). 



