86 LEGUMINOSJS. [GENISTA. 



2. G. pilo'sa, L. ; unarmed, leaflet obovate-lanceolate obtuse complicate 

 recurved silky beneath, racemes short leafy, keel and pod pubescent. 

 Gravelly heaths, rare and local, from Suffolk to S. Wales, and Kent to Corn- 

 wall ; fl. May-Sept. Stem much branched, curved, prostrate, tortuous, 

 woody. Leaflets | in., very shortly petioled ; stipules ovate, obtuse. Flmcers 

 in., yellow. Calyx with 2 upper lobes lanceolate, and 3 lower subulate. 

 Pod $ in., deciduous, flat, valves bulging over the seeds. DISTRIB. Europe, 

 from Gothland southwards. 



3. G. ang'lica, L. ; glabrous, spinous, leaflet ovate oblong or lanceolate, 

 racemes short leafy, keel and pod glabrous. Needle Furze. 



Heaths and moist moors, from Ross southwards, ascends to 2,200 ft. in the 

 Highlands ; absent in Ireland ; fl. May-June. Branches 1-2 ft., slender, 

 spreading, curved ; spines -1 in., slender, recurved, simple, rarely branched. 

 Leaflets -,V-i in.; stipules obsolete. Flowers J in., yellow, shortly pediccllcd. 

 Cutitx persistent; teeth short, triangular. Pod ^ in., deciduous, inflated, 

 acuminate at both ends. DlSTKiB. W. Europe, from Denmark to France 

 and Germany. 



2. U'LEX, L. FURZE, WHIN, GORSE. 



Densely thorny shrubs. Leaves 3-foliolate in seedling plants, in mature 

 spinescent or reduced to small scales, exstipulate. Flowers yellow, axillary ; 

 bracts small. Calyx membranous, coloured, 2-partite, upper lobe 2- lower 

 minutely 3-toothed. Petals shortly clawed; keel and wings obtuse. 

 Stamens as in Genista. Style smooth, stigma capitate ; ovules many. 

 Pod 2-valved, 1 -celled. DISTRIB. W. Europe to Italy, N.W. Africa] 

 species 12. ETYM. doubtful. 



1. U. europse'us, L. ; bracts large ovate lax, calyx hairs spreading, 

 teeth minute, wings longer than the keel. 



Heaths, &c., rarer in the North ; ascends to 2,100 ft. in Wales ; fl. Feb-March, 

 and Aug.-Sept. Bush 2-5 ft., rounded, spinous ; spines 1-2 in., straight. 

 Leaves small ; leaflets hairy ; spines sometimes furnished with minute 

 1-foliolate leaves. Flowers jf in., irregularly racemose, bright yellow, 

 odorous, borne on the spines. Calyx hairs black. Pod $ in., black, covered 

 with brown hairs, dotted. DISTRIB. Denmark to Italy and Greece, Canaries 

 and Azores. 



VAR. 1, europdus proper ; branches spreading, spines furrowed rigid. VAH. 



2, strtc'tus, Mackay (sp.); branches erect compact, spines soft 4-gonous. 

 Irish Furze. Lord Londonderry's park, Down. 



2. U. na'xras, Forster ; bracts minute, calyx with appressed pubescence, 

 teeth lanceolate, wings about equalling the keel. 

 Heath and commons, from Ayr and Northumberland southwards ; common in 



Ireland : fl. July-Nov. Much smaller than U. eurojxeus. Stem 1-3 ft. 



Spines i-lj in. Flowers J in., more spiked, more orange. DISTHIB. Bel- 

 gium, W. France, Spain. 

 Sub-sp. NA'NUS proper ; branches procumbent drooping, primary spines weak 



short, wings straight shorter than the keel. S. of England. 

 Sub-sp. GAL'LII, Planchon (sp.); branches ascending, primary spines rigid, 



wings curved rather longer than the keel. Heaths and downs in the West. 



from Wigton to Somerset. 



