CYTISUS.] LEGUMINOSM. 87 



3. CYTIS'US, L. BROOM. 



Shrubs, rarely spinous. Leaves 1-3-foliolate or 0. Stipules minute. 

 Flowers yellow, 'purple, or white. Calyx 2-lipped ; upper lip minutely 2- 

 lower 3-toothed. Wings oblong, and keel obtuse, deflexed after flowering, 

 their claws free. Stamens as in Genista. Style incurved or coiled, smooth, 

 stigma terminal ; ovules many. Pod flat, elongate, 2-valved, many- 

 seeded, somewhat septate. Seeds with a tumid funicle. DISTRIB. Europe, 

 N. Africa, W. Asia. ETYM. obscure. 



1. C. scopa'rius, Link ; branchlets and obovate leaflets silky. Spar 

 tium, L. Sarothammis, Koch. 



Heaths, commons, &c. from Sutherland southwards ; ascends to 2,000 ft. in 

 the Highlands ; fl. May-June. Shrubby, 2-6 ft., hairy ; branches green, 

 angular, furrowed. Leaves shortly petioled ; leaflets 1-3, $-% in. Flowers 

 1 in., bright yellow, pedicels short. Style spiral. Pod 1-2 in., black ; 

 valves twisted after dehiscence. DISTRIB. Europe, N. Asia, Canaries and 

 Azores. Twigs diuretic, and used for tanning. Seeds a substitute for coffee. 



4. ONO'NIS, L. REST-HARROW. 



Herbs or small shrubs, with often viscid hairs. Leaves pinnately 3- 

 foliolate, nerves ending in teeth ; stipules adnate to the petiole. Flowers 

 pink or yellow ; bracts minute or 0, upper leaves bractseform ; peduncles 

 .sometimes spinescent. Standard broad ; wings oblong ; keel incurved, 

 pointed, not adnate to the staminal tube. Filaments all united, 5 or 

 all dilated above ; anthers uniform, or the alternate smaller. Style 

 incurved, smooth, stigma terminal ; ovules 2 or many. Pod turgid or 

 terete, 1 -celled, 2-valved. DISTRIB. Europe, "W. Asia, N. Africa ; species 

 60. ETYM. The Greek name for the genus. 



1. O. arven'sis, L. ; perennial, procumbent, viscid and hairy, leaflets 

 oblong, pods ovate erect shorter than the calyx. Wild Liquorice. 



Dry pastures, sandy shores, &c. from Sutherland southwards ; not common in 

 Ireland ; fl. June-Sept. Rootstock elongate, stoloniferous. Stems 1-2 ft., 

 shrubby, rooting at the base, prostrate or ascending, rarely spinous. Lower 

 leaves 3- upper 1-foliolate ; leaflets ^-^in., oblong-obovate, toothed. Flowers 

 ^ in., axillary, subracemose, rosy; peduncles 1 -flowered, not articulate. 

 Pod 1-3-seeded. Seeds granulate. DISTRIB. Europe, Azores. 



2. O. spino'sa, L.; perennial, suberect, stem with a line of pubes- 

 cence, pod ovate erect longer than the calyx. 0. campestris, Koch. 

 Waste places, moors, &c. from Forfar and Dumbarton southwards ; rare in 



Scotland ; absent in Ireland ; fl. June-Aug. Similar in many respects to 

 0. areensis, but has no runners, is less viscid and hairy, less strongly scented, 

 and is smaller leaved. DISTRIB. Europe, W. Asia. Possibly only a sub- 

 species of 0. arvensis. 



3. O. reclina'ta, L.; annual, spreading, viscid and hairy, pod cylindric 

 oblong reflexed. 



Alderncy ; naturalized on sea-cliffs, Mull of Galloway ; fl. June-July. Stem 

 '2-'-'> in. Leaflets | in., acutely toothed ; stipules large, ^-ovate. Put in I.* 

 slender, articulate" beneath the flower. Flower ^ in., rosy. Pod ^ in., 



glandular and hairy, as long as the calyx or longer. DISTRIB. W. of 

 France, Spain, Italy, Greece. 



