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ULEX 



Native of W. Europe, and abundant in the south-west of England, 

 where it makes (often in company with Erica cinerea and E. Tetralix) 



most charming displays in 

 autumn. The moors behind 

 Bournemouth, covered with 

 these plants, will be familar 

 to many. It is in some 

 respects intermediate be- 

 tween U. europaeus and U. 

 nanus, resembling the for- 

 mer in its branches, but the 

 latter in time of flowering 

 and in the absence of hairs 

 from the calyx. It is not 

 so hardy as either of them, 

 but apparently withstands 

 all except the very hardest 

 winters at Kew, especially 

 when the plants are a few 

 years old. In gardens it is 

 scarcely known being con- 

 fused with U. nanus but is 

 very pretty planted in poor 

 soil, especially if associated 

 with the two heaths iust 

 named. 



U. NANUS, Forster. 

 DWARF GORSE. 



A dwarf shrub of dense, 

 close habit, sometimes pro- 

 cumbent in a wild state, but 

 changing its character when 

 introduced to the garden, 

 and sending up slender, 

 erect branches, i to 2 ft. 

 long in a single season ; 

 branchlets hairy. Leaves 

 and branchlets as in U. 

 europaeus, only smaller and 

 less rigid. Flowers golden 

 yellow, about half the size 

 of common gorse, the calyx 

 not hairy but slightly downy; 

 wing-petals straight, shorter 

 than the keel. Pod J in. 

 long, hairy. 



Native of W. Europe, 

 and abundant in many parts 

 of Great Britain. Although 

 some botanists profess to 

 find it a variety of U. 

 europfeus, it is really very 



distinct. It is autumn-flowering, being at its best in September, when the 

 ordinary gorse is in seed. This is its most valuable characteristic in 



Ul.EX NANUS. 



