LEGUMINOSyE. LIX. GENISTA. 



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deciduous ; racemes terminal, elongated ; legumes compressed, 

 1-3-seeded, rather pubescent from small adpressed down, erectly 

 spreading, fj . H. Native of the Levant, near the Gulph of 

 Mundania. Spartium parviflorum, Vent. hort. eels. t. 87. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Small-flowered Genista. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1817. Shrub 

 2 to 6 feet. 



2 G. CLAVA'TA (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 717.) leaves trifoliate; leaf- 

 lets linear-lanceolate, silky beneath ; flowers terminal, capitate ; 

 legume compressed, 1 -2-seeded, attenuated at the base. Pj . H. 

 Native of Mogodor. Spartium sericeum, Vent. hort. eels. t. 17. 

 but not of Ait. Flowers yellow, larger than those of the pre- 

 ceding species. Perhaps a species of Cytisus, 



C'/fa<e-calyxed Genista. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1812. Sh. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



3 G. CANARIE'NSIS (Lin. spec. 997.) lower leaves on short 

 petioles, upper ones sessile, trifoliate, and are as well as the 

 branches and calyxes clothed with pubescence ; leaflets ob- 

 ovate-oblong ; branches angular ; heads of flowers terminal ; 

 legume clothed with white villi. Tj . F. Native of the Canary 

 Islands and Spain. Ker. bot. reg. 217. Comm. hort. amst. 2. 

 t. 52 Pluk. t. 277. f. 6. Spartium albicans, Cav. ann. 1801. 

 p. 64. Cytisus paniculatus, Lois, in Duham. ed. nov. et Cytisus 

 ramosissimus, Poir. suppl. 2. p. 440. does not appear to differ 

 from this species. 



Canary Island Genista. Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 1 656. Shrub 

 6 to 10 feet. 



4 G. MOLLIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 145.) leaves on short petioles, 

 trifoliate, and are as well as the calyxes, branches, and legumes 

 clothed with soft villi ; flowers axillary, crowded. T? . H. Na- 

 tive of Mogodor. Spartium molle, Cav. ann. 1801. p. 57. 



Soft Genista. Shrub. 



5 G. CA'NDICANS (Lin. amcen. 4. p. 284.) leaves stalked, tri- 

 foliate ; leaflets obovate, clothed with adpressed down ; branches 

 angular ; heads terminal, few-flowered ; legume hairy. ^ F. 

 Native of Mogodor, Italy, and the Levant. Wats. dend. brit. 

 80. Cytisus candicans, Lin. spec. 740. Cyt. pubescens, Mcench. 

 Allied to G. Canariensis, but the leaves are larger and the flowers 

 scentless. 



Whitened Genista. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1735. Sh. 4 to 5 ft. 



6 G. FASTENS (D. C. prod. 2. FIG. 29. 

 p. 145.) branches striated, twiggy, 



glabrous ; leaves stalked, trifo- 

 liate ; leaflets obovate, pubescent 

 beneath ; flowers in fours, pedicel- 

 late, nearly terminal ; legume gla- 

 brous, 3-6-seeded. J? . H. Na- 

 tive of Spain, on mountains near 

 Albayda. Spartium patens, Cav. 

 icon. 2. p. 58. t. 176. exclusive of 

 the synonym. It differs from Cy- 

 tixtt.v patens in the upper lip of the 

 calyx being acutely bipartite, lower 

 lip of 3 bristles, not with the lips 

 nearly equal and entire. 



Spreading Genista. Fl. April, 

 July. Clt. ? Shrub 4 to 8 feet. 



7 G. LINIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 405.) leaves sessile, trifoliate; 

 leaflets linear, silky beneath, at length with the margins revolute ; 

 racemes terminal, crowded ; legumes hairy ; branches terete, fur- 

 rowed. F? . H. Native of the south of France, and of Spain, 

 Canary Islands, north of Africa, and the Levant. Sims, bot. 

 mag. 442. Spartium linifolium, Desf. atl. 2. p. 134. t. 181. 

 Cytisus linifolius, Lam. Genistokles linif olia, Mcench. 



Flax-leaved Genista. Fl. Jan. Ju. Clt. 1739. Sh. 3 to 6 ft. 



8 G. BIFLO'RA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 146.) leaves trifoliate, on 



short petioles ; leaflets glabrous, linear, rather cuneiform ; flowers 

 terminal, usually twin ; legume glabrous ; branches angular. 

 fy F. Native of the north of Africa, near Tlemsen. Spar- 

 tium biflorum, Desf. fl. all. 2. p. 133. t. 179. 

 Two-flowered Genista. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



9 G. TRI'QUETRA (Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 14. Lher. stirp. 

 183.) leaves trifoliate, the upper ones simple; leaflets ovate- 

 lanceolate, villous ; racemes terminal, short; branches trique- 

 trous, decumbent, young ones villous. (7 . H. Native of Cor- 

 sica. Curt. bot. mag. 314. G. triquetra, Lam. ? 



'I'riquetrous-stemmed Genista. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1770. 

 Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



10 G. BRACTEOLA'TA (Link, enum 2. p. 224.) leaves trifoliate; 

 leaflets obovate ; racemes short ; branches striated, and are as 

 well as the leaves pubescent. Jj . H. The native country of 

 this plant as well as the legume are unknown. Calyx hairy. 



Bracteolate Genista. Fl. Mar. May. Clt. 1823. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



1 1 G. MICROPHY'LLA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 146.) leaves trifoliate, 

 on short stalks ; leaflets oblong-linear, and are as well as the 

 terete branches covered with hoary-silky pubescence ; flowers 

 few, almost terminal. fj . F. Native of the Grand Canary 

 Island, on mountains about Ayacata. Spartium micropliylluin, 

 Cav. ann. 1801. p. 63. Legume unknown. 



Small-leaved Genista. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



12 G. SESSILIFO'LIA (D. C. leg. mem. VI.) leaflets 3, rising 

 from the same dot on the branches, linear-subulate, silky, some- 

 times solitary ; spike terminal, elongated, loose-flowered ; co- 

 rolla silky ; legume ovate, acuminated, pubescent, 1 -2-seeded. 



\l . H. Native of Galatia, on hills. Flowers nearly like those 

 of G. pilbsa, but the vexillum is shorter than the carina. Habit 

 of G. virgata, but the leaves are trifoliate. 

 Sessile-leaved Genista. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



13 G. UMBELLA'TA (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 715.) leaves trifoliate, 

 on short stalks ; leaflets linear-lanceolate, rather silky ; flowers 

 in terminal, aggregate heads ; calyx clothed with silky hairs ; 

 corolla and legume silky. ^ . H. Native of Barbary, on arid 

 hills near Arzeau. Spartium umbellatum, Desf. atl. 2. p. 133. 

 t. 180. Lher. stirp. 183. Branches glabrous. Spartium um- 

 bellatum, Lois. fl. gall, which is said to be from Corsica. The 

 plant which is a native of Barbary is perhaps distinct from that 

 from Corsica. 



Var. ft, caphtttum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 146.) branches and leaves 

 clothed with silky villi. 1? . H. Native of Mogodor. Spar- 

 tium capitatum, Cav. annal. 1801. p. 63. 



Umbellate-fiov/ered Genista. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1799. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



14 G. RADIATA (Scop. earn. no. 871.) leaves trifoliate, nearly 

 sessile, opposite ; leaflets linear, rather silky ; branches angular, 

 crowded, glabrous ; heads 2-4-flowered, terminal ; corolla and 

 legumes silky. ^ . H. Native of Italy, Carniola, and Vallais. 

 Spartium radiatum, Lin. spec. 996. Mill. icon. t. 249. f. 1. 

 Sims, bot. mag. 2200. G. Ilvensis, Dalech. Legume oval, short, 

 compressed, 2-seeded, mucronate by the style. Old branches 

 rather spinescent. 



Rayed Genista. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1758. Sh. 1 to 3 ft. 



15 G. CASPARRI'NA (Guss. ex Schlect. Linnaea 4. p. 38. 

 under Spartiuni) a beautiful shrub with slender branches, the 

 lower leaves ternate and the upper ones simple. Tj . H. Like 

 G. radialum. 



Casparrine Genista. Shrub. 



* * Spinose. Leaves all or some of them trifoliate. 



16 G. HO'RRIDA (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 500.) leaves trifoliate, 

 stalked, opposite ; leaflets linear, complicated, rather silky ; 

 branches angular, spiny, crowded, opposite ; flowers almost ter- 

 minal, few ; calyx pubescent. Tj . H. Native of the Pyrenees 



