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LEGUMINOS^:. LIX. GENISTA. 



and Arragon. Spartium horridum, Vahl. symb. 1. p. 51. exclu- 

 sive of the synonym. G. erinacea, Gilib. bot. prat. 2. p. 239. 

 with a figure. 



Horrid Genista. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1821. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



17 G. LUSITA'NICA (Lin. spec. 999. exclusive of the sy- 

 nonymes of Clus. and J. Bauh.) leaves trifoliate, on short stalks, 

 opposite ; leaflets linear, complicated, rather silky ; branches 

 spiny, terete, at length striated ; flowers terminal, few ; calyx 

 very hairy. Jj . H. Native of Portugal. Lam. diet. 2. p. 

 622. exclusive of the synonymes. Andr. bot. rep. 419. 



Portugal Genista. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1771. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



IS G. ACANTHOCLADA (D. C. leg. mem. vi.) leaves trifoliate, 

 nearly sessile ; leaflets linear, complicated, rather silky; branches 

 spinose, stiff', terete, at length striated ; flowers almost opposite, 

 disposed along the branches in a kind of interrupted spike ; 

 calyx pubescent. Jj . H. Native of the Levant, in exposed 

 places in the island of Melos. D'Urv. enum. p. 85. Branches 

 usually opposite, floriferous ones also spiny. Flowers silky. 

 Ovary silky. Vexillum replicate laterally. 



Spiny-branched Genista. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



19 G. EPHEDROIDES (D. C. leg. mem. vi. t. 36.) leaves few, 

 sessile, trifoliate, and simple ; leaflets linear, smoothish ; branches 

 spinescent, stiff, terete, at length striated ; flowers alternate, 

 spicate ; calyx rather pubescent. Fj . H. Native of Sardinia, 

 on the sea shore. A smooth shrub, like Ephedra distachya. 

 Corolla rather silky. Vexillum shorter than the keel. Legume 

 compressed, ovate, acute, 1 -seeded, clothed with silky-pubes- 

 cence. 



Ephedra-like Genista. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



20 G. LOBE'LII (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 499.) leaves few, lower 

 ones sessile, trifoliate, the rest nearly all sessile, scattered, linear- 

 oblong, rather silky ; branches crowded, spiny, striated, and 

 rather tuberculated ; flowers few, solitary, pedicellate, disposed 

 along the branches in a kind of raceme ; calyx pubescent. lj . 

 H. Native of Corsica and Provence, in arid places. A dwarf 

 subshrub. Legumes 2-3-seeded, hardly pubescent. Lob. adv. 

 p. 409. Chabr. sciag. p. 86. f. 1. Spartium erinaceoides, Lois. 

 fl.gall. p. 441. 



Label's Genista. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



21 G. PARVIFOLIA ; hairy; leaves alternate, trifoliate, upper 

 ones simple ; leaflets oblong-linear, acute, complicated, smooth 

 above, lower ones obovate ; branches crowded, spiny, alternate, 

 younger ones furrowed ; flowers racemose. fj . H. Native of 

 Sardinia. G. microphy'lla, Moris, elencli. p. 13. Legume 4-5- 

 seeded, linear, villous. 



Small-leaved Genista. Fl. June, July. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



22 G. SALZMA'NNI (D. C. leg. mem. vi.) leaves sessile, tri- 

 foliate or simple, oblong, obtuse, clothed with adpressed pubes- 

 cence ; branches at length striated, loose, spiny ; flowers some- 

 what racemose along the branches, twin, pedicellate, clothed 

 with adpressed silky-pubescence ; the 3 lower lobes of the calyx 

 about equal in length to the upper ones, and narrower. f? . H. 

 Native of Corsica, on rocks near Corfe. G. umbellata, Salzm. 



Salzmann's Genista. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



23 G. ASPALATHOIDES (Lam. diet. 2. p. 620.) leaves few, 

 lower ones sessile, trifoliate, the rest nearly all simple, scattered, 

 linear-oblong, rather silky ; branches loose, somewhat recurved, 

 spiny, terete, at length striated ; flowers twin, subracemose 

 along the branches, pedicellate, clothed with adpressed silky 

 pubescence ; calyx trifid, the 3 lower lobes concrete into a tri- 

 dentate lip. (7 . H. Native of Barbary, on rocks near Bonne. 

 Spartium aspalatboides, Desf. atl. 2. p. 136. 



A spalathus-like Genista. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



24 G. FE'ROX (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 708.) leaves trifoliate, or for 

 the most part simple, oblong, smoothish ; branches striated, 

 spinescent at the apex ; flowers racemose ; calyx rather pubcs- 



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cent ; corolla smooth. Tj . H. Native of Barbary, on moun- 

 tains near Lacalle. Spartium heterophyllum, Lher. stirp. 183. 

 Spartium ferox, Desf. atl. 2. p. 136. t. 182. Legume linear, 

 8-10-seeded. Seeds rather torulose, clothed with adpressed 

 pubescence. 



Fierce Genista. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1800. Sh. 3 to 4 feet. 



25 G. CUPA'NI (Guss. cat. 1821. p. 77.) leaves sessile, tri- 

 foliate, hairy ; leaflets linear-lanceolate ; branches spiny ; racemes 

 terminal, few-flowered ; calyx rather hairy ; corolla smooth ; 

 legume 1 -seeded, rather pilose. J? . H. Native of the Ne- 

 brodes, on arid mountains. Acacia triphylla, c. Cup. panph. 

 sic. ed. 1. vol. 2. t. 233. 



Cupani's Genista. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



26 G. TRIACA'NTHOS (Brot. phyt. 130. t. 54. fl. lus. 2. p. 89.) 

 leaves sessile, trifoliate, and simple, glabrous ; leaflets linear- 

 lanceolate ; branches spiny ; spines branched ; racemes terminal, 

 few-flowered; calyx, corolla, and 1-seeded legume glabrous. 

 Tj . H. Native of Portugal, on mountains and in woods about 

 Coimbra, and elsewhere in Beira. G. rostrata, Poir. suppl. 2. 

 p. 719. Spines simple, trifid or branched. 



Far. ft, interrupta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 147.) leaflets linear ; 

 branches usually simple and shorter. Jj . H. Native about 

 Tangiers. Spartium interriiptum, Cav. anal. 1801. vol. 4. p. 58. 



Tliree-spined Genista. Fl. May, July. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



27 G. INFE'STA ; branches striated, spiny; leaves ternate ; 

 leaflets obovate, silky beneath ; legumes compressed, and are, as 

 well as the bracteas, covered with adpressed silky pili. Jj . H. 

 Native of Calabria, in bushy places by the sea side. Spartium 

 infestum, Gussone, pi. rar. p. 290. 



Troublesome Genista. Fl. May. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



28 G. CUSPIDOSA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 147.) leaves trifoliate and 

 simple ; leaflets ovate, oval or lanceolate ; branches spiny, terete, 

 divaricate, young ones rather leafy ; flowers alternate. Tj G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Spartium cuspidatum, 

 Burch. cat. no. 1696. voy. 1. p. 348. A much-branched stiff 

 shrub. Legume oblong, membranous, few-seeded. 



Cuspidate Genista. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



* * * Spinose. Leaves all simple. 



29 G. IIIRSU'TA (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 51.) leaves lanceolate, and 

 are, as well as the branches, hairy; spines trifid, striated ; spikes 

 terminal, hairy ; corolla pilose, having the carina twice the 

 length of the keel ; legume pubescent, 1-seeded. fy . H. Na- 

 tive of Spain and Portugal. 



Far. (i, cuspidatn (D. C. prod. 2. p. 148.) spines much elon- 

 gated. Jj.H. Native of the north of Africa. Spartium cus- 

 pidatum, Cav. anal. 1801. p. 56. 



Far. y, orientiilis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 148.) spines hardly longer 

 than the leaves, trifid or simple. Jj . H. Native of the Levant, 

 near Tschesme. 



Hairy Genista. Shrub. 



30 G. ALGARVIE'NSIS (Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 89.) leaves lanceo- 

 late ; spines simple, solitary ; flowers terminal, subcapitate ; 

 bracteas hairy. ^ . H. Native of Algarves. G. hirsuta var. 

 $ Algarviensis, D. C. prod. 2. p. 148. Calyx and corolla yellow. 



Algarves Genista. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



31 G. TUICUSMDA'TA (Desf. atl. 2. p. 13S. t. 183.) leaves lan- 

 ceolate, and are, as well as the branches, hairy or glabrous ; 

 spines somewhat tetragonal, stiff, for the most part trifid; racemes 

 spike-formed, terminal ; calyx rather hairy ; corolla glabrous ; 

 keel twice the length of the vexillum and wings. ^ . H. Na- 

 tive of Algiers, on hills. Spartium tricuspidatum, Cav. 1. c. 



Tricuspidalc-]ea\e<i Genista. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



32 G. GIBRALTA' RICA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 148.) leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, glabrous, as well as the branches, calyxes, and corol- 

 las ; branches decumbent, flexible ; spines trifid and simple, 



