LEGUMINOS^E. LIX. GENISTA. 



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Siberian Genista. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1785. Sh. 2 to 6 ft. 



62 G. POLYGAL.EFO'LIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 1.51.) stem erect, 

 brandies terete, striated, erect; leaves lanceolate, rather silky 

 beneath, as well as the calyxes ; racemes somewhat secund, dis- 

 posed in panicles ; corolla smooth. Tj . H. Native of the 

 north of Portugal. G. polygalaephylla, Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 86. 

 G. exaltata, Link. G. tinctoria Lusitanica maxima, Tourn. inst. 

 643. Allied to G.Jlorida. 



Milk-wort-leaved Genista. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 2 to 4 feet. 



C3 G. PERREYMONDI (Lois. fl. gall. ex. bull. sci. aug. 1828. 

 p. 425.) stems decumbent ; branches terete, striated, rather 

 erect ; leaves lanceolate, smoothish ; flowers racemose, terminal ; 

 legume clothed with canescent villi. b_ H. Native of France. 

 Like G. tinctoria. Flowers yellow. 



Perreymond's Genista. Fl. July. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



64 G. FLORIDA (Lin. spec. 998.) stem erect ; branches stri- 

 ated, terete ; leaves lanceolate, and are as well as the legumes 

 clothed with adpressed silky down ; branches secund ; corolla 

 glabrous. Tj . H. Native of Spain. Legume 2-4-seeded, 

 somewhat irregularly coarctate. 



Florid Genista. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1752. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



65 G. PULCHE'LLA (Visiani, pi. dalm. ex. bot. zeit. Jan. 1830. 

 p. 51.) silky; stems diffuse, much branched; branches fur- 

 rowed, young ones striped, tubercled at the buds, and rufescent 

 at the apex ; leaves simple, lanceolate, entire, small ; flowers in 

 crowded racemes, the pedicels all leaning to one side ; wings 

 smooth, shorter than the keel ; legumes pendulous, 2-3-seeded. 

 Ij . H. Native of Dalmatia. Like G. /Ethnensis and G.Jlorida, 

 but more silky. 



Neat Genista. Shrub diffuse. 



66 G. MA'NTICA (Poll. fl. ver. 2. p. 458. t. 4. f. 7.) stems nu- 

 merous, prostrate, angularly striated, hairy-pubescent ; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, pubescently-hairy ; peduncles axillary, shorter 

 than the leaves ; corolla glabrous ; legume clothed with silky 

 villi. Tj H- Native of Italy, in woods near Mantua. Spreng. 

 pug. 2. p. 73. Horn. hort. hafn. suppl. p. 151. Allied to G. 

 ovata and G. tinctoria, of which last it is probably a variety. 



Mantua Genista. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh. prostrate. 



67 G. OVA'TA (Waldst. et Kit. pi. hung. 1. t. 84.) stems nu- 

 merous, hairy, erectish, somewhat herbaceous, striated, terete ; 

 leaves ovate, or ovate-oblong, and are as well as the legumes 

 hairy; racemes short ; corolla smooth. Jj . H. Native of Scla- 

 vonia and Hungary, and on the hills of Italy, from Piedmont 

 to Naples. G. ovata, Balb. Bert. Sav. Ten. G. nervata, Kit. 

 in litt. 1815. is hardly distinct. 



Ovate-leaved Genista. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. Shrub 2 

 to 4 feet. 



68 G. PA'TULA (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 148.) much branched, 

 quite smooth ; branches terete, striated, panicled, spreading ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminated ; flowers and legumes gla- 

 brous, b. . H. Native of Tauria, on hills at the river Cyrus, 

 near Tiflis. This species is nearly allied to G. tinctoria, but the 

 flowers are one-half smaller. 



Spreading Genista. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1818. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



69 G. TRIANGULA'RIS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 939.) smooth ; 

 branches triquetrous, and are as well as the stems ascending ; 

 leaves lanceolate, mucronate ; flowers axillary ; legume com- 

 pressed, mucronate. b_.H. Native of Hungary, on calcareous 

 rocks. G. triquetra, Waldst. et Kit. hung. 2. p. 165. t. 153. but 

 not of Aiton. Legume glabrous. 



Triangular-stemmed Genista. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1815. 

 Shrub ascending, 1 foot. 



70 G. SAGITTA'LIS (Lin. spec. 9.i8.) stems prostrate ; branches 

 herbaceous, ascending, 2-edged, membranous, somewhat articu- 

 lated ; leaves ovate-lanceolate ; flowers disposed in an ovate> 



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terminal, leafless spike ; corolla smooth, but the keel is furnished 

 with a villous line on the back. b. . H. Native of Europe, in 

 mountain pastures. Mill. icon. t. 259. f. 2. Jacq. fl. austr. t. 

 209. G. herbacea, Lam. fl. fr. Genistella racemosa, Mccnch. 

 meth. Saltzwedelia sagittalis, fl. wett. 2. p. 498. 



Var. ft, minor (D. C. prod. 2. p. 151.) a small shrub, having 

 the branches clothed with adpressed pubescence at the apex as 

 well as the leaves. 



Arroyo-jointed Broom. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1750. Shrub 

 prostrate, -| foot. 



71 G. TRIDENTATA (Lin. spec. 998.) branches shrubby, tri- 

 quetrous, membranous, somewhat articulated ; leaves ovate, 

 tridentate at the apex, glabrous ; flowers disposed into crowded, 

 terminal and lateral heads ; carina and legumes clothed with 

 silky wool. Jj . H. Native of Portugal, on uncultivated hills 

 and among bushes. Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 86. Wings of stem 

 rather undulated, with the margins roughly denticulated. 



7'ridentate-leaved Genista. Shrub 1 foot. 



72 G. DIFFU' SA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 942.) branches procumbent 

 from the neck, triquetrous ; leaves lanceolate, glabrous, a little 

 ciliated ; peduncles axillary, erect, disposed in interrupted fasci- 

 cles ; corollas and legumes glabrous, b. . H. Native of Italy 

 and Styria in exposed places. G. humifusa, Wtilf. in Jacq. 

 coll. 2. p. 169. Spartium deciimbens, Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 555. 

 but not of Aiton. 



Diffuse Genista. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1815. Sh. procumb. 



73 G. PROSTRA'TA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 618.) stems diffuse, pros- 

 trate ; branches angular, striated, rather villous ; leaves ovate- 

 oblong, rather villous beneath ; flowers axillary, on long pedi- 

 cels, erect ; corolla glabrous ; legumes villous, 3-4-seeded. 

 Jj . H. Native of Burgundy and the Alps of Jura. G. pedun- 

 culata, Lher. stirp. 184. G. decutnbens, Dur. bourg. 1. p. 299. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. 718. G. Halleri, Reyn. mem. 1. p. 211. icon. 



Prostrate Genista. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1775. Sh. prostr. 



74 G. PROCU'MBEKS (Waldst. et Kit. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 940.) 

 branches procumbent, terete, striated, rather pubescent ; leaves 

 lanceolate, acute, pubescent beneath as well as the calyxes ; 

 flowers pedicellate, axillary, tern ; corolla glabrous. b . H. 

 Native of Hungary in woods, and of Moravia. Vexillum a little 

 shorter than the keel. Legume unknown. 



Procumbent Genista. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh. proc. 



75 G. A'LBIDA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 942.) stems procumbent, 

 striated, branched ; leaves lanceolate or linear, clothed with 

 white villi ; flowers axillary, sessile ; calyx and corolla clothed 

 with silky villi ; legume tomentose. b..H. Native of Tauria 

 and Bessarabia, on stony mountains. Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 149. 

 3. p. 459. Allied to G.pilosa. 



Whitened Genista. Shrub procumbent. 



76 G. PILOSA (Lin. spec. 999.) stems procumbent, striated, 

 branched, tuberculated ; leaves obovate-lanceolate, obtuse, com- 

 plicated, clothed beneath with adpressed silky down ; flowers 

 axillary, on short pedicels ; calyx and pedicels silky ; legumes 

 pubescent, 3-4-seeded. b. . H. Native of the south of France, 

 Switzerland, Germany, &rc. ; in Britain on dry elevated downs 

 or heaths, on high sandy ground about Bury, Suffolk. About 

 Tornham, on the north side of Bury, also on rocks near the 

 Lizard Point, Cornwall. At the foot of Cader Idris, North 

 Wales. Jacq. fl. austr. t. 208. Smith, engl. bot. 208. Fl. 

 dan. 1225. Clus. hist. 1. p. 103. f. 2. G. repens, Lam. fl. fr. 

 Genistoides tuberculata, Mconch. meth. 



Pilose Genista. Fl. May, June. England. Sh procumbent. 



77 G. MICRA'NTHA (Ort. dec. 6. p. 68. t. 10. f. 1.) stems pro- 

 cumbent, smooth, angular; leaves linear-lanceolate; flowers 

 disposed in terminal spikes, distant ; carina rather villous ; 

 legume 2-3-seeded. b. . H. Native of Spain, in humid places 

 in the wood called Corazo, near Silos. 



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