LEGUMINOS/E. LX. CYTISUS. LXI. ADENOCABPUS. 



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than C. capitiitus, and the disposition of the flowers is that of 

 C. liirsutus, and the habit that of C. siipnum. 



Many-haired Cytisus. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1818. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



SECT. V. LOTOIDES (from \OTOQ, lotos, lotus, and twa, form ; 

 resemblance to the genus Lotus). D. C. 1. c. prod. 2. p. 156. 

 Tube of calyx short, obconical, the upper lip bipartite, the lower 

 one tridentate. Corolla hardly longer than the calyx. Many- 

 stemmed decumbent subshrubs. Flowers few, somewhat capi- 

 tate, of all yellow. 



31 C. ARGE'NTEUS (Lin. spec. 1043.) stems decumbent; 

 leaves, calyxes, corollas, and legumes clothed with adpressed 

 silky down ; leaves petiolate, trifoliate ; leaflets oblong-lanceo- 

 late ; flowers 3-4, terminal. J?.H. Native of Portugal, Spain, 

 south of France, Italy, Carniola, and Mauritania, in rugged 

 places. Desf. atl. 2. p. 139. Lotus argenteus, Brot. fl. lus. 2. 

 p. 119. Lob. icon. 2. p. 41. f. 2. 



Silvery Cytisus. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1739. Shrub decumbent. 



32 C. PYGM^EUS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1127.) stems decumbent, 

 suffruticose ; leaves petiolate, trifoliate ; leaflets oblong-lanceo- 

 late, silky ; flowers usually terminal ; legumes oblong, villous. 



T? . H. Native of Galatia. 

 Pygmy Cytisus. Fl. June, July. Shrub decumbent. 



33 C. CALYCINUS (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 166.) stems sscending ; 

 leaves, calyxes, and legumes rather hairy from spreading down ; 

 leaves petiolate, trifoliate ; leaflets roundish-obovate ; flowers 2- 

 8, terminal. T? . H. Native of Caucasus, in stony places. C. 

 pauciflorus, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1126. 



Large-calyxed Cytisus. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1820. Sh. prostrate. 



34 C. LOTOIDES (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1127.) stems decumbent, 

 herbaceous, simple, and are, as well as the leaves, pubescent ; 

 leaves petiolate, trifoliate ; leaflets roundish-elliptic, mucronate ; 

 flowers 7-8, capitate. I/ . H. Native of Galatia. 



Lotus-like Cytisus. Shrub decumbent. 



35 C. NA'NUS (Willd. enum. 769.) stems erect ; leaves trifo- 

 liate, obovate, clothed with strigose pubescence beneath and 

 smooth above ; raceme terminal, secund, usually 4-flowered ; 

 calyx deeply 3-parted ; hairs on the stems and peduncles ad- 

 pressed. Wats. dend. brit. 81. Jj . H. Native of the Levant. 



Dwarf Cytisus. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1 SI 6. Sh. decumbent. 



SECT. VI. CHRONA'NTHUS (-^povos, chronos, a year, and ai/floe, 

 anthos, a. flower ; in reference to the permanent petals, which 

 remain all the year). D. C. I. c. prod. 2. p. 157. Upper lip of 

 calyx bifid, lower one trifid ; lobes acute, length of the tube. 

 Petals permanent. Legume oval, much compressed, 2-seeded. 

 Perhaps a proper genus. 



36 C. ORIENTA'LIS (Lois, in Duham. arbr. ed. nov. p. 136.) 

 stems erect, hairy; leaves almost sessile, trifoliate, villous ; leaf- 

 lets linear, acute ; flowers sub-terminal, few, and are, as well as 

 the legumes, glabrous. P? . H. Native of the Levant. C. 

 orientals, &c. Sherard and Vaill. herb. Flowers large, on short 

 pedicels, yellow. Calyx villous, more 5-cleft than bilabiate. 



Oriental Cytisus. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1818. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



f Species not sufficiently known. 



37 C. PO'NTICUS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1120. exclusive of the 

 synonyme of Tourn.) branches furrowed, ascending, and are, as 

 well as the leaves, pubescent ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets elliptic, 

 obtuse ; branches erect, terminal ; calyxes villous. Pj . H. Na- 

 tive of Pontus. According to Willd. this plant is allied to Adeno- 

 cdrpus Hispdnicus. C. Ponticus humifusus magno flore, Tourn. 

 cor. 44. According to Willd. the branches are terete, not 

 sulcated, and the leaflets obovate, not elliptic. 



Pontic Cytisus. Shrub ascending. 



38 C. CANE'SCENS (Lois, in Duham. arbr. ed. nov. 5. p. 151.) 



the whole plant is clothed with silky hoary pubescence ; leaves 

 trifoliate; leaflets linear -oblong ; racemes few-flowered, ter- 

 minal ; calyxes short, campanulate, canescent, 5-toothed. Pj. H. 

 Native of? Legumes unknown. 

 Canescent Cytisus. Shrub. 



39 C. AFRICA'NUS (Lois, in Duham. arbr. ed. nov. 5. p. 154.) 

 branches erect, hairy ; leaves trifoliate, petiolate ; leaflets linear, 

 pilose ; umbels terminal, pedunculate ; calyx hairy, hardly 

 shorter than the corolla. Tj . H. Native of the north of Africa. 

 C. Africanus hirsutus angustifolius, Tourn. inst. 648. This 

 plant is said to be allied to Adenocarpus. 



African Cytisus. Shrub. 



40 C. PA'LLIDUS (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 442. but not of Schrad.) 

 branches furrowed, glabrous ; leaves sessile, trifoliate ; leaflets 

 oblong-lanceolate ; flowers axillary and terminal, somewhat 

 capitate. Pj . G. Native of the Canary Islands. Corolla pale- 

 white. Perhaps a variety of Genista linifolia. 



Pa/e-flowered Cytisus. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



41 C. PROCE'RUS (Link, enum. 2. p. 241.) branches terete, 

 striated ; leaves lanceolate, pilose ; flowers solitary, axillary ; 

 legumes villous. P? . H. Native of Portugal. Spartium pro- 

 cerum, Willd. enum. 742. 



Tall Cytisus. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



42 C. ? PE'RSICUS (Burm. fl. ind. p. 163. t. 51. f. 1.) branches 

 straight, divaricate, and are as well as the leaves finely pubes- 

 cent ; leaves petiolate, trifoliate ; leaflets linear, the middle one 

 twice the length of the others ; racemes elongated, loose-flowered, 

 opposite the leaves ; ovary villous. Pj . H. Native of Persia. 

 Spartium Persicum, Willd. spec. 3. p. 931. Habit almost of 

 Indigofera psoraleoides, and if the stamens, as is suspected, are 

 diadelphous, it is certainly referable to Indigofera. 



Persian Cytisus. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



43 C. ANTILLA^NUS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 157.) spines under the 

 origin of the leaves, shorter than the petioles ; leaves trifoliate ; 

 leaflets rhomboidal -oblong, silvery beneath ; flowers axillary, 

 solitary, on short pedicels. P? . S. Native of the Caribbee 

 Islands. C. spinosus, Descourt, fl. med. ant. 1. t. 8. but not of 

 Linnaeus. C. spinosus, with yellow flowers rising from the 

 wings. Plum. gen. p. 19. ex Desc. Calyx campanulate, bi- 

 labiate. Legume an inch long, somewhat inflated, 5-6-seeded. 

 Stamens, according to the description, diadelphous, but from the 

 figure monadelphous. 



Antilles Cytisus. Shrub. 



Cult. The species of this genus are very elegant when in 

 flower, the hardy kinds are well adapted for ornamenting shrub- 

 beries, the trailing kinds of them are well fitted for rock-work, 

 or to be planted on dry banks ; the C. purpureus is one of the 

 handsomest of this description, and has a very beautiful appear- 

 ance when grafted on a tall Laburnum. The larger kinds, such 

 as the Laburnum, should be planted in conspicuous places. AH 

 are readily increased by seeds or layers, or by grafting the rarer 

 on the commoner kinds. The greenhouse and frame kinds 

 thrive best in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand, and young 

 cuttings of them root freely if planted in a pot of sand, with a 

 bell-glass placed over them, the glasses to be taken off and 

 wiped occasionally. 



LXI. ADENOCA'RPUS (from a^", aden, a gland, and 

 Kapiros, karpos, a fruit; in reference to the legumes being beset 

 with pedicellate glands). D. C. fl. fr. suppl. 549. Leg. mem. 

 VI. prod. 2. p. 158. 



LIK. SYST. Monadelphia, Decandria. Calyx obconical, usually 

 beset with glands, bilabiate, upper lip bipartite, lower one longer 

 and trifid. Carina obtuse, inclosing the genitals. Stamens mo- 

 nadelphous. Legume oblong, compressed, bearing on all sides 

 pedicellate glands. Shrubs with divaricate branches, trifoliate, 



