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CYTISUS 



brous above, pubescent beneath; Ifts. obovate or obo- 

 vate-oblong, niucronulate, H-% in. long: racemes 3-9- 

 fld., short, leafy at the base: fls. fragrant, bright yellow: 

 pod rufous-villous, slightly torulose. May, June. Medi- 

 terranean region. Canary Isl. 



9. Mader6nsi8, Voss (Genista Mnderhisis, Webb). 

 Large shrub or small tree, to 20 ft., closely allied to C, 

 candicans and chiefly distinguished by the rufous woolly 

 toraentum covering the young branches, petioles and 

 pedicels, and by the longer petioles. Lvs. crowded : Ifts. 

 obovate, acute or raucronulate, often almost glabrous 

 above, scabby beneath, M-M in. long, about as long as 

 petioles: racemes G-r2-fld., short: fls. bright yellow, 

 slightly fragrant: pod 5-7seeded. May, Juue. Madeira. 



10. Canari6n8i8, Linn. Genista of florists. Fig. 655. 

 Much-branched shrub, to G ft., with villous-pubescent 

 branches: petioles at least half as long as the Ifts. ; Ifts. 

 cuneate, obovate or oblong-obovate, pubescent on both 

 sides, M-^^ in. long: racemes usually mauy-fld., secund: 

 fls. fragrant, bright vflluw. May-July. Canary Isl. A. 

 F. 6:802. — Var. ramosissimus. Rehder (C ramosissi- 

 mns, Poir. C. Att/t i/<nuis, llort.). Lfts. very small: 

 racemes short, but uuuieruus. L.B.C. 13:1201. B.R. 

 3:217. 



DD. Racemes elongated. 



11. racemdsus, Nichols., not Mam. Fig. 656. Shrub, to 

 6 ft. : branches pubescent: lvs. rather long petioled; lfts. 

 oblong-obovate, mucronulate, /^-^ in. long, silky pu- 

 bescent on both sides: racemes elongated, many-fld., 

 secund and rather loose, 3-5 in. long. Probably of gar- 

 den origin and hybrid between C Canariensifi and C. 

 stenopetalus. A. P. 0:802 ; 13:1136. -Better florists' 

 plant than the last. Var. EverestiinuB, Hort. Fls. of a 

 deeper shade of yellow, very free-flowering. R.H. 

 1873:390. 



12. 8tenop6talus, Voss {C.racetndsiis, Mam.). Shrub, 

 to 6 ft., with silky pubescent branches : lvs. slender 

 petioled ; lfts. cuneate, oblong or narrow-oblong, obtuse, 

 silky pubescent on both sides, %-l^i in. long: racemes 

 many-fld., loose: fls. largr, briglir vdlow. Alay, June. 

 Canary Isl. B.R. 26:23 (iis a.-nls/.i f'nn-feoI(ita). -Some- 

 times cultivated as C. sphiKlrns. Imt U-ss desirable as a 

 greenhouse plant than the two tunui;r. 



cc. Zti's. nearly sessile. 



13. Iinii61ius, Lam. Shrub, to 3 ft., with erect, ap- 

 pressed-silky tomentose branches: lfts. linear orlinem- 

 lanceolate, acute, revolute at the margin, nearly gla- 

 brous and shining above, silvery pubescent beneath, >o- 

 1 in. long: racemes short and compact: fls. bright yel- 

 low: pod torulose. April-June. Spain, N. Afr., Canary 

 Isl. B.M.442. 



BB. Foliage deeiduons: branches quite terete. 



14. niirricans, Linn. Shrub, 2—4 ft., with erect, ap- 

 pressed-pubescent branches : lvs, long petioled; lfts. 

 obovate or oblong-obovate, glabrous above, appressed- 

 pubesceut beneath, %-l in. long: racemes very long and 

 slender, 3-8 in. long. June, July. Germanv, N. Italy. 

 Hungary. L.B.C. 6:570. B.R. 10:802. Var. elongatUB, 

 Borkh. Blooming again in fall at the top of the elon- 

 gated fruiting racemes. R.H. 1891, p. 149 (as var. 

 Carlieri). 



0. Adami, Poir.=Laburnum Adami.— C dlbus, Haequ.= C. 

 leucanthus. — C a^plnus. Mill.— Laburnum alpmiim.— C. Ar- 

 dbini, Fourn. Prostrate shrub, to 1 ft. high : lvs. trifoliate, 

 silky: fls 1-6, axillary, yellow; calyx campanulate. Apr., May. 

 Southeastern France.— O. Austriaeiu, Linn. Allied to C. capi- 

 tatus. Lfts. narrow, oblanceolate, silky pubescent on both sides: 

 fls. yellow; calyx densely villous. Southeastern Eu., Caucasus. 

 — O. biflbrtis, L'Herit. = 0. Ratisbouensis.— C. Cantdbri<nt8, 

 Willd. AUied to C. scoparius, but prostrate, with silky lvs. and 

 large bright yellow fls. : pod ■villous. May. Spain.— C Can(d- 

 bricus, Hort.= C. scoparius, var. pendulus.- G. congestus, Voss 

 {Telinecongesta, Webb). Allied to C. Canariensis. Densely vil- 

 lous-tomentose, small-leaved: racemes short. Teneriffa. — G. 

 deciimbens, Walp. Prostrate: lvs. simple, oblanceolate, loosely 

 villous: fls. yellow, axillary, 1-2. S. Eu. L.B.C. 8:718.— O. do7t- 

 gdto-purpitreus, Hort.=C. versicolor.— C. elongdtus, Waldst. & 

 Kit.=C. Ratisbonensis, var. elongatus. — C.elongdtu8,'RoTt.= 

 C. hirsutus. — G. fragrans. Lam. Allied to C filipes. Petioles 

 short : lfts. densely pubescent : fls. fragrant, white. Spring. 

 Teneriffa.— O. glabresccns. Sartor. Procumbent, sparingly ap- 

 pressed-pubescent : lvs. 3-foliolate: fls. lateral, yellow: pod 

 glabrous. jN. Italy. — G. Kewensis, Bean (C. albusX Ardoini). 

 Prostrate: lvs. 3-foliolate, pubescent: fls. creamy white. Origi- 

 nated at Kew.— G. Laburnum, Li nn.= Laburnum vulgare.- O. 

 leucdnthiis, Waldst. & Kit. Allied to C. capitatus. Lfts. nearly 

 glabrous above, acute: fls. white or yellowish white. June, 

 July. Southeastern Eu. Var. Schipksensis, Dipp. Dwarf : fls. 

 pure white. Balkan.— C nubighius. Link = C. fragrans. — O. 

 prcecox, Hort. (C. albus X purgans). Shrub, to 3 ft., with erect 

 branches : lvs. 1-3-foliolate : fls. yellowish white. Of garden 

 origin.— G. polytrichus, Bieb.=C. hirsutus. — G. purgans, Willd. 

 Shrub, to 3 ft., appressed-pubescent : branches striped : lvs. 

 1-3-foliolate, oblong or linear-lanceolate : fls. axillai-j'' yellow, 

 fragrant : pod glabrous. May-JiUy. Spain, S. France.— G. 

 ramentacexis, Sieb.= Petteria ramentacea.— <7. Ratisbonensis, 

 Schaeff. Allied to C. hirsutus. To 3 ft.: branches slender, ap- 

 pressed-pubescent: lfts. glabrous above, silky beneath: fls. 1-2, 

 yellow ; calyx with appressed, yellowish, silky hairs. April- 

 June. M. Eu.,W. Asia. Var. elongatus. Koch. More erect: 

 fls. larger, 3-5 ; calyx with somewhat spreading hairs. B.R. 

 4:308 (as C. biflorus).— C. Ruthenicus, Hort., not Fisch. = C. 

 hirsutus. — O. sessiUfblius, Linn. Allied to C._nigricans. Quite 

 glabroiis: lvs. nearly sessile, with roundish-bbovate lfts.: ra- 

 cemes short, 4-11-fld. May. June. S. Eu. B.M. 255.— G. triflonts, 

 L'Herit. Similar to C. hirsutus. Fls. long-pedicelled, yellow; 

 calyx tube short, not tubular. April, May. S. Eu., N. Afr. Ten- 

 der.- O. versicolor, Dipp. (C. hirsutus X purpureus). Low 

 shrub, with sparingly villous lvs. : fls. yellowish white lind pale 

 purple. Sometimes cult, as C. incarnatus. — C. Wchleni, Vis.== 

 Petteria ramentacea. Alfeed Kehder. 



