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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Height 6 ft. to 7 ft. Introduced in 1817. Flowers yellow ; 

 May to August. Legume ?. H. S. 



& 2. G. CA'NDICANS L. The whitish Genista. 



Identification. Lin. Amcen. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 145.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 149. : 



Webb Iter Hispan., 50. 



Synonymes. Cytisus cSndicans Lin. Sp. ; C. pubescens Mcench. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 80. ; and our Jig. 307. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaf trifoliolate, petiolate ; leaflets obovatr, 

 pubescent, with appressed down. Branches angled. 

 Flowers in terminal heads, few in a head. Legume hairy. 

 {Dec. Prod.) A hoary sub-evergreen shrub, of short du- 

 ration. Mogador, Italy, and the Levant. Height 4 ft. to 

 6ft. Introduced in 1735. Flowers large, yellow, scent- 

 less; April to Jul}. Legume ?. 



The great advantage of this species is, that it grows 

 rapidly, and flowers freely. 



& 3. G. PA'TENS Dec. The spreading Genista. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 145.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 149.; Webb 



Iter Hispan., p. 50. 

 Synonyme. Spartium patens Cat'. Icon. 2. p. 58., exclusive of the 



synonyme. 

 Engravings. Cav. Icon., 2. p. . r >8. t. 176.; and our Jig. 308. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches striated, twiggy, glabrous. 

 Leaves stalked, trifoliolate. Leaflets obovate, pu- 

 bescent beneath. Flowers in fours, pedicellate, 

 nearly terminal. Legume glabrous, 3 6-seeded. 

 (Don's Mill.) A spreading shrub. Spain. On 

 mountains near Albayda, and found by P. B. 

 Webb on Monte Santo in Catalonia. Introduced 

 in ? 1830. Height 4 ft. to 8 ft. Flowers yellow ; 

 April to July. 



It differs from Cytisus patens, in the upper lip of 

 the calyx being acutely bipartite ; lower lip of three 

 bristles, not with the lips nearly equal and entire. 



-* 4. G. TRI'QUETRA Ait. The triangular-stemmed Genista. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 3. p. 14. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 146. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 149. 



Synonyme. G. triquetra Lam. f 



Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 314. ; Dend. Brit., t. 79. ; and our fig. 309. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches 3-sided, decumbent, the younger ones villose. 

 Leaves trifoliolate, simple about the extremities of the branches ; leaflets 

 ovate-lanceolate, villose. Flowers in short terminal ra- 

 cemes. (Dec. Prod.) A trailing shrub, evergreen from the 

 colour of its shoots. Spain, Italy a and France. Height 

 6 in. Introduced in 1 748. Flowers yellow ; April to 

 July. Legume ?. 



No shrub is more ornamental on rockwork ; and, when 

 trained to a stake and allowed to form a head, or grafted 

 standard high on a laburnum, it forms a singular object, 

 and, when in flower, a most magnificent one. It is also an 

 admirable plant for training against a wall, particularly in 

 dry situations, where it is exposed to the sun. 



G. triquetra. 



j* 5. G. UMBELLA^TA Pair. The umbel! ate;/?0M;emf Genista. 



Identification. Poir. Suppl., 2. p. 715. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 146. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 149. ; Webb Iter 



Hispan., p. 51. 



Synonymes. .Spartium umbellatum Desf. Atl. 2. p. 133., L'HGrit. Stirp. 183. ; Bolina, in Andalusia. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. . in p. 



Spec. Char., &c. Leaf trifoliolate, its petiole short, its leaflets linear-lanceolate, 



