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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



313. G. triacanthos. 



evergreen from the colour of its young slender shoots. Sardinia. Height 

 2 ft. ; in British gardens 4ft. Introduced in 1832. Flowers small, yellow ; 

 June to September. Legume?. 



The whole plant is glabrous, and resembles in appear- 

 ance JS"phedra distachya. Cuttings strike readily. 



j* 9. G. TRIACA'NTHOS Brot. The three-spined Genista. 



Identification. Brot. Phyt., 130. t. 54. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 147- ; Don's Mill., 2. 



p. 150. 



Synonyme. G. rostrata Pair. Suppl. 2. p. 719. 

 Engravings. Brot. Phyt., t. 54. ; and our fig. 313. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves sessile, trifoliolate and simple, gla- 

 brous. Leaflets linear-lanceolate. Branchlets spiny, branch- 

 ed. Flowers in terminal racemes, few in a raceme. Calyx, 

 corolla, and legume glabrous ; legume 1-seeded. The 

 spines are simple, trifid, or branched. (Dec. Prod.) A 

 deciduous undershrub. Portugal, on mountains and in 

 woods. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1821. Flowers 

 yellow ; May to July. Legume ?. 

 Variety. 



j* (jr. t. 2 interritpta Dec., Spartium interruptum Cav. 

 Annal., 1801, vol. iv. p. 58., has linear leaflets, and 

 branches usually simple, and shorter than those of the species. 

 is found wild about Tangier. 



j* 10. G. HO'RRIDA Dec. The horrid Genista. 



Identification. Dec. Fl.-Fr., 4. p. 500. : Dec. Prod., 2. p. 146. ; Don's 



Mill., 2. p. 149.j Webb. Iter Hispan., 51. 

 Synonymes. Spartium horridum Vahl Symb. 1. p. 51., exclusive of 



the synonyme ; G. erinacea Gilib. Bot. Prat. 2. p. 239. 

 Engravings. Gilib. Bot. Prat., 2. p. 239. icon. ; and our fig. 314. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches grouped, angled, spiny, 

 opposite. Leaves trifoliolate, opposite ; the leaflets 

 linear, folded, somewhat silky. Flowers few, 

 almost terminal. Calyx pubescent. (Dec. Prod.) 

 A native of the Pyrenees. Height 4ft. Intro- 

 duced in 1821. Flowers yellow ; May and June. 

 Legume ?. 



(\ 3. Spinose. Leaves all simple. 

 .** 11. G. SYLVE'STRIS Scop. The wopd Genista. 



Identification. Scop. Cam., No. 875. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 148. ; Don's Mill. 2. p. 151. 

 Synonyme. G. hispanica Jacq. Icon. Rar. t. 557. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Icon. Rar., t. 557. ; and our.7fe.3l5. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves simple, linear-awl- 

 shaped, glabrous above, villose in a closely 

 pressed manner beneath. Spines axillary, 

 branched, slender. Flowers glabrous, 

 disposed in a terminal spiked raceme. 

 Teeth of the calyx almost spiny. The 

 keel longer than the standard and wings. 

 (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous undershrub. 

 Carniola and Croatia, on hills. Height 

 1 ft. to 2ft. Introduced in 1818. Flowers 

 yellow ; June and July. Legume ?. 



314 Genhta h<5rrida. 



12. G. SCO'RPIUS Dec. 



316. Genista sylvestris. 



The Scorpion Genista. 



2 ' P - 148 ' i D n ' S MiU " 2 " P- 



" ' Webb 



Spdrtium Sc<Sr P ius Lfn - S P- 995. ; G. spiniflora Lam. Diet. 2. p. 621. ; Scorpton Furze 

 Engravings. Dend. BrH., t. 78. ; and our fi s . 316, 



