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6. Scdrpius. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Spiny ; spines branched, spreading, 

 striated, glabrous. Leaves simple, very few, oblong, 

 somewhat silky. Flowers glabrous, upon short pe- 

 dicels, in groups disposed somewhat racemosely ; the 

 keel as long as the standard. Legume containing 

 2 4 .seeds. (Dec. Prod.) An upright, deciduous, 

 spiny shrub. South of Europe and Barbary, in 

 arid places. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1570. 

 Flowers yellow j April and May. Legume ?. 



A spiny shrub, almost leafless when the shoots are full 

 grown. This species is commonly thought to be the *Scorpius of Theophrastus. 



j* 13. G. HISPA'NICA L. The Spanish Genista. 



Identification. Liu. Sp., 999. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 148. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 151. ; Webb Iter Hispan., 68. 



tnonyme. Spanish Furze, Hort. 

 igravings. Cav. Icon., 3. t. 211. ; Lam. 111., t. 619. f. 3. ; and our Jig. 317. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Spiny, except in the flower-bearing 

 branches ; spines branched, rigid. Leaves simple, lanceo- 

 late, viilose. Flowers in a terminal subcapitate raceme. 

 Keel viilose, the length of the glabrous standard. Le- 

 gume oval, including 2 4 seeds ; when ripe, rather gla- 

 brous. (Dec. Prod.) A diminutive undershrub, evergreen 

 from the colour of its shoots. Spain and the South of 

 France. Height ft. to 1 ft. Introduced in J759. Flowers 

 yellow ; June and July. Legume ?. 



-** 14. G. A'NGLICA L. The English Genista, or Petty Whin. 



od., 2. 



Synonyme. G. minor Lam. Fl. Fr. 2. p. 615. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot, 1. 132. ; Lobel Icon., 2. p. 93. f. 2. ; and our fig. 318. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Spiny, except in the flower- 

 bearing branches ; spines simple ; the whole 

 plant glabrous. Leaves simple, ovate-lanceo- 

 late. Flowers in terminal racemes, few in a 

 raceme; the keel longer than the standard and 

 wings. Legume ovately cylindrical, including 

 many seeds. (Dec. Prod.) A prostrate de- 

 ciduous shrub, with woody stems. Native of 

 the Middle and North of Europe; and fre- 

 quent in Britain, on moi.st, boggy, heathy com- 

 mons. Height 1 ft. Flowers yellow ; May and 

 June. Legume brown ; ripe in August. 



Cultivated in collections, where it forms a 

 spiny bush about 2 ft. in height. 



** 15. (2, GERMA'NICA L. The German Genista. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 995. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 149. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 151. 



Si/nonymes. Scorpius spin5sus Mcench Meth. 134. ; V6glero spinosa Fl. Wett. 2. p. 501. ; Buliir.a- 

 ' cola di Bosco, Ital. 



Engravings. Fuchs Hist., 220. icon. ; Hayne Abbild., t. 122. ; and 

 our Jig. 319. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Spiny, except in the flower-bearing 

 branches ; spines simple or branched. Leaves 

 simple, lanceolate, slightly hairy. Flowers somewhat 

 viilose, in terminal racemes. Keel longer than the 

 standard and wings. Legume ovate, slightly hairy, 

 including 2 4 seeds. (Dec. Prod.) A spiny shrub. 

 Euroj^e, in woods and on heaths. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. 

 ^titroduced in 1773. Flowers yellow ; June to 

 August. Legume brown ; ripe in September. S19 . oermu erminica. 



318. Genista inglica. 



