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ARBORETUM ET FRUT1CETUM BRITANMCUM. 



> anety. 



j* G. g. 2. inermis Dec. is almost without spines. 



4. Unarmed. Leaves all single. 

 3fc 16. G. PU'RGANS L. The purging Genista. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 999.; Bull. Herb., 116.; Dec. Prod, 2. p. 149.; 



Don's Mill., 2. p. 151. 



Synonyme. Spartium purgans Lin. Syst. 474. 

 Engravings, hot. Cab., 111?.; and our Jig. 320. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Upright, much branched. Branches round, 

 striate. Leaves simple, very few, lanceolate, almost sessile, 

 somewhat silky. Flowers axillary, solitary, scarcely pe- 

 diceled. Petals equal, glabrous. The young legume 

 adpressedly pubescent. (Dec. Prod.) An upright shrub, 

 evergreen from the colour of its shoots. France, on hills. 

 Introcl. 1768. Height 3 ft. to 6 ft. Flowers yellow ; June 

 and July. Legume brown ; ripe in September. 320. 



-* 17. G. SERI'CEA Wulf. The silky Genista. 



Identification. Wulf. in Jacq. Coll., 2. p. 167. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 149. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 151. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Icon. Rar., 3. t. 556. ; and our fig. 321. 



Spec. Char.. $c. Decumbent, with upright 

 round branches. Leaves simple, linear- 

 lanceolate, silky beneath. Flowers ter- 

 minal, 3 or 4 together, in a sort of ra- 

 ceme. Petals silky, nearly equal. Lobes 

 of the calyx oblong-acuminate ; the floral 

 leaves equalling the calyx in length. 

 (Dec. Prod.) Adecumbent shrub. Height 

 6 in. Austria and Croatia, in subalpine 

 places near the shore. Introduced in 

 1812. Flowers yellow; May and June. Legume brown; ripe August. 



.** 18. G. APHY'LLA Dec. The leafless Genista. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 149. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 152. 

 Synonymes. Spartitim aph^llum Lin. Fit. Suppl. 320. ; G. virgata 



Lam. Diet. 2. p. 616. 

 Engravings. Pall. Itin. ed. Gall. Append., No. 357. t. 99. f. 2. ; and 



our fig. 322. 



Spec. Char., $c. Branched, upright. Leaves simple, 

 very few, linear, very short. Flowers disposed dis- 

 tantly, in lengthened terminal racemes. Legumes 

 compressed, including 2 seeds ; when young, tomen- 

 tose ; when adult, glabrous. (Dec. Prod.) Height 

 3 ft. to 4 ft. in British gardens. Found in Siberia, in de- 

 serts, about the Volga. In- 

 trod. 1800. Flowers violace- 

 ous ; June and July. Legume 

 brown ; ripe in September. 



j* 19. G. MONOSPE'RMA Lam. The one-seeded Genista. 



Identification. Lam. Diet., 2. p. 616.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 150.; Don's 



Mill., 2. p. 152. ; Webb Iter Hispan., 51. 

 Synonymes. Spartium monospermum Lin. Sp. 995., Curt. Sot. Mag. 



t. 683. ; G. Ra?tam Forsk. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 683. ; and our fig. 323. 



Spec. Char., $c. Branched, upright. Leaves simple, very 

 few, linear-oblong, adpressedly pubescent. Flowers in 

 lateral racemes, few in a raceme. Petals silky, almost 

 equal. Legumes ovate, inflated, membranaceous, 

 glabrous, including 1 2 seeds. (Dec. Prod) An 

 erect shrub, with numerous slender, twiggy, flexile 



321. Genista sericea. 



323. Genfcta monosperma. 



