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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BEITANNICUM. 



long as the calyx ; and about 8 lines long. Legume containing 8 10 seeds. 

 (Dec. Prod.) A diffuse shrub. Naples. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 

 1818. Flowers yellow ; June and July. Legume brown; ripe in September. 



Variety, 



i G. a. 2 scariosa. G. scariosa Fin. (Frag. Fl. Ital. 1. t. 8.; and our 

 ^g. 328.) An upright shrub, closely resembling the species. Intro- 

 duced in 1821, and flowering in the Hort. Soc. Garden in June 

 and July. It deserves a place in collections. 



23. G. TINCTO'RIA L. The Pyer's Broom, or Green Weed. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 998. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 151. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 152. 



Svnonymes. G. italica Lod. Cat. ; Base Broom, Green Wood, Dyer's Weed, and Wood-waxen ; 



Genet des Teinturiers, Genet de Siberie, Fr. ; farbender Cluster, Ger. ; Bacellina Ital. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 44. ; aud our Jig. 329. 



Spec. Char. y fyc Root creeping. Stems almost upright. Branches round, 

 striated, upright. Leaves simple, lanceolate, rather glabrous. Flowers gla- 

 brous, in spiked racemes. Legume glabrous. (Dec. Prod.) A creeping- 

 rootecj low shrub. Common in Europe, in grassy fields, and in woods and 

 copses, particularly in dry gravelly or sandy soils. Height 1 ft. to 3 It. 

 Flowers yellow ; July. Legume brown ; ripe in September. 



Varieties. 



* G. t. 2 fiore pleno. There are plants in the Epsom Nursery and 

 the Hort. Soc. Garden. 



j* G. t. 3 latifolia Dec. Leaves broad- 

 lanceolate. A native of Auvergne, on 

 the Mont d'Or. 



G. t. 4 hirsuta Dec. Leaves somewhat 

 villose. Branches upright. A native of 

 sunny meadows. 



-** G. t. 5 pratensis Poll. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, rather hairy. Branches as- 

 cending. Inhabits the mountainous parts 

 of Upper Italy. 



It is very common in pastures, in many places, 

 both in England and Scotland ; but, when cows 

 feed on it, it is said by Ray to give a bitter taste 

 to their milk. All parts of this plant, and espe- 

 cially the branches and leaves, have long been used by dyers for producing 

 yellow, especially for dyeing wool that is afterwards to be dyed green with 

 woad (/satis tinctoria Z/.). The plant is not 

 now in cultivation for this purpose ; but, in 

 Norfolk 'and Suffolk, it is still collected in 

 quantities from sandy wastes and commons, 

 and sold to the dyers. 



st 24-. G. (T.) SIBI'RICA L. The Siberian 

 Genista. 



Identification. Lin. Mant., 571.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 151. j 

 Don's Mill., 2. p. 152. 



Synonymes. Genistoldes elata Mcench Meth. 132. ; Ge- 

 nista tinctbria var. N. Du Ham. 



Engravings. Jac. Hort. Vind., t. 190. ; and our fig. 330. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stems erect ; and the whole 

 plant more slender and taller than G. 

 tinctoria, of which it is evidently only a 

 variety. An erect shrub. Siberia. Height 

 6 ft. Introduced in 1785. Flowers yellow ; 

 June to August. Legume brown ; ripe in 

 September. 53 o. 



Genista tinctoria. 



