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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



-* 28. G. DIFFU'SA Willd. The diffuse Genista. 



Identification. Willd. Sp., 3. p. 942. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 152. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 153. 



Synonymes. G. humifusa Wulf. iuJacq. Coll. 2. p. 169. ; Spartium procumbens Jacq. Icon. Ear. 3. 



t. 555., but not of Aiton. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Icon. Rar., t. 555.; and 



our fig. ZM. 



Spec. Char.y $c. Branches pro- 

 cumbent from the neck, trique- 

 trous. Leaves lanceolate, and 

 smooth, a little ciliated. Pe- 

 duncles axillary, erect, and dis- 

 posed in interrupted fascicles. 

 Corollas and legumes glabrous. 

 (Dec. Prod.) A procumbent 

 shrub. Italy and Styria, in ex- 

 posed places. Height 6 in. In- 

 troduced in 1815. Flowers 



yellow ; May and June. Le- 334 . Ge nista decumbens. 



gume brown ; ripe in August. 



-* 29. G. PROSTRA N TA Lam. The prostrate Genista. 



Identification. Lam. Diet., 2. p. 618. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 152. ? .Don's Mill., 2. p. 153. 



Synonymes. G. pedunculata UHirit. Stirp. 184. ; G. decumbens Dur. Bourg. 1. p. 299. ; G. Haller* 



Reyn. Mem. 1. p. 211. icon. 

 Engravings. Lodd. Bot. Cab., 718. ; and our figs. 335,336 



Spec. Char., $c. Stems diffuse, prostrate. Branches angular, striated, rather 



335 . Geni s t a p os t r a t a 



hairy. Leaves ovate-oblong, somewhat 



hairy beneath, Flowers axillary, on 336 Genista proitltou 



long erect pedicels. Corolla glabrous. 



Legumes hairy, 3 ^seeded. (Dec. Prod.) A prostrate shrub. Burgundy, 



and the Alps of Jura. Height 1 ft. Introduced in 1775. Flowers yellow; 



May and June. Legume brown ; ripe in August. 



Jk 30. G. PROCU'MBENS Waldst. et Kit. The procumbent Genista. 



Identification. Waldst. et Kit. in Willd. Sp., 3. p. 940., Dec. Prod., 2. p. 152.; Don's Mill., 2 



p. 153. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1150.; and our fig. 337 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches procumbent, 

 round, striated, rather downy. Leaves 

 lanceolate, acute, and, as well as the 

 calyxes, downy beneath. Flowers pe- 

 dicellate, axillary, in threes. Corolla 

 glabrous. (Dec. Prod.) A procumbent 

 shrub. Hungary and Moravia. Height 

 1ft. Introduced in 1816. Flowers 

 yellow ; June to August. Legume brown ; ripe in September. 

 Most likely only a variety of the preceding species. 



Jk 31. G. PILOTS A Lin. The hairy Genista. 



Identification. Linn. Sp. 999. ; Smith's Eng. Fl., 3. p. 263.; Hayne Abbild. der deut. Holz., p. 161. ; 



Dec. Prod., 2. p. 152. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 153. 



Synonymts. G. rdpens Lam. Fl. Fr. ; Genistoides tuberculata Mccnch Meth. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Fl. Austr., t. 208. ; Hayne Abbild., t. 120. j and our fig. 338. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stems procumbent, striated, branched, tuberculated. Leaves 

 obovate-lanceolate, obtuse, folded, and having beneath a close-pressed silky 



