XXV. LEGUM1NA V CE^E : CY'TISUS. 



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Vexillum emarginate, undulated. (Don's Mi/I.) A downy shrub. Native of 

 Europe. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1800. Flowers yellow ; May 

 and June. Legume black ; ripe in September. 

 It appears to us to be only a variety of the preceding species. 



357. Cytisus multiflorus. 



358. C^tisus falcktu*. 



359. Cytlsus austriacus. 



j* 17. C. FALCA^TUS Waldst. et Kit. The sickle-like-podded Cytisus. 



Identification. Waldst. et Kit. Hung., 3. p. 264. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 155. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 156.; Lod. 

 Engravings. Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 520. ; Waldst. et Kit. Hung., 3. t. 238. ; and our fig. 358. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stems declinate Branches round and twiggy ; the young 

 ones, as well as the leaves, clothed with closely pressed hairy down. Petioles 

 hairy. Flowers usually in threes, lateral, and on short peduncles. Calyxes 

 clothed with closely pressed hairs. (Dec. Prod.) A downy shrub. Native 

 of Croatia, the South of Russia, and Gallicia. Height 2 ft. to 4 ft. Introd. 

 1816. Flowers yellow ; June to August. Legume black; ripe in October. 



Varieties. C. triflorus Lod., C. ruthenicus Lod., C. decumbens Lod., are 

 apparently all varieties of this species. 



JBK 18. C. AUSTRIA ACUS L. The Austrian Cytisus. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1042. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 156. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 156. 



Engravings. Mill. Icon., 117. f. 2. ; Pall. Itin., ed. Gal., t. 100. f. 3. ; Jacq. Austr., t. 21. ; and our 

 fig. 359. above. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stems upright. Branches round and twiggy, and, as well as 

 the leaves, clothed with closely pressed strigose pubescence. Leaflets lan- 

 ceolate, attenuated at both ends. Flowers terminal, somewhat umbellate. 

 Calyxes and legumes rather hairy. (Dec. Prod.) An upright downy shrub. 

 Found in woods and rough places in Austria, Upper Italy, the Ukraine, 

 and Siberia. Height 2 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1741. Flowers yellow ; 

 July to September. Legume black ; ripe in November. 



Variety. 



& C. a. 2 nova Lod. has the leaves much smaller than 

 the species, and seems to be an erect, and very dis- 

 tinct variety. 



-* 19. C. SUPI^NUS Jacq. The supine Cytisus. 



Identification. Jacq. Fl. Austr., 1. 1. 20. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 156. ; Don's Mill., 2. 



p. 156. 



Synonyme. C. totoldes Pour. Act. Tout. 3. t. 318. 

 Engravings. Clus. Hist., p. 96., No. 7., icon.; Jacq. Fl. Austr., 1. 1. 20.; and 



our fig. 360. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stems branched and decumbent. Branches 



round, and, when young, rather hairy ; adult ones smooth. 



Leaflets obovate, hairy beneath. Flowers 24, usually 360 . cytisus supinu 

 terminal and pedunculate. Calyxes and pods slightly hairy. 



