XXV. LEGUMINA N CEyE : 



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v. Lotdides Dec. 



Derivation. From lotos, the lotus, and eidos, appearance ; from the general resemblance of the 

 species to the genus Z,6tus. 



Spec. Char., $c. Tube of the calyx short, obconical ; the upper lip 2-parted, 

 the lower 3-toothed. Corolla hardly longer than the calyx. Many-stemmed 

 decumbent shrubs, deciduous, with few flowers, generally capitate and ter- 

 minal, and all yellow. (Dec. Prod.) 



-* 24. C. ARGE'NTEUS L. The silvery Cytisus. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1043. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 156. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 157. 

 Synonyme. jLbtus arg^nteus Brot. FL Lus. 2. p. 119. 

 Engravings. Lob. Icon., 2. p. 41. f. 2. ; and our fig. 362. 



Spec. Char. , fyc. Stems decumbent. Leaves, calyxes, corollas, 

 and pods clothed with a closely pressed silky clown. Leaves 

 petiolate, trifoliolate ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate. Flowers 

 3 4, produced at the points of the shoots. (Dec. Prod.) 

 A decumbent shrub. Native of Carniola, the South of 

 France, and Mauritania. Height 1 ft. Introduced in 1739. 

 Flowers vellow ; August. Legume black ; ripe in October. 



562. C. argnteu. 



A silky silvery-looking shrub, from the prevalence of closely 

 pressed silky down over all its parts ; noticed in the specific character, and 

 whence it derives its specific name. 



Jt 25. C. CALYCI N NUS Bieb. The large-calyxed Cytisus. 



Identification. Bieb. FL Taur., 2. p. 166. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 157. ; Don's 



Mill., 2. p. 157. 



Synonyme. C. p.iuciflbrus Willd. Sp. 3. p. 1126. 

 Engravings. Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 673. ; and our fig. 363. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stems ascending. Leaves, calyxes, and 

 pods somewhat hairy from spreading down. Leaves 

 trifoliolate and petiolate. Leaflets roundish, obovate. 

 Flowers terminal, from 2 to 8 together. (Dec. Prod.) 

 A prostrate shrub, with trailing branches, the ends of 

 which grow upright. Found in stony places on Mount 

 Caucasus. Height 1 ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers 

 yellow ; August. Legume black ; ripe in October. 



* 26. C. NA'NUS Willd. The dwarf Cytisus. 



Identification. Willd. Enum., 769. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 157. 

 Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 81. ; and our fig. 364. 



Spec. Char.,fyc. Stems cylindrical. Leaves trifo- 

 liolate, obovate, clothed with strigose pubescence 

 beneath, and smooth above. Raceme terminal, 

 secund, usually 4-flowered. Calyx deeply 3- 

 parted ; hairs on the stems and peduncles ad- 

 pressed. (Don's Mill.) A procumbent shrub. 

 Native of the Levant. Height 1 ft. Introd. in 

 1816. Flowers yellow; June and July. Le- 

 gume black ; ripe in October. 



This is a beautiful little shrub for rockwork ; 

 and if planted in dry sandy soil, covered with 

 broad flat stones to retain the moisture during 

 the hot weather of July, it will continue flowering 

 during the whole of that month, and produce 

 abundance of seeds j which may be sent to any 

 distance in the pods. 



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