228 



ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BBITANNICUM. 



A most beautiful species when in flower ; but, when out of flower, of a gloomy 

 ashy hue. The trunk is disfigured by the old ragged bark, whence the 

 vernacular name. It is truly astonishing, Mr. Webb observes, that this splendid 

 European plant, of almost arboreous stature, with spikes of flowers sometimes 

 a foot in length, should so long have escaped detection. It closely resembles 

 A. hispanicus, but, according to Mr. Webb, it is " very entirely distinct." Plants 

 are, or soon will be, in the Milford Nursery. 



* 3. A. INTERME V DIUS Dec. The intermediate Adenocarpus. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 158. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 158. 

 Si/nonyme. Cy'tisus complicatus Brot. Fl. LHS. 2. p 92. 

 Engravings. Clus. Hist., 1. p. 94. f. 1. ; and our fig. 370. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Calyx pubescent ; pubescence glandu- 



lated ; the middle of the three segments of the lower 



lip of the calyx longer than the side ones, and than the 



upper lip. Branchlets rather villose. Flowers rather 



distant. Standard rather glabrous. (Dec. Prod.) A 



pubescent shrub. Native of sunny gravelly places in 



Portugal and Old Castile, and Mount Sender, in Sicily, 



and of Mongiana, in the kingdom of Naples. Height 



4 ft. Year of introduction unknown. Flowers yellow ; 



May to July. Legume black ; ripe in September. 



A very handsome species, and one that is much admired 

 for its fine terminal spikes of flowers, which, in favour- 

 able seasons, and in a dry soil, ripen abundance of seeds. 



* 4. A. PARVIFO V LIUS Dec. The small-leaved Adenocarpus. 



Identification. Dec. Leg. Mem. 6., and Prod. 2. p. 158. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 158. 

 Synonymes. Cytisus parvifolius N. Du Ham. 5. p. 147., Lam. Diet. 2. p. 248., 



exclusive of the synonymes ; Cytisus divaricatus UHerit. Stirp. 184.; Cytisus 

 complicatus Dec. Fl. Fr. No. 3821.; Spartium complidUum Lois. 

 Engravings. N. Du Ham., 5. t. 47. f. 1. ; and our Jig. 371. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Calyx somewhat pubescent, with glandulous 

 pubescence ; the central segment of the lower lip longer 

 than the side segments, and much exceeding the upper lip 

 in length. Branches glabrous. Flowers distant. Standard 

 pubescent. (Dec. Prod.) An erect shrub, whitish from the 

 down on its branches. Native of sunny heaths in the West 

 of France. Height 2 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1800. Flow- 

 ers yellow ; May to July. Legume black ; ripe in October. 371 . A .parvifoiiu fc 



j* 5. A. TELONE'NSIS Dec. The Toulon Adenocarpus. 



Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr. Suppl. 54., Leg. Mem. 6., Prod. 2. p. 158. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 158. 

 Synonymes. Cytisus telonensis Lois. Fl. Gall. 446., and in N. Du Ham. 5. p. 155. ; SpSrtiura com. 



plicatum Gouan Hort. Monsp. 356., exclusive of the synonyme. 

 Engravings. N. Du Ham., 5. t. 47. f. 2. ; and our fig. 372. 



Spec. Char.y $c. Calyx not glandulose, pubescent ; 

 the segments on the lower lip nearly equal, ex- 

 ceeding a little the upper lip in length. Branches 

 almost glabrous. Flowers distant. Standard 

 pubescent. (Dec. Prod.) An erect shrub. Na- 

 tive of sterile places and heaths in the Pyrenees, 

 in Cevennes, in Provence, and in Rome. Height 

 2 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1800. Flowers yel- 

 low ; June and July. Legume dark brown, or 

 black ; ripe in October. 



It well deserves a place in British gardens; 

 where, when judiciously treated, it will, owing to 

 the moisture of our climate, attain double the 

 height that it does in the South of France. 



572. A. te!on6nsis. 



