GENISTA 587 



Native of the country round Naples. It is one of the group of which 

 G. tinctoria is the central and typical species, and is scarcely specifically 

 distinct from it. It differs chiefly in being wholly free from down, and in its 

 considerably larger flowers. It is appropriate for the rockery. It should be 

 mentioned that the name "anxantica" is given to other Genistas, and even to 

 species of Cytisus, especially to C. purgans, to which, of course, the true plant 

 bears no resemblance. 



G. CINEREA, De Candolle. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 8086.) 



A deciduous shrub, 8 to 10 ft. high, with long, slender, scourge-like 

 branches, grooved- and clothed with fine silky hairs when young. Leaves 

 grey green, simple, stalkless, narrowly lanceolate, pointed, about \ in. long, 

 in. wide, covered with silky hairs beneath. Flowers in short clusters, usunlly 

 two to four in each, bright yellow, \ in. long ; standard petal roundish with a 

 notch at the top, about \ in." long/ Calyx \ in. long, silky. Pod very silky, 

 ^ to f in. long, containing two to five seeds. Blossoms June and July. 



Native of S.W. Europe, especially of Spain, where it grows on the Sierra 

 Nevada up to an altitude of 6000 ft. It is one of the showiest and most 

 desirable of Genistas, and although cultivated at Kew for over sixty years is 

 still quite rare in gardens. It is useful in flowering after the majority of the 

 brooms are past. Very similar in leaf and flower to G. virgata, it may be 

 distinguished by longer, more slender branchlets and less twiggy habit when 

 old, and in its flowers being mostly produced in small lateral clusters instead 

 cf racemes. 



G. DALMATICA, Bartling. DALMATIAN BROOM. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 8075.) 



A dwarf deciduous shrub, forming a neat dense tuft, 4 to 6 ins. high, 

 ultimately i ft. or more through ; branches thin, angular, very hairy and spiny. 

 Spines stiff and sharp, being really the terminations of curious pinnately 

 divided branchlets. Leaves simple, mostly confined to the base of the shoot ; 

 thin, linear, pointed, about \ in. long, hairy. Racemes terminal, I to i^ ins. 

 long, erect, densely set with golden yellow flowers. Flowers \ in. long ; 

 standard petal broadly ovate ; calyx with five slender awl-shaped lobes, hairy. 

 Pod round and flat, \ in. long, ripening usually but one seed. Blossoms in 

 June and July. The plant in general suggests a miniature G. hispanica. 



Native of Dalmatia, Herzegovina, etc., where it forms part of the under- 

 wood of pine forests, and generally affects dry situations. Introduced to 

 Kew in 1893, it has proved a delightful plant. It may be used for furnishing 

 shelves in the rock garden, and it provides a pleasing undergrowth for groups 

 of thinly planted taller shrubs, provided the shade is not too dense. At 

 flowering time the tufts are entirely hidden by the closely packed, golden 

 yellow racemes. The flowering shoots die back considerably during winter, 

 springing up from the base in spring. Propagation is best effected by means 

 of cuttings placed under a bell-glass in an unheated frame in August. 



G. GERMANICA, Linnaus. 



A deciduous shrub about 2 ft. high, with spiny, hairy shoots ; spines mostly 

 branched, ^ to f in. long. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, \ to f in. long, ^ to ^ in. 

 wide, hairy especially about the margins, dark gree*n. Racemes I to 2 ins. 

 long, terminating leafy, spineless shoots. Flowers yellow, \ to | in. long ; 

 standard petal reflexed. Pod \ in. long, hairy. Blossoms in June. " 



