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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



H. S. 



The whitish Genista. 



, 2. p. 145.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 149. ; 



G. c&ndicani. 



Height 6 ft. to 7 ft. Introduced in 1817. Flowers yellow ; 

 May to August. Legume ?. 



at 2. G. ca'ndicans L. 



Identification. Lin. Amoen. ; Dec. Prod 



Webb Iter Hispan., 50. ^ ,- -,,1 



Synonymes. Cvtisus candicans Lin. Sp. ; C. pubescens Ucench. 

 Engnivings. Dend. Brit., t. 80. ; and oar Jig. 307. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaf trifoliolate, petiolate ; leaflets obovate, 

 pubescent, with appressed down. Branches angled. 

 Flowers in terminal heads, few in a head. Legume hairy. 

 (Dec. Prod.) A hoary sub-evergreen shrub, of short du- 

 ration. Mogador, Italy, and the Levant. Height 4 ft. to 

 6 ft. Introduced in 1735. Flowers large, yellow, scent- . 

 less; April to July. Legume?. 

 The great advantage of this species is, that it grows 



rapidly, and flowers freely. 307 



Hi 3. G. PATTENS Dec. The spreading Genista. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 145.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 149.; Webb 



Iter Hispan., p. .50. 

 Synonynie. Spartium patens Cav. Icon. 2. p. 58., exclusive of the 



synonyme. 

 Engravings. Cav. Icon., 2. p. .58. t. 176.; and our fig. 308. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Branches striated, twiggy, glabrous. 



Leaves stalked, trifoliolate. Leaflets obovate, pu- 

 bescent beneath. Flowers in fours, pedicellate, 



nearly terminal. Legume glabrous, 3 6-seeded. 



{Donh Mill.) A spreading shrub. Spain. On 



mountains near Albayda, and found by P. B. 



Webb on Monte Santo in Catalonia. Introduced 



in ? 1830. Height 4 ft. to 8 ft. Flowers yellow ; 



April to July. 



It diff'ers from C\ tisus patens, in the upper lip of 

 the calyx being acutely bipartite ; lower lip of three 

 bristles, not with the lips nearly equal and entire. gog. Genista patens. 



-* 4. G. tri'quetra Ait. The triangular-sto?;?nefi? Genista. 



Dec. Prod., 2. p. 146. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 149. 

 and our fig. 309. 



Char., Sfc. Branches 3-sided, decumbent, the younger ones villose. 

 Leaves trifoliolate, simple about the extremities of the branches ; leaflets 

 ovate-lanceolate, villose. Flowers in short terminal ra- 

 cemes. {Dec. Prod.) A trailing shrub, evergreen from the 

 colour of its shoots. Spain, Italy, and France. Height 

 6 in. Introduced in 1748. Flovvers yellow; April to 

 July. Legume '?. 



No shrub is more ornamental on rockwork ; and, when 

 trained to a stake and allowed to form a head, or grafted 

 standard high on a laburnum, it forms a singular object, 

 and, when in flower, a most magnificent one. It is also an 

 admirable plant for training against a wall, particularly in 

 dry situations, where it is exposed to the sun. 



j 5. G. UMBEiXA^TA Poir. The umhe\\ate-^owei-ed Genista. 



Identification. Poir. Suppl., 2. p. 715. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 146. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 149. ; Webb Iter 



Si^mpmrs'^' ispartium umbellfitum Dcsf. Atl. 2. p. 133.. L'Herit. Stirp. 183. ; Bolina, in Andalusia. 

 Engraving. Our fig. . in p. 



Spec. Char., Ike. Leaf trifoliolate, its petiole short, its leaflets linear-lanceolate. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 3. p. 14 



Si/noriyinc. G. trlqiietra Lam. ? 



Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 314. ; Dend. Brit., t. 79 



Spec. 



309. G. triquelra. 



