XXV. legumina'ce;e : geni'sta. 



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Diet., 



and rather silky. Flowers in terminal heads. Calyx hairy, in a silky man- 

 ner. Corolla and legume silky. Branches glabrous. {Dec. Prod.) Alow 

 shrub. Burbary, on arid hills ; and Spain, in Andalusia, on hills. Height 

 1 ft. to 2 ft. Introduced in 1779. Flowers yellow ; April to June. 



Varieti/. 



^ G. It. 2 capitdta Dec. 5partium capitatum Cav. Annal. 1801, p. 63. 

 Branches and leaves covered with silky villi. Native of Mogador. 



2. Spinose. Leaves all, or some ofthevi, trifoliolate. 

 jn 6. G. lusita'nica L. The Portugal Genista. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 999., exclusive of the synonymes of Clus. and J. Bauh. ; Lara 



2. p. 662., exclusive of the sjmonj mes ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 146. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 4.50. 

 Engravings. Andr. Bot. Rep., t.419.; and oar fig. 310. 



Spec. Char., S(c. Branches spiny, round, becoming striate. 

 Leaves trifoliolate, opposite, upon short petioles ; the leaflets 

 linear, folded, somewhat silky. Flowers few, terminal. 

 Calyx very hairy. {Dec. Prod.) A very spiny shrub, ever- 

 green from the colour of its young shoots. Portugal. 

 Height 4 ft. Introduced in 1771. Flowers yellow ; March 

 to May. Legume ?. 



Remarkable for having opposite leaves and branches ; a cha- 

 racter not common among Leguminaceae. 310. G.lusitanica. 



jd 7. G. (l.) radia'ta Scop. The rayed-SrawcAec? Genista. 



Identification. Scnp. Cam., No. 871. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 146. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 149. 

 Si/nont/mes. Spftrtiura radiatum Lin. Sp. 996., Mill. Icon., Si?ns Bit. Mag. ; G, ilvensis Dalech. 

 Engravings. Mill. Icon., t. 249. f. 1.; Bot. Mag., t. 2260. ; and onr fig. 311. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Branches angled, grouped, glabrous. 

 Leaf trifoliolate, almost sessile, opposite, the leaflets 

 somewhat silky. Flowers in terminal heads, 2 4 in a 

 head. Corolla and legume silky. The old branches 

 show a tendency to become spiny. The legumes are 

 oval, short, compressed, pointed with the style, and 

 include two seeds. {Dec. Prod.) A low shrub, of short 

 duration, evergreen from the colour of its young shoots. 

 Italy, Carniola, and the Vallais. Height 2 ft. to 4 ft. 

 Introduced in 1758. Flowers yellow; June and July. 

 Legume ?. 



Varieti/. 



-" G. (/.) r. 2 umbelldta, G. umbellata Poir., iS'partium 

 umbellatum Desf., appears, from a plant that 

 was in the Hort. Soc. Garden in 1837, to belong 

 to this species. 



Differing from G. lusitanica principally in being without 



spines, and having its leaves somewhat longer. Both G. 



radiata and G. lusitanica have a very singular appearance 



when without their leaves ; and, in that point of view, they may 

 be considered as almost as interesting in winter as they are in 

 summer. 



J 8. G. phedr6i^des Dec. The Ephedra-like Genista. 



Identification. Dec. Legum. Mem., 6. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 147. ; Don's Mill., 2. 



p. 150. 

 Engravings. Dec. Legum Mem., 6. t. 36. ; Maund's Botanic Garden, t. 498. ; and 



OUT fig. 312. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves some trifoliolate, some simple, few ses- 

 sile ; leaflets linear, almost glabrous. Branches rigid, round, 

 becoming striated and spiny. Flowers in spikes, alternate, 

 yellow. Calyx somewhat pubescent. {Dec. Prod.) A shrub. 



311. 6. (I.) ladi^ta. 



