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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



313. G. triac^nthos. 



It 



evergreen from the colour of its young slender shoots. Sardinia. Height 

 2 ft. ; in British gardens 4 ft. Introduced in 1832. Flowers small, yellow ; 

 June to September. Legume?. 



The whole plant is glabrous, and resembles in appear- 

 ance J5:'phedra distachya. Cuttings strike readily. 



J* 9. G. tr[aca'nthos Brot. The three-spined Genista. 



rdenltfication. Brot. Phyt., 130. t. 54. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 147. ; Don's Mill., 2. 



p. 150. 

 Synonyme. G. rostrata Poir. Suppl. 1. p. 719. 

 Engravings. Brot. Phyt., t. 54. ; and owe fig. 313. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Leaves sessile, trifoliolate and simple, gla- 

 brous. Leaflets linear-lanceolate. Branchlets spiny, branch- 

 ed. Flowers in terminal racemes, few in a raceme. Calyx, 

 corolla, and legume glabrous ; legume 1-seeded. The 

 spines are simple, trifid, or branched. (Dec. Prod.) A 

 deciduous undershrub. Portugal, on mountains and in 

 woods. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 182 L Flowers 

 yellow ; May to July. Legume ?. 



Variety. 



Jt G. t. 2 interrupta Dec, S'partium interriiptum Cav. 

 Anna!., 1801, vol. iv. p. 58., has linear leaflets, and 

 branches usually simple, and shorter than those of the species, 

 is found wild about Tangier. 



j 10. G. ho'rrida Dec. The horrid Genista. 



Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr., 4. p. 500. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 146. ; Don's 



Mill., 2. p. 149. ; Webb. Iter Hispan., 51. 

 Synonymes. Spartium horridura J'aU Symb. 1. p. 51., exclusive of 



the synonyme ; G. erinacea Gilib. Bot. Prat. 2. p. 239. 

 Engravings. Gilib. Bot. Prat., 2. p. 239. icon. ; and our Jig. 314. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches grouped, angled, spiny, 

 opposite. Leaves trifoliolate, opposite ; the leaflets 

 linear, folded, somewhat silky. Flowers few, 

 almost terminal. Calyx pubescent. {Dec Prod.) 

 A native of the Pyrenees. Height 4 ft. Intro- 

 duced in 1821. Flowers yellow; May and June. 

 Legume ?. 



6 3. Spinose. Leaves all simple, 



jbk 11. G. sylve'stris Scop. The wood Genista. 



Identification. Scop. Cam., No. 875. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 148. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 151. 

 Synonyme. G. hispanica Jacq. Icon. Bar. t. 557. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Icon. Rar., t. 557. ; and oar fig. 315. 



Spec. Char., S/'c. Leaves simple, linear-awl- 

 shaped, glabrous above, villose in a closely 

 pressed manner beneath. Spines axillary, 

 branched, slender. Flowers glabrous, 

 dis[)osed in a terminal spiked raceme. 

 Teeth of the calyx almost spin}'. The 

 keel longer than the standard and wings. 

 (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous undershrub. 

 Carniola and Croatia, on hills. Height 

 1ft. to 2 ft. Introduced in 1818. Flowers 

 yellow ; June and July. Legume ?. 



314 Genista hdirida. 



ji 12. G. iJco'rpius Dec. 



Dec. Fl. Fr., 4. p. 498. ; Dec Prod. 



315. GenlsU sylv&ltris. 



The Scorpion Genista. 



2. p. 148. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 151. ; Webb Itei 



Identification. 



Hispan., 51. 

 Synonymes. Spartium Sc6rpius Lin. Sp. 995. ; G. spiniflBra Lam. Diet. 2. p. 621. ; Scorpion Furze 



Gerard. 

 Engravings. Dend Brit., t. 78. ; snd our yfif. 316. 



