XXV. LEGUMINA^CEiE : GENl'sTA. 



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3Ifi. G. Scdrjiius. 



Sj^ec. Char., ^c. Spiny ; spines branched, spreading, 

 striated, glabrous. Leaves simple, very few, oblong, 

 somewhat silky. Flowers glabrous, upon short pe- 

 dicels, in groups disposed somewhat racemosely ; the 

 keel as long as the standard. Legume containing 

 2 1 geeds. {Dec. Prod.) An upright, deciduous, 

 spiny shrub. South of Europe and Barbary, in 

 arid places. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1570. 

 Flowers yellow ; April and May. Legume ?. 



A spiny shrub, almost leafless when the shoots are full 

 grown. This species is commonly thought to be the iScorpius of Theophrastus. 



jt 13. G. hispa'nica L. The Spanish Genista. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 999. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 148.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 151.; Webb Iter Hispaii.,68. 



Synonyme. Spanish Furze, jHort. 



Engravings. Cav. Icon., 3. t. 211. ; Lam. 111., t. 619. f. 3. ; and onrjig. 317. 



Sjyec. Char., ^-c. Spiny, except in the flower-bearing 

 branches ; spines branched, rigid. Leaves simple, lanceo- 

 late, villose. Flowers in a terminal subcapitate raceme. 

 Keel villose, the length of the glabrous standard. Le- 

 gume oval, including 2 4 seeds ; when ripe, rather gla- 

 brous. {Dec. Prod.) A diminutive undershrub, evergreen 

 from the colour of its shoots. Spain and the South of 

 France. Height i ft. to 1 ft. Introduced in 1759. Flowers 

 yellow ; June and July. Legume ?. 



317. a. hlspAnica. 



J* 14. G. a'nglica L. The English Genista, or Petty Whin. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 999. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 149. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 151. 



Synonyme. G. minor Lam. Fl. Fr. 2. p. C15. 



Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 132. ; Lobel Icon., 2. p. 93. f. 2. ; and our j?g. 318. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Spiny, except in the flower- 

 bearing branches ; spines simple ; the whole 

 plant glabrous. Leaves simple, ovate-lanceo- 

 late. Flowers in terminal racemes, few in a 

 raceme ; the keel longer than the standard and 

 wings. Legume ovately cylindrical, including 

 many seeds. (Dec. Prod.) A prostrate de- 

 ciduous shrub, with woody stems. Native of 

 the Middle and North of Europe ; and fre- 

 quent in Britain, on moist, boggy, heathy com- 

 mons. Height 1 ft. Flowers yellow ; May and 

 June. Legume brown ; ripe in August. 



Cultivated in collections, where it forms a 

 spiny bush about 2 ft. in height. 



-t* 15. G, germa'nica L. The German Genista. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 995. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 149. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 151. 



Synonymes. Scorpius spin5sus Mcench Meth. 134. ; V6glero spin6sa Fl. WeU. 2. p. 500. ; Bulima. 



cola di Bosco, Ital. 

 Engravings. Fuchs Hist., 220. icon. ; Hayne Abbild., t. 122. ; and 



our /g. 319. 



Spec. Char., S(c. Spiny, except in the flower-bearing 

 branches ; spines simple or branched. Leaves 

 simple, lanceolate, slightly hairy. Flowers somewhat 

 villose, in terminal racemes. Keel longer than the 

 standard and wings. Legume ovate, slightly hairy, 

 including 2 4- seeds. {Dec. Prod.) A spiny shrub. 

 Euroi^e, in woods and on heaths. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. 

 Titroauced in 1773. Flowers yellow ; June to 

 August. Legume brown ; ripe in September. 



318. Genista &n);lica. 



319. Genuid (term&nlca. 





