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branches. On the Mediterranean shores, where, in many places, it serves 

 to retain and consolidate the drifting sand. Height 2 ft. to + ft. Introduced 

 in 1670. Flowers white ; June and July. Legume brown ; ripe in September. 



The leaves and young branches are, in these countries, eaten by sheep and 

 goats ; and the twigs are used for tying vines to stakes, or tying up faggots ; 

 and they are also twisted into ropes. 



J* 20. G. sph^roca'rpa Lam. The round-fruited Genista. 



Identification. Lam. Diet., 2. p. 616. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 150.; 



Don's Mill., 2. p. 1,52. ; Webb Iter Hispan., .50. 

 Synonyme. Spartium sphzerocarpon Lin. Mant. 571. 

 Engravings. Clus. Hist, 1. p. 102. f. 2.; and our fig. 324. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Twiggy, branched. Leaves simple, 

 few, linear, almost glabrous. Flowers in lateral 

 racemes, many in a raceme. Petals glabrous, equal. 

 Legumes ovate, in some measure fleshy, contain- 

 ing 1 2 seeds. Flowers small, and pale yellow. 

 (Dec. Prod.) A twiggy shrub. Native of the 

 South of Europe and North of Africa. Height 

 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introd. 1731. Flowers yellow ; June 

 and July. Legume brown ; ripe in September. 



321. Genista sphroc&rj.'a. 



J* 21. G. .sthne'nsis Dec. The Mount Etna Genista. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 150. ; Don's Mill, 2. p. 152. 



Synoni/mes. Spartijm sjthnense Biv. St. Sic. Mnnt. 1., Rafin. Specch.\.\i. 17- 



2674. ; Spartium trispermum Smith in Rees's Cycl. vol. 32. No. 5. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2674. ; and our fig. 325. 



Spec. Char., S(c. Upright, very much branched. Leaves 

 simple, few, linear, silky. Flowers in terminal racemes. 

 Petals almost glabrous, nearly equal in length. Legumes 

 obliquely ovate, compressed, containing 2- 3 seeds ; when 

 young, pubescent. {Dec. Prod.) An erect twiggy shrub. 

 Native of the wooded region of Mount Etna, 3000 ft. 

 6000 ft. elevation ; growing with ^^cermonspessulanum. 

 {Prcsl, in Comp. Bot. Mag., vol. i. p. 91.) Height 2 ft. 

 to 4ft. Introduced in 1816. Flowers yellow ; June and 

 July. Legume brown ; ripe in September. 



Resembles the preceding species, except that the flowers are twice the size, 

 -i 22. G. anxa'ntica Ten. The Anxantic Genista. 



Identification. Ten. Fl. Nap. Prod., p. 41. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 150. ; Don's Mfll., 2. p. 152. 



Synonyme. G. amsantica Tenore. 



Engravings. Fl. Nap., 2. p. 127. t. 66. ; Swt. Fl.-Gar., 2d ser. t 266. ; and our figs. 326. and 827 



325. GenfsU ethn^nsii. 



526. Genista anxintica. 



327. Genista anxantica. 



Spec. Cliar,y S^c, The whole plant is perfectly gla- 

 brous. Stems spreading. Branches angled. 

 Leaves simple, ovate-elliptical, rather coriaceous, 

 veiny. Flox^*^''^ in racemes. Corolla thrice as 



S?^ Genista* ^cahoEa. 



