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ARBORETUM ET ERUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



.* 28. G. DiFFu'sA Willd. The diffuse Genista. 



Identification. Willd. Sp., 3. p. 942. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 152. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 153. 

 Synomjmes. G. humifClsa IVu{f. iu Jacq. Coll. 2. p. 169. ; Spartium procumbens Jacq. Icon. 



t. 5.^5., but not of Alton. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Icon. Rar., t. 555.; and 



our ^if. 334. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches pro- 

 cumbent from the neck, trique- 

 trous. Leaves lanceolate, and 

 smooth, a Uttle ciliated. Pe- 

 duncles axillary, erect, and dis- 

 posed in interrupted fascicles. 

 Corollas and legumes glabrous. 

 {Dec. Prod.) A procumbent 

 shrub. Italy and St} ria, in ex- 

 posed places. Height 6 in. In- 

 troduced in 1815. Flowers 

 yellow ; May and June. Le- 

 gume brown ; ripe in August. 



-4 29. G. prostra'ta Lam. The prostrate Genista. 



Identification. Lam. Diet., 2. p. 618. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 152. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 153. 

 Spnonymes. G. peduneulata L'Herit. Stirp. 184.; G. dectimbens XMr. Bourg. 1. p. 299. ; G. 



Iteyn. Mem. 1. p. 211. icon. 

 Engravings. Lodd. Bot. Cab., 718. ; and o\i\ figs. 335,336. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Stems diffuse, prostrate. Branches angular, striated, 



Rar. 3, 



334. Genista decurabens. 



Halleri 

 rather 



336. Genista prostrala. 



333. Genista prostrata 



hairy. Leaves ovate-oblong, somewhat 



hairy beneath, Flowers axillary, on 



long erect pedicels. Corolla glabrous. 



Legumes hairy, 3 4-seeded. {Dec. Prod.) A prostrate shrub. Burgundy 



and the Alps of Jura. Height 1 ft. Introduced In 1775. Flowers yellow; 



May and June. Legume brown ; ripe in August. 



The procumbent Genista. 



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



Jk 30. G. procu'mbens Waldst. et Kit. 



Identification. Waldst. et Kit. in Willd. Sp., 3. p. 940. 



p. l.')3. 

 Engravings. Bot. Keg., t. 1150.; and our fig. 337 



Spec. Char., Sj-c. Branches procumbent, 

 round, striated, rather downy. Leaves 

 lanceolate, acute, and, as well as the 

 calyxes, downy beneath. Flowers pe- 

 dicellate, axillary, in threes. Corolla 

 glabrous. {Dec. Prod.) A procumbent 

 shrub. Hungary and Moravia. Height 

 1 ft. Introduced in 1816. Flowers 

 yellow ; June to August. Legume brown ; ripe in September. 



Most likely only a variety of the preceding species. 



J: 31. G. piLO^SA Lin. The hairy Genista. 



Identification. Linn. Sp. 999. ; Smith's Eng. Fl., 3. p. 263.; Hayne Abbild. der deut. Holz., p. 161.; 



Dec. Prod.. 2. p. 152. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 153. 

 Synonymes. G. ripens Lam. PI. Fr. ; Genistoides tiiberculata Mocnch Meth. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Fl. Austr., t. 208. ; Hayne Abbild., t. 120. ; and our fig. 338. 



Spec. Char., tfc. Stems procumbent, striated, branched, tuberculated. Leaves 

 obovate-lanceolate, obtuse, folded, and having beneath a close-pressed silky 



337. G. procumbens 



