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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



343. CJtisus Weldinii. 



neated at the base, and obtuse at the apex, smooth. Racemes terminal, stalked, 

 pyramidal, straight; pedicels 

 hoary and villous. Calyxes 

 campanulate, 3-lobed; lobes 

 tomentosely ciliated. Corolla 

 glabrous, but the carina is 

 clothed with silky villi. Le- 

 gume glabrous, mucronate 

 by the style. {Don's Mill.) 

 An erect woody shrub, re- 

 sembling a laburnum. Dal- 

 matia, in woods on moun- 

 tains. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. ; 

 6 ft. to 8 ft. in gardens. In- 

 troduced in 1837. Flowers 

 yellow, fragrant ; June and 

 Jidy. Legumes brown ; ripe 

 in October. 



The racemes are erect, and 

 do not droop even when in 

 fi-uit. The seeds are still more 

 poisonous than those of the 

 common laburnum, and the 

 scent of the flowers causes 

 headach. The milk of the 

 goats which feed upon the flowers. Baron Welden observes, produces the same 

 effect, only more severely, upon those who drink it. 



ai 5. C. ni'gricans L. The black Cytisus. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1041. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 153. : Don's Mill., 



2. p. 155. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Austr., t. 378. ; Bot. Reg., t. 802. ; and our 

 fig. 344. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Branches round, twiggy. Leaves 

 stalked, and clothed with closely pressed down 

 beneath, as well as the branches, calyxes, and 

 pods ; leaflets elliptic. Racemes elongated, ter- 

 minal, erect. Calyxes without bracteas. (Dec. 

 Prod.) A handsome deciduous shrub. Piedmont, 

 Vallais, and Bohemia. On hills and along way- 

 sides. Height 3 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced in ^1730. 

 Flowers yellow ; June and July. Legume black ; 

 ripe in October. The whole plant turns black 

 when drying ; whence the specific name. 



It ripens seed in abundance ; and it may also be 

 propagated by grafting on C. iaburnum, thus form- 

 ing a handsome standard. 



^ 6. C. sessilifo'lius L. The sessile-leaved Cytisus. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1041. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. \h3. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 155. 

 Engravings. Lara. Ill, t. 618. f. 2. ; Bot. Mag., t. 255. ; and our figs. 345. and 346. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. The whole plant quite smooth. Branches round. Floral 

 leaves almost sessile, and leaflets ovate. Racemes terminal, short, and erect ; 

 each calyx having a 3-leaved bractea under it. {Dec. Prod.) A shrub, vyith 

 upright branches, and smooth shining leaves. Native of France and Pied- 

 mont Height 4 ft. to 7 ft. Introduced in 1569. Flowers yellow ; May 

 and June. Legume black ; ripe in October. 

 In very general cultivation in British gardens, generally as a bush, but soine- 



344. Cjtisus nigricniia. 



