XXV. legumina^cEjE : cy'tisus. 



223 



Vexillum emarginate, undulated. {Don's Mill.) A downy shrub. Native of 

 Europe. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in J 800. Flowers yellow ; May 

 and June. Legume black ; ripe in September. 



It appears to us to be only a variety of the preceding species. 



38. C^sus falcKtus. 



359. C^tisus austriarus. 



C. falcaVus Waldst. et Kit. The ^\c^&-like->podded Cytisus. 



Jdentijkation. Waldst. et Kit. Hung., 3. p. 264. ; Dec. Prod., 2 p. iS."). ; Don's Mill., 2. p. l.-ir,.; Lod 

 Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. .520. ; Waldst. et Kit. Hung., 3. t. 238. 



and our fig. 3.58. 



Branches round and twiggy ; the young 



Engravings 



Spec. Char., SiC Stems declinate 



ones, as well as the leaves, clothed with closely pressed hairy down. Petioles 

 hairy. Flowers usually in threes, lateral, and on short peduncles. Calyxes 

 clothed with closely pressed hairs, {Dec. Prod.) A downy shrub. Native 

 of Croatia, the South of Russia, and Gallicia. Height 2 ft. to 4 ft. Introd. 

 1816. Flowers yellow ; June to August. Legume black; ripe in October. 



Varieties. C. triflorus Lod., C. ruthenicus Lod., C. decumbens Lod., are 

 apparently all varieties of this species. 



jut 18. C. AUSTRi^ACUs L. The Austrian Cytisus 



Lin. Sp., 1042. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 1.56. ; Don's Mill., 2 



1.56. 

 acq. Austr., t. 21. 



and our 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1042. ; Dec. frod., 2. p. l.ob. ; Uons IVIUI., '2. p 

 Engravings. Mill. Icon., 117. f. 2. ; Pall. Itin., ed. Gal., t. 100. f. 3. ; J. 

 Jig. 359. above. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Stems upright. Branches round and twiggy, and, as well as 

 the leaves, clothed with closely pressed strigose pubescence. Leaflets lan- 

 ceolate, attenuated at both ends. Flowers terminal, somewhat umbellate. 

 Calyxes and legumes rather hairy. {Dec. Prod.) An upright downy shrub. 

 Found in woods and rough places in Austria, Upper Italy, the Ukraine, 

 and Siberia. Height 2 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1741. Flowers yellow; 

 July to September. Legume black ; ripe in November. 



Varieft/. 



^ C. a. 2 nova Lod. has the leaves much smaller than 

 the species, and seems to be an erect, and very dis- 

 tinct variety. 



J: 19. C. suPi^NUs Jacq. The supine Cytisus. 



Identification. Jacq. Fl. Austr., l.t. 20. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 156. ; Don's Mill., 2. 



p. 156. 

 Si/nonyme. C. Mtoldes Pour. Act. Tout. 3. t. 318. 

 Engravings. Clus. Hist., p. 96., No. 7., icon.; Jacq. Fl. Austr., 1. 1. 20.; and 



OUT fig. 360. 



Spec. Char., 4~c. Stems branched and decumbent. Branches 

 round, and, when young, rather hairy ; adult ones smooth. 

 Leaflets obovate, hairy beneath. Flowers 2 4, usually 

 terminal and pedunculate. Calyxes and pods slightly hairy. 



S60. Citisus supinu^. 



