XXV. LEGUMINA CE/E: CY TISUS. 



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V. 'Lotoldes Dec. 



362. C. argeiltetu. 



Derivalion. From lotos, the lotus, and eidos, appearance ; from the general resemblance of tlia 

 species to the genus idtus. 



Spec. Char., c^-c. Tube of the calyx short, obconical ; the upper lip 2-parted, 

 the lower 3-toothed. Corolla hardly longer than the calyx. Many-stemmed 

 decumbent shrubs, deciduous, with few flowers, generally capitate and ter- 

 minal, and all yellow. (Dec. Prod.) 



Jk 2-t-. C. arge'nteus L. The silvery Cytisus. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1043. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 156. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 1-57. 

 Synonyme. ibtus argtoteus Brot. Fl. Lus. 2. p. 119. 

 Engravings. Lob. Icon., 2. p. 41. f. 2. ; and omjig. 3G2. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Stems decumbent. Leaves, calyxes, corollas, 

 and pods clothed with a closely pressed silky down. Leaves 

 petiolate, trifoliolate ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate. Flowers 

 3 4, produced at the points of the shoots. {Dec. Prod.) 

 A decuaibent shrub. Native of Carniola, tiie South of 

 France, and Mauritania. Height 1 ft. Introduced in 1739. 

 Flowers yellow ; August. Legume black ; ripe in October. 



A silky silvery-looking shrub, from the prevalence of closely 

 pressed silky down over all its parts ; noticed in the specific character, and 

 whence it derives its specific name. 



J: 25. C. CALYCi^NUS Bieb. The /arge-calyxed Cytisus. 



Identificatmn. Bieb. Fl. Taur., 2. p. 166. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 157. ; Don's 



Mill., 2. p. 157. 

 Synonyme. C. piuciflbrus Willd. Sp. 3. p. 1126. 

 Engravings. Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 673. ; and our^^. 363. 



Spec, Char., SfC. Stems ascending. Leaves, calyxes, and 

 pods somewhat hairy from spreading down. Leaves 

 trifoliolate and petiolate. Leaflets roundish, obovate. 

 Flowers terminal, from 2 to 8 together. {Dec. Prod.) 

 A prostrate shrub, with trailing branches, the ends of 

 which grow upright. Found in stony places on Mount 

 Caucasus. Height 1 ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers 

 yellow ; August, Legume black ; ripe in October. 363. c. caijcinu.. 



J: 26. C. na'nus Willd. The dwarf Cytisus. 



Identification. Willd. Enum., 769. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. \f,7. 

 Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 81. ; and our Jig. 364. 



Spec. Char., ^'c. Stems cylindrical. Leaves trifo- 

 liolate, obovate, clothed with strigose pubescence 

 beneath, and smooth above. Raceme terminal, 

 secund, usually 4-flowered. Calyx deeply 3- 

 parted ; hairs on the stems and peduncles ad- 

 pressed. {Don's Mill.) A procumbent shrub. 

 Native of the Levant. Height 1 ft. Introd. in 

 1816. Flowers yellow; June and July. Le- 

 gume black ; ripe in October. 



This is a beautiful little shrub for rock work ; T/ 

 and if planted in dry sandy soil, covered with 

 broad flat stones to retain the moisture during ^ 

 the hot weather of July, it will continue flowering 

 during the whole of that month, and produce 

 abundance of seeds j which may be sent to any 

 distance in the pods. 



364. C/tisus nSnus. 



