XXV. LEGUMINA^CE^ : ADENOCa'rPUS. 



Genus VIII. 



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ADENOCA'RPUS Dec. 



The Adenocarpus. 

 Decandria. 



Lin. Si/st, Monadelphia 



Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr. Supp., 549. ; Li'g. Mem., 6. ; Prod., 2. p. l.'iS. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 157. 

 Derivation. From aden, a gland, and karpos, fruit ; in reference to the legume.' being beset with 

 pedicellate glands. 



Gen. Char. Calyx obconical, usually beset with glands, bilabiate; upper lip bi- 

 partite, lower one longer and trifid. Carina obtuse, enclosing the stamens and 

 pistils. Stamens monadelphous- Legume oblong, compressed. {Don's Mill.) 

 Leaves compound, trifoliolate, alternate, stipulate, deciduous. Flowers 

 yellow in all the species. Shrubs, stragghng, of short duration, somewhat 

 evergreen from the colour of their young shoots ; natives chiefly of Europe. 



Branches divergent; leaves trifoliolate, with petiolar stipules, and folded 

 leaflets, and usually grouped; flowers upon bracteolate pedicels, and disposed 

 in terminal racemes. Culture as in CVtisus, from which ^ 



genus most of the species have been separated. 



J* 1. A. hisp.v'nicus Dec. The Spanish Adenocarpus. 



Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr. Suppl., 549. ; Leg. Mem., 6. ; Prod., 2. 



p. 158. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 158. 

 Synonymes. Cytisus hispanicus Lam. Did. 2. p. 248. ; C. anagf rius 



L'Herit. Stirp. IS4.. .V. Du Ham. 5. p. 149. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 368. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Calyx glandulose and villose ; lower 

 lip with three equal segments, that are barely longer 

 than the upper lip. Branchlets hairy. Flowers 

 grouped. Standard rather glabrous. (Dec. Prod.) A 

 hairy shrub. Spain and Portugal, in shady and moist 

 places. Height 2 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1816. 

 Flowers yellow; June and July. Legume dark brown, 

 or black ; ripe in October. 



.163. -A. hispinicus. 



2. A. Boissie'kz Webb. 



Boissier's Adenocarpus. 



Raca vieja. Span. 



Identification. Webb's Iter Hisp., p. 52. ; Otia Hispan., p. 4. 

 Synonymes. A. dec6rticans Boiss. S'ot. sur lA/jies Pinsapo, p. 9, 

 Engravings. Otia Hispanica, t. 4. ; and our fig. 369. 



Spec. Char., j-c. Arborescent. Bark scaly. Branches purplish, ash-coloured, 

 clothed with soft hairy pubescence, and with numerous leaves. Petioles 

 elongate, terete. Leaves with ad- 

 pressed pubescence. Leaflets linear, 

 with revolute margins, somewhat ob- 

 tuse. Calyx villous, the lower lip 

 somewhat longer than the upper. 

 Vexillum pubescent at the apex and 

 middle. Legumes elongate, obtuse, 

 whitish, with purple glands. Seed 

 greenish black. ( Webb, Otia Hispan.) 

 A larg'i deciduous shrub. Spain, in 

 warm valleys of the mountains of 

 Granada, 4500 ft. to 5000 ft, above 

 the sea. Height 15 ft. to 20 ft. In- 

 troduced ?. Flowers reddish yellow, 

 fragrant; June and July, Legume 

 whitish, covered with numerous pur- 

 ple glands ; ripe in August. 



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