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tfLEX (ancient Latin name of this or a similar 

 plant). Leguminbsce. Furze. Gorse. Whin. Orna- 

 mental, mucli-branched shrubs with dark green spiny 

 branches, usually almost leafless, and showy yellow, 

 papilionaceous flowers which are axillary and often 

 crowded at the ends of the branches. The Furzes are 

 shrubs of various regions and not hardy north, but un- 

 der protection they survive the winters in New England. 

 They are valuable for covering dry sandy banks and 

 also well suited for seaside jJlanting. On account of 

 their dark green branches they have the appearance of 

 evergreen plants and they are very showy when cov- 

 ered with their yellow flowers. They are also sometimes 

 used for low hedges. They prefer sandy or gravelly 

 porous soil and a sunny position, and should be sown 

 where they are to stand, as they do not bear transplant- 

 ing well. Prop, by seeds sown in spring or by green- 

 wood cuttings under glass; vars. and rarer kinds also 

 by grafting in spring in the greenhouse on U. Niiropwns. 

 A genus of about 20 species, native of W. and S. 

 Europ." iUMl N. Alrir:,. closely allied to Cytisus and 

 chiefly .li-i iiil;ui.1i. .1 l.y the deeply 2-lipped calyx. 

 Very'siiin\ ^liriil^^: I \s. mostly reduced to scales, 

 only yiL.'Mniu^ -h.H.ts near the ground bearing 

 fully developed Ivs.: Us. axillary at the end of the 



EuropSEUS, Linn. Furze. Gorse. Fig. 2608. Much- 

 branched, very spiny and rigid shrub, 2-4 ft. high; 

 branchlets striped, villous when young: Ivs. scale-like 

 or narrow lanceolate, pubescent: fls. axillary, 1-3, 

 crowded at the end of the branches and forming ra- 

 cemes ; corolla bright yellow, about % in. long, fra- 

 grant; calyx yellow, pubescent: pod oblong, K in. long, 

 villous, dark brown. April, June and often again in 

 Sept., Oct.; in Calif, almost the whole year. W. and 

 S. Eu. F.S. 5, p. 441 h. -There is a variety with double 

 flowers. None of the other species, which are all more 

 tender, seems to be in the trade in this country. 



Alfred Rehder. 

 ULMAEIA (derived from Uhnns; alluding to the re- 

 semblance of the foliage of the common European spe- 

 cies to that of the elm). Syn., FUiphidnla. JfosAcete. 

 Meadow Sweet. Hardy herbaceous perennials with 

 rather large pinnate or palmately lobed leaves and 

 white, pink or purple flowers in showy 

 terminal corymbs, borne on erect 

 leafy stems rising 1-10 ft. from a 

 rosette of radical leaves. They bloom 



are very hainKom.- Ih.r.l.r |il;uits. 



Mo.St of 11 li li-lit IT, :, I'.lh.T 



moist and ri.'li ^"ll iin.l :in- r^|.iri:iUv 

 decorativ,- if ph.i.i.M ..i, il,.- LunN-rs 

 of ponds and bruukkl^, but f . Fili- 

 pendtila prefers drier situations and 

 likes full sun, while most of the 

 others also thrive well in partly 

 ._ w«^^_,, shaded positions. U. purpurea 

 "'SC 02) should be mulched during the winter 



M in the North. Prop, by seeds sown 



in fall in pans or boxes and kept in 

 the cool greenhouse, or sown in spring; 

 also by division of older plants. Nine 

 species in N. Asia and Himalayas, N. Amer- 

 ica and Europe. Perennials with fibrous or 

 tuberous rootstock: Ivs. stipulate, inter- 

 ruptedly odd - pinnate, the terminal 1ft. 

 often much larger and palmately lohcd: 

 fls. in cymose corymbs; calyx - lobes and 

 petals usually 5; stamens 20-40, with the 

 filaments narrowed toward the base ; car- 

 pels distinct, 5-15, 1-seeded, indehiscent. 

 Ulraaria has usually been united with Spi- 

 ra-a, but is very distinct in its herbaceous 

 habit, pinnate, stipulate Ivs. and indehis- 

 cent 1-seeded akenes. 



. under Spir»a. 

 Filiiiendula. 1 



branches; pods small, usually few-seeded. The Furze 

 is sometimes cult, as a winter fodder plant in Europe, 

 the green sprigs of one year's growth being eaten. The 

 fls. yield a yellow dye. 



. L.=Supplementary list). 



JJlmaria, 6. 

 venusta, 2. 

 vestita, s. l. 



FHiphidnla, Linn. Fii 

 Ml M.OW Sweet. Dro 

 ;_li, with tuberous ror 

 11 ,n. long; Ifts. sessil 

 MMi.-, 1 in. long: fls. in 

 III. across, with usually 



petals: akenes about 12, pubescent, semi-cordate. June, 

 July. Europe, W. Asia and Siberia.-Var. fibre plfino 

 has double flowers, and is common. 



