442 



CYTISUS 



brous above, pubescent beneath; Ifts. obovate or obo- 

 vate-oblong, mucronulate, %-% in. long: racemes 3-9- 

 fld., short, leafy at the base; fls. fragrant, bright yellow: 

 pod rufcus-villous, slightly torulose. May, June. Medi- 

 terranean region, Canary Isl. 



9. Mader6nsis, Voss (Genista MaderSnsis, Webb). 

 Large shrub or small tree, to 20 ft., closely allied to C. 

 candicans and chiefly distinguished by the rufous woolly 

 tomentum covering the young branches, petioles and 

 pedicels, and by the longer petioles. Lvs. crowded: Ifts. 

 obovate, acute or mucronulate, often almost glabrous 

 above, scabby beneath, H-H in. long, about as long as 

 petioles: racemes 6-12-fld., short: fls. bright yellow, 

 slightly fragrant: pod 5-7-seeded. May,Juue. Madeira. 



10. Canarl^nsis, Linn. Genista of florists. Pifr. C". 

 Much-branched shrub, to 6 ft., with villous-pul"^'. nt 

 branches : petioles at least half as long as the Ifts. ; I ii - - 

 cuneate, obovate or oblong-obovate, pubescent on !• Hi 

 sides, l4-y4 in. long: racemes usually many-fld., si-t-uiil : 

 fls. fragrant, bright yellow. May-July. Canary Isl. A. 

 P. 6:802.— Var. ramoslsslmus, Rehder (C. ramoaissi- 

 mus, Poir. C. Attleyanus, Hort.). Lfts. very small: 

 racemes short, but munerous. L.B.C. 13:1201. B.R. 



DD. Racemes elongated. 



11. racemdsus, Nichols., not Mam. Fig. 656. Shrub, to 

 6 ft. : branches p\ibi-.sceut: lvs. nitlii-r luiiir in-tiol.il ; lfts. 



Oblong-Obovatr, liu|.r.>nul:ili . ' t 111. 1-1 _'. -lll.v |.u 



bescent on Kni : 



secund and r;ii li' i I ■ I i . ' -i 



den origin ami In in uvi in i .< n/,..,., .;,,/,: iin.i i ■ 



stenopetalus. A.l'. ii:«id ; l.i: I l.ic — i-lpttcr tlnnsis 

 plant than the last. Var. Everestiinus, Hurt. Fls. of a 

 deeper shade of yellow, very free-flow 

 1873:390. 



R.H. 



12. Btenop6talus, Vos? 

 to 6 ft., with silky piil 

 petioled; lfts. cuneate, i 

 silky pubescent on bo ' 



>i,r,s„s. Jtam.). Shrub, 

 liriiiiilii s : lvs. slender 

 iiiii i"« -.,l)long, obtuse, 

 ii sill,-,, '. P, in. lung: racemes 

 many-fld., loose: fls. K^rgu, bn^lit mIIuw. May, June. 

 Canary Isl. B.R. 26:23 (asGenista ImicleolAfa). -Some- 

 times cultivated as C. splendens, but less desirable as a 

 greenhouse plant than the two former. 



cc. I/vs. nearly sessile. 

 13. linifdliuB, Lam. Shrub, to 3 ft., with erect, ap- 

 pressed-silky tomentose branches: lfts. linear or linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, revolute at the margin, nearly gla- 

 brous and shining above, silvery pubescent beneath, %- 

 1 in. long: racemes short and compact: fls. bright yel- 

 low : pod torulose. April-June. Spain, N.Afr., Canary 

 Isl. B.M.442. 



CYTISUS 



BB. Foliage deciduous; branches quite terete. 

 14. nlgrricans, Linn. Shrub, 2-4 ft., with erect, ap. 

 pressed-pubescent branches: lvs. long petioled; lfts. 

 obovate or oblong-obovate, glabrous above, appressed- 

 pubescent beneath, %-l in. long: racemes very long and 

 slender, 3-8 in. long. June, July. Gerraanv, N. Italv, 

 Hungary. L.B.C. 6:.570. B.R. 10:802. Var. elong&tu's, 

 Borkh. Blooming again in fall at the top of the elon- 

 gated fruiting racemes. R.H. 1891, p. 149 (as var. 

 Carlieri). 



glabrous 



'1, yellowish, silky hairs, April- 

 r elongatus. Koi-h. More erect: 



L'Herit. ;si : > m, , 



calyx tubu slmil, uu; iiil,.il,i; 

 der,— (7. versicolor, nipp, (< 

 shrub, with sparingly villous I 

 purple. Sometimes cult, as i 

 Petteria i 



Ai.i i;i;u Kehdkr. 



