BROOM. FIG 



261 



© © Tmgs, bitds, leaf-scars and leaves not dis- 

 tichous, but more or less evidently spiral in 

 arrangement. 



n Twigs very thick and la.'-, with large 

 leaf-scars, and a large, very pointed, 

 terminal hud; white latex. Leaves lohed. 

 Flowers small, in a hollow ^'•FigP 



Fig. 131. Sarothunnuts seoparius, Broom (Wo). 



Ficiis Garica, L. Fig. Usually a spreading lax shrub, 

 with long, wand-like, rounded and smooth, olive-green to 

 greyish-brown twigs ascending or spreading. In favourable 

 situations a diffuse short-stemmed tree up to 20 feet or so 

 in height, with widely extended branches and loose foliage. 



