TREES AND SHRUBS 



HAIRY GREENWEED, Genista pilosa. 



Heaths, thickets, waste places. A delightful little rock-garden plant, 

 which grows freely and blossoms abundantly. May — September. 



Flowers bright yellow, papilionaceous, I in. long; Racemes short and 

 leafy ; pedicels short, in axils of previous year's leaves ; Calyx silky, 2 

 upper lobes lanceolate, 3 lower subulate ; keel of Corolla pubescent ; Fruit 

 a legume, jj in. long, hairy, flat, valves bulging over seeds, deciduous. 



Leaves alternate, simple, obovate-lanceolate, entire, obtuse, recurved, silky 

 beneath, \ in. long, petioles very short, stipules ovate, obtuse. 



A deciduous shrub, 6-12 ins. ; Stem prostrate, much branched, tortuous, 

 woody. 



Native of Britain. 



ARROW-JOINTED GENISTA, Genista sagittate. 



Gardens, rockeries. This is suitable for undergrowth or as edging for a 

 bed, and does well on rock-work. May, June. 



Flowers yellow, papilionaceous, in an ovate, terminal, leafless raceme; 

 Fruit a legume. 



Leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, few, entire. 



A deciduous shrub, 6 ins. ; Stems prostrate ; Branches herbaceous, ascend- 

 ing, winged and jointed, membranous. 



Introduced from S. Europe, 1750. 



DYER'S GREENWEED, Genista tinctoria. 



Thickets and pastures. Very useful for growing on dry soils. July — 

 September. 



Flowers yellow, papilionaceous, \ in. long, not honeyed, in a terminal, 



short, slender raceme, pedicels short ; Calyx shortly 2-lipped, much shorter 



than corolla, glabrous, 2 upper teeth broadly lanceolate, 3 lower shorter 



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