LEGUMINOS^ 



very narrow, acuminate, deciduous above base ; Petals 5, standard oblong ; 

 wings gibbous at base, adnate to staminal tube ; keel petals clawed, separating 

 and not resilient after deflection ; Stamens 10, monadelpbous, anthers alter- 

 nately short and versatile, and long and basifixed, outer 4 ripening first ; 

 Ovary superior, 1 carpel, style incurved, stigma oblique ; Fruit a legume, 

 glabrous, narrow, much flattened, nearly 1 in. long, 5-10-seeded. 



Leaves alternate, simple, lanceolate to elliptical or nearly ovate, sessile, 

 entire, nearly glabrous, often shining; 1-11 in. long, £-§ in. broad; stipules 

 minute, subulate. 



A deciduous shrub, 1-2 ft. ; Stem woody, branched, decumbent at base ; 

 flowering branches erect or ascending, hard, rigid, no spines, green. 



Native of Britain. Yields a yellow dye. Specific name from L. tingo, 

 tinetuin, to dye, to stain. 



TWIGGY GENISTA, Genista virgata. 



Gardens, shrubheries. One of the most beautiful of the genus, doing 

 well in a poor, sandy soil. It is useful for house decoration. June, July. 



Flowers yellow, papilionaceous, silky ; Inflorescence racemose ; Fruit a 

 legume. 



Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, entire, silky pubescence, \ in. long. 



A deciduous shrub, 10-15 ft. ; liranehes twiggy, terete, striated. 



Introduced from Madeira, 1777. 



YELLOW SPANISH BROOM, Spartmm Junceum. 



Gardens. This very ornamental shrub is easily grown in a poor soil 

 and exposed situation. It is best increased by seed sown in fine soil out- 

 doors in autumn or spring. July — September. 



Flowers golden-yellow, papilionaceous, large, fragrant, in a terminal raceme ; 

 bracts and bracteoles minute, very caducous ; Calyx somewhat spathaceous ; 

 standard large ; wings obovate ; keel incurved, acuminate ; Fruit a legume. 



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