TREES AND SHRUBS 



Native of Spain and Portugal; introduced 1752. Also called White 

 Portugal Broom. Syns. Genista multiflora, Sarothamnus aUms, Spartium 

 allium. &c. 



ARDOINO'S BROOM, Cytisus Ardoini. 



Rockeries. Thrives in dry soil and sunshine. April, May. 



Flowers golden-yellow, papilionaceous ; 1-6 in axils, usually secund; pedicels 

 hairy, ebracteolate, about twice length of calyx; Calyx campanulate, scarious 

 in upper half, hairy ; Fruit a legume. 



Leaves alternate, trifoliate, leaflets obovate, small, hairy, silky when 

 young. 



A deciduous shrub, 4-12 ins. ; Stems decumbent, rod-like, springing from 

 a knotted and twisted stock. 



Native of Maritime Alps, Italy ; introduced 1867. 



COMMON BROOM, Cytisus scoparius. 



Heaths, commons, gardens. Requires soil well drained and open, growing 

 well on banks, and in situations too dry for other plants. Its flowers are the 

 largest of the genus. May, June. 



Flowers bright yellow, rarely white. 1 in. long, not honeyed, papi- 

 lionaceous, axillary, solitary or in pairs ; pedicels short, slender ; Calyx cam- 

 panulate, much shorter than Corolla, slightly 2-lipped, upper lip minutely 

 2-toothed, lower minutely 8-toothed, ebracteate ; Petals all broad, standard 

 broadly orbicular, marked with honey guides, wings oblong, keel obtuse, often 

 deflected, claws free ; Stamens 10, 5 long, 5 short, monadelphous, tube entire ; 

 Ovary superior, 1 carpel ; style very long, spirally incurved, smooth or slightly 

 hairy ; stigma terminal, minute, capitate ; Fruit a legume, 1 -i— 2 ins. long, 

 flat, hairy on edges, glabrous on sides, black, valves twisted after dehiscence ; 

 seeds shining, olive. 



Leaves alternate, 1-3 foliate, leaflets obovate, |— £ in. long, entire, shortly 



petiolate, upper ones sessile, silky ; stipules minute ; dead leaves brown. 



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