ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART HI. 



p.;>^!. ) that he has seen both flowers and seed vessels, which do not difter 

 in am material point from those of / /. nana. We have no doubt in our 

 own mind of its beini, r onlv a variety of 7. europa? v a; but we have pre- 

 served it distinct, because it is truly so in its habit, and most important 

 in its uses. Its value a.s a forage plant, in deep soils, can hardly be over- 

 rated ; and, perhaps, in this eapacitv, it may be found a valuable acquisition 

 to Australia, India, and North America. 



GENUS V. 



STAURACA'NTIIUS Link. THE ST MRAC AN-TIITS, or LEAFLESS Frnzi,. 

 Lin. Sj/.st. Monadelphia Decamlria. 



I.lsiitiriciition. Link in Schrad. N. Journ., 2. p. 1. and ;V2. ; Don's Mill., '2. p. US'. 

 T lex r-p. /;//. 



I'rom *t mi i us, a cross, and akantlui, a spine ; in allusion to the spines, each of which 

 laller .--pines proceeding from its sides, which give it the appearance of a cross. 



1. S. AIMIY'I.LI s /,////,-. The leafless Stauracauthus. 



/"lex ^euistoidcs lirol. /'/. LH*., ii. p. 7s. ; and / "Mex mitis I faff. This is 

 the only species of' the genus know n. It is a leafless shrub, with the habit 

 of /'lex, having divaricate branches; and is a native of Spain and Portugal, 

 in sandy pine woods, where it grows to the height of from ^ft. to .'{ft. It 

 was introduced in lS-^3, and produces its yellow flowers in May and June. 

 It is readilv increased by cuttings planted in sand under a hand-glass, or by 

 seeds. Plants of it were in the garden of the London Horticultural Society 

 in IKiA. 



GENUS VI. 



.S'PA'RTIIM D 



c. Tin: SPAKTII M, or Si'.ixi 

 Monadelpbia Decaudria. 



; Dec. Prod., 2. p. \^>- ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 148 

 ' 



HnooM. Liu.Si/st. 



Identification. Lin. Sj . 



Syitunymt'S. Spartidnthu- Link Enui., '2. p. '2'2.i. ; (,'enihta .-p. Lam. and Mn-ncn. 

 l'),-ni'nt">n. I-'ro'n spartan, cordage ; in allusic ;i to the use of the plant in early ages generally, and 

 in Spain, even to the pre>ent day, tor making ropes. 



* 1. S. jr'NCKUM L. The Rush-Mr Spartium, or Spanish Broom. 



J,l<-ntifi<;;/i<i. Lin. S]>., W5. ; Dec. Prod., '2. p. H.I. ; Don'> Mill., '2. p. US. 



Si^n. nii/in, s. O'cni-ta jui.cea Lam. and l)u limn.; (i. odoriUa Mu-ncfi ; Spartianthus _/i'inrrus 



Ma'- in- ft , (iciu-t d'Kspagni-, /'/.; liitisenartige I'frieinen, Gcr. 

 J-'n"rn>'in!f. N. Du Ham., 2. t. '22. ; I!ot. Mag., t. S.O. ; and our Jig. 1 2C,< 



'/( ///."/i has double (lowers. 



DrxrriptioH, CJeo^rfip/n/, <$-e. A shrub, with upright 

 branches, round, of a deep green colour, smooth, and 

 with but few leaves, which are lanceolate, and soon 

 drop off. The flowers are few, disposed in terminal 

 racemes, lar<_ r <', distant, and of a deep yellow. It is a 

 native of Spain, Portugal, Italy, and the south of 

 I-'raiicc, in rocky situations, and upon dry gravelly 

 soils. In its native countn, it grows to the height of 

 from oft. to sft. ; but it attains to nearly double that 

 height in British gardens, into which it was introduced 

 in 1.'>1H. 



1'injifitn'ti mid / '.vr.f. In Italy and the south of France, a very good cloth 

 is manufactured from the fibres of this plant. The shoots are cut over in the 



