:HAP. XLI 



LEGUMINA CE/E. GENI STA. 



585 



Char., Sfc. Branches smooth, 3-angled, and, as well as the stems, ascending. Leaves lanceolate, 

 nd mucroaa'e Flowers axillary. Legume COinprcsMd, and mucronate. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 151.) 

 A shrub, not exceeding 1 ft. in height, a native of Hungary, on calcareous rocks, and closely 

 resembling O. trfquetra, of which, notwithstanding its simple leaves, it may possibly be only a 

 variety ; the change not being greater than what takes place in .Fraxinus excelsior simplicifblia. 



* 35. G. SAC;ITTA V LIS L. The arrow-jointed Genista. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., <W. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 151. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 153. 



St/>tony'<-*. G. herbacea Lain. Ft. Fr. ; (Jenistella racemtaa Micuc/t ^fct/l. ; Saltzwedel/a sagittalis 



I'l. Jl'ett., i.'. i>. 4<!S. 

 Engravings. Mill Icon., t. 251). f. 2. ; Jacq. I'l. Aust., t. 209.; Haync Abbild., t. 117. ; and our 



Spec. Char. t $c. Steins prostrate. Branches 

 herbaceous, ascending, 2-edged, mem- 

 branous, somewhat articulated. Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate. Flowers disposed in an 

 ovate, terminal, leafless spike. Corolla 

 smooth ; but the keel is furnished with a 

 villous line on the back. (Don's 'Mill., ii. 

 p. 153.) A prostrate shrub, a native of 

 Continental Europe, in mountain pas- 

 tures. Introduced in 1750. It seldom 

 exceeds half a foot in height, and, for prac- 

 tical purposes, may be considered as a 

 herbaceous plant. It flowers in May and 

 June, and is a very distinct, ornamental, 

 and hardy sort; growing and flowering freely. 



I 'ariety. 



,* G. s. 2 minor Dec. Prod., ii. p. 151. A small shrub, having the 

 branches clothed with adpressed pubescence at the apex, as well as 

 the leaves (Don's Mill., ii. p. 153.) 



-* 36. G. DIFFU X SA Willd. The diffuse Genista. 



Identification. Willd. Sp., 3. p. 942. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 152. ; Don's Mill., 2. p, 153. 



Synonymcs. G. humifusa Wulf in Jacq. Coll., 2. p. 169. ; Spfcrtium procumbens Jacq. Icon. Rar., 3. 

 t. 555. but not of Aiton. 



Engraving. Jacq. Icon. Rar., t. 555. 



Spec. Char., $c. Branches procumbent from the neck, triquetrous. Leaves lanceolate, and smooth, 

 a little ciliated. Peduncles axillary, erect, and disposed in interrupted fascicles. Corollas and 

 legumes glabrous. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 152.) A procumbent shrub, a native of Italy and Styria, in 

 exposed places, where it flowers in May and June. It was introduced in 1815, and is probably 

 a variety of the preceding species. 



-* 37. G. PROSTRA'TA Lam. The prostrate Genista. 



Identification. Lam. Diet., 2. p. fi!8. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p 152. ; Don's Mill, 2. p. 153. 



Synonyms*. G. pedunculkta L'Hv'rit. Sttrp., 184. ; G. decumbens Dur. Bourg., 1. p. 299. ; G. Halleri 



lieiju. M,m., 1. p. 211. icon. 

 Engravings. Ixxld. Bot. Cab., 718. ; Reyn. Mem., 1. p. 211. icon. ; and ouryfe. 278. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stems diffuse, prostrate. Branches 

 angular, striated, rather hairy. Leaves ovate-oblong, 

 somewhat hairy beneath. " Flowers axillary, on 

 long erect pedicels. Corolla glabrous. Legumes 

 hairy, 3 4-sceded. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 152.) A 

 prostrate shrub, a native of Burgundy, and the 

 Alps of Jura. Introduced in 1775, and not unfrequent in gardens and nur- 

 series. It flowers in May and June. 



Identification. 



p. 153. 



38. G. PROCu'lfBBNS \Vnldst. et Kit. 

 Waldst. et Kit. in Willd. Sp., 3. p. 940. 



The procumbent Genista. 



Dec. Prod., 2. p. 152. ; Don's Mill, 2. 



. Char. $c. Branches procumbent, round, striated, rather downy. Leaves 

 lanceolate, acute, and, as well as the calyxes, downy beneath. Flowers pe- 

 dicellate, axillary, in threes. Corolla glabrous. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 152.) A 

 procumbent shrub, a native of Hungary and Moravia; introduced in 1816, 

 and flowering from June to August. Most likely only a variety of the pre- 

 ceding species. Frequent in collections. 



