586 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



-* 39. G. PILO'SA Lin. The hairy Genista. 

 M-utification Lin Sp , 999. ; Smith's Eng. Fl. 3. p. 263. ; Hayne Abbild. der deut. Hoi/., p. l.il. , 



r ' P i S'Vf "r.f SerSdides tuberculata Mrc* 3/,V/, 



Au.tr., t 208.;' Clus. Hist., 1. p. 103. f. 2. ; Hayne Abbild., t. 120. ; and our 

 '. 279. 



. Char., $c. Stems procumbent, stri- 

 ated, branched, tuberculated. Leaves 

 obovate-lanceolate, obtuse, folded, and 

 having beneath a close-pressed silky 

 down. Flowers axillary, on short pe- 

 dicels. Calyx and pedicels silky. Le- 



gumes pubescent, and 3 4-seeded. {Dec. 

 Prod., ii. p. 152.) A procumbent shrub, 



a native of the south of France, Switzer- 

 land, Germany, &c., and of Britain, on 

 dry elevated downs or heaths, in Suffolk, 

 Cornwall, and in North Wales; flowering in May and June. The specific- 

 name, pilosa, is certainly not very appropriate ; tor there are other species, 

 such as G. candicans, which are much more hairy. 



** 40. G. PILOCA'RPA Link. The hairy-fruited Genista. 



Identification. Link. Enum., 2. p. 223. ; Dec. Prod. 2. p. 152. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 15J-. 



Spec. Char. $c. An erect shrub, with angular downy branches, and lanceolate 

 leaves, clothed beneath with silky pubescence. Flowers racemose, on short 

 pedicels. Legume hairy. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 152.) A shrub, growing to the 

 height of 2 ft. or 3ft. Introduced in 1823, but from what country is un- 

 certain. It flowers in June and July. 



A pp. i. Hardy Species of Genista not yet introduced. 



The following abridged descriptions are almost all taken from De Candolle's 

 Prodronms and "Don's Miller. We have given them here, in order to direct 

 the attention of patriotic travellers to the subject; because the seeds of many 

 of the sorts might, doubtless, be obtained from the directors of botanic gardens, 

 in the places where they are indigenous ; and seeds of all the species will retain 

 their vital powers for two years or more. 



G. mdllis Dec. ; Sp&rtium molle Cav. Ann., 1801. p. 57. Leaves on short petioles, trifoliolate, and 

 as well as the calyxes, branches, and legumes, clothed with soft villi. Flowers axillary, crowded, 

 Native of Mogador. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 145.) 



G. p&tens Dec. ; Spartium pktens Cav. Icon., 2. p. 58. t. 176., exclusive of the synonyme. Braiiches 

 striated, twiggy, glabrous. Leaves stalked, trifoliolate; leaflets obovate, pubescent beneath. Flowers in 

 fours, pedicellate, nearly terminal. Legume glabrous, 3 6-seeded. Native of Spain, on mountains 

 near Albayda. It differs from t'ytisus patens, in the upper lip of the calyx being acutely bipartite, 

 lower lip of 3 bristles, not with the lips nearly equal and entire. Flowers from April to July. Shrub, 

 4 ft. to 8ft. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 145., and/Jo;*'* Mill., ii. p. 149.) 



G. sessilifolia Dec. Leg. Mem., 6. Leafiets 3, rising from the same point on the branches, linear- 

 subulate, silky, sometimes solitary. Spike terminal, elongated, loose-flowered. Corolla silky. Legume 

 ovate, acuminated, pubescent, 1 2-seeded. A shrub, from 1 ft. to 2 ft. in height, a native of Galicia, 

 on hills. The flowers closely resemble those of G. pilbsa ; but the standard is shorter than the keel. 

 (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 146.) 



G. casparrina Guss. ex Schlect. Linna?a., 4. p. 38., under .VpArtium. A beautiful shrub, with slender 

 branches, the lower leaves ternate, and the upper ones simple. Like G. radiata. (Don's Milt., i>. 

 p. 149.) 



G. acanthdclada Dec. L<5g. M<*m. 6., D'Urv. Enum. leaves nearly sessile, and trifoliolate ; leaflets 

 linear, complicated, and rather silky. Branches round, stiff', terete, and spiny, becoming at length 

 striated. Flowers almost opposite, disposed along the branches in a kind of interrupted spike. Calyx 

 pubescent. It is found wild in exposed places in the Levant, in the Island of Meios, where it forms 

 a shrub from 2 ft. to 3 ft, high. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 147) 



G. Lobcln Dec Fl. Fr., 4. p. 499., Lob. Adv., p. 409., Chab. Sciag., p. 86. f. 1. : Spartium erinaceo- 

 Ides Lois. Fl. Gall., p. 441. Leaves few, and the lower ones sessile, and trifoliolate ; the rest sessile, 

 scattered, linear-oblong, and rather silky. Branches crowded, spiny, striated, and rather tuber- 

 culated. Flowers few, solitary, pedicellate, disposed along the branches in a kind of raceme. Calyx 

 pubescent. A shrub, from 1 ft. to 2 ft. high, found in arid places in Corsica and Provence. (Dec. Prod., 

 ii. P. 147.) 



G. parvi/olia G. Don ; G. microphylla Mori's. Elcnch., p. 13. Hairy. Leaves alternate, trifoliolate, 



upper ones simple ; leaflets oblong-linear, acute, complicated, smooth above; lower ones obovate. 



Branches crowded, spiny, alternate ; younger ones furrowed. Flowers racemose. Native of Sardinia. 



Legume 4 5-seeded, linear, villous. Shrub, 1 ft. to 2 ft. high. (Don's Mill., 2. p. 150.) 



G. Salzmdnni Dec. L<!g. Mem., 6. ; G. umbellata Salxnt. Leave* sessile, trifoliolate, or simple, ob- 



