442 CYTISUS 



brous above, pubescent beneath; Ifts. obovate or obo- 

 vate-oblong, Diucronulate, yi-% in. long: racemes 3-9- 

 fld., short, leafy at the base: fls. fragrant, bright yellow: 

 pod rufous-villous, slightly torulose. May, June. Medi- 

 terranean region, Canary Isl. 



9. Mader6nsiB, Voss (Gnihta Uaderhisis, Webb). 

 Large shrub or small tree, to 20 ft., closely allied to C. 

 candicans and chiefly distinguished by the rufouswooUy 

 tomentum covering the young branches, petioles and 

 pedicels, and by the longer petioles. Lvs. crowded; Itts. 

 obovate, acute or mucronulate, often almost glabrous 

 above, scabby beneath, }<i-M m long about as long as 

 petioles: racemes fr-12 lid , short fls biight yellow, 

 slightly fragrant: pod 5-7 seeded Ma^ , June Madeira 



10. Canarifinsis, Linn Gevista of florists Fig 655 

 Much-branched shrub, to b ft , with villous pubescent 

 branches : petioles at least half as long as the Ifts , Ifts 

 cuneate, obovate or oblong obovate, pubescent on both 

 sides, K-M in. long racemes usually many fld secund 

 fls. fragrant, bright yellow May-Julv Canary Isl A 

 P. 6:802.— Var. ramosissimus, Rehder (C ramosisst 

 mus, Poir. C. Attleyanus, Hort ) Lfts very small 



short, but numerous 



C 13 1201. 



3:217 



056 Shrub, to 

 letioled.lfts 

 , silky pu 

 I many fld , 

 I ibh of gar 



, .,n<s andC 



DD. JRiicemes elongated 

 B, Nichols , nutM 11 n lu 

 6 ft. : branches pubescent I 

 oblong-obovate, mucronul 

 bescent on both sides i 

 secund and rather loost 

 den origin and hybrid btt«i a < i /, 

 stenopetaliis. A.F 6 8U2 , 1 J Hub -Better florists' 

 plant than the last. Var Everestiinus, Hort Fls of a 

 deeper shade of yellow, \ ery free flowermg R H 



,lus, Voss (C. racemdsiis, Mam.). Shrub, 

 to 6 ft., with silky pubescent branches : Ivs. slender 

 petioled; lfts. cuneate, oblong or narrow-oblong, obtuse, 

 silky pubescent on both sides, K-IH in. long: racemes 

 many-fld., loose: fls. large, bright yellow. May, June. 

 Canary Isl. B.R. 26:23 {asGenista braeleolAta}. — Some- 

 times cultivated as C. splendens, but less desirable as a 

 greenhouse plant than the two former. 



cc. Lrs. nearly sesnile. 

 13. linifdlius, Lara. Shrub, to 3 ft., with erect, ap- 

 pressed-sUky tomentose branches: lfts. linear or linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, revolute at the margin, nearly gla- 

 brous and shining above, silvery pubescent beneath, K- 

 1 in. long: racemes short and compact: fls. bright yel- 

 low: pod torulose. April-June. Spain, N. Air., Canary 

 Isl, B.M.442, 



CYTISUS 



BB. Foliage deciduous: branches quite terete. 



14. nigricans, Linn. Shrub, 2-1 ft., with erect, ap- 

 pressed- pubescent branches : Ivs. long petioled; lfts. 

 obovate or oblong-obovate, glabrous above, appressed- 

 pubescent beneath, /^-l in. long: racemes very long and 

 slender, 3-8 in. long. June, July. Germany, N. Italy, 

 Hungary. L.B.C. 6:570. B.R. 10:802. Var. elongitUB, 

 Borkh. Blooming again in fall at the top of the elon- 

 gated fruiting racemes. R.H. 1891, p. 149 (as var. 

 Carlieri). 



C 4 rfami, Poir.=Labuxnuni Adami.— C dlbus, Hacqu.= C. 

 leui iiithus — O alplnus Mill = Laburnum alpmum — C Ar 

 diini Fourn Prostrate shrub to 1 ft high Ivs trifoliate, 

 silk\ lis 1 b ixill iry yellow tihx cimpiuulite Apr , May 

 South ist I 1 Fl 111 -C iu'.tut N I inn \th d to C capi 

 t itus I tt ! rr \T II 1 lit silUjnl r nlothsides 



fls \ 11 il\ it h \ill I s r] t II 1 1 ( lueasus 



Willi Mil it ( s I ini I It I 1 



large hriglit \fllow lis p( 1 \ili(ms 



brteus Hort =0 scopiiius \ir ptu. 



(Tehue congesta Weljb) \llied to L 



lous tomentose small le ^^ 



decumbens, Walp Prosti i 



villous fls yellow axillir\ 1-2 S Eu L B (J 8 718 - 



Oato pvrpureus Hort =t veisiiolor— C elongatus Waldst i. 



Kit =C R itisbonensis, ^ ar elongitus — C elongatus Hort = 



C hirisutus — C fragrans Lim \lhed to C filipes Petioles 



'Densely vu' 

 short Teneriffa - C 

 ilite ]oo<!ely 



lfts 





s rt r T 



July 



Southe ist( rn Eu \ ir s 

 pure white B liiv iii — C nub 

 prcecox Hort (< ill us X pur^ i 

 branches h 1 t h 1 it tl 



Shrub, to :i ft., .■|],],ri--;rrl-J,nl,..vr, 



1-3-foliolate, c.M.,i,i;,.i- l,ii..:,r bm. 



ramentaceus, .Si(.b.= IVtt. i i:. 'run 

 Schaeff. Allied to C.iiirMinis. T. 

 prossed-pnbescent: lfts, KhiLiMU^ , 

 yellow; calyx with apiir.-".-.!, v 

 June. M. Eu..W. Asia. \',.r • 1" 

 fls. larger, 3-5; calyx ivirli siin. 

 4:308 (as C. biflorus).-r l;uii,.,i 

 hirsutus.— O. sessiliiuUiis l.iun 

 glabrous; Ivs. nearly s<:-s^ilr, will 

 cemes short, 4-n-fld. May, .Inn. . ,^ 

 L'Herit. Similar to C.liirsutus 

 calyx tube short, not tubular. A 1 1 1 

 der.— O. versicolor. Dipp. (C. I 

 shrub, with sparingly villous Ivs 



■ath: fls. 1-2, 

 airs. April- 

 Jlore erect: 



irvis*- 



