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diverging, pubescent. Pods bursting in spring. A dwarf form 

 is often taken for U. minor, a tall one for U. europceus. Heaths. 

 Sh. VIII. XI. E. I. 



3. U. minor (Roth) ; young /. glabrous ciliate furrowed, 

 primary spines slender terete striate smooth, st. hairy, fl. lateral 

 and terminal, bracts very minute adpressed, cal. finely doii'ny, 

 wings shorter than keel. E. B. 743. U. nanus (Forst.)ed. viii. 

 St. shrubby procumbent. Primary spines short, spreading, 

 branched at their base only. Fl. half the size of those of U. 

 europceus, from the primary spines and exceeded by them, pale ; 

 pet. scarcely separated when full-blown. Cal. -teeth diverging. 

 Pod persistent for nearly a year. Heaths. Sh. VIII. IX. E. 



2. GENIS'TA Linn. 



1. G. pilosa (L.) ; st. procumbent without thorns, 1. obovate- 

 lanceolate blunt, stipules ovate blunt, branches peduncles calyx 

 standard keel and underside of the 1. silky, peduncles lateral 

 accompanied by a tuft of leaves, pods hairy. E. B. 208. Fl. 

 small, yellow, collected towards the end of the branches. St. 

 much branched, furrowed, woody. Dry sandy and gravelly 

 heaths, rare. Sh. V. E. 



2. G. tinctoria (L.) ; st. with erect branches without thorns, 

 1. lanceolate or elliptic hairy at the edges, stipules minute subu- 

 late, fl. racemose, cor. and pods glabrous. E. 11. 44. Branches 

 erect, 1 2 feet high, striate, glabrous, downy above. Fl. 

 yellow. Keel as long as the standard. /3. G. humifusa 

 (Dicks.) ; st. and branches procumbent, 1. ovate or oblong, 

 pods hairy on the back of each valve. St. angular, 6 10 in. 

 long. In pastures and thickets. jS. Lizard district, Corn- 

 wall, and bt. David's Head, Pemb. Sh. VII. IX. Dyer's- 

 weed. E. S. 



3. G. any'lica (L.) ; st. spinous leafless below, flowering 

 branches glabrous without thorns, 1. ovate-lanceolate, stip. 0, 

 fl. solitary in the axils of the 1., cor. and pods glabrous. E. ~L>. 

 132 St. 1 foot high, round, leafless, sometimes quite prostrate, 

 with short leafy branches bearing the yellow flowers. Keel 

 longer than the standard. Moist peaty heaths. Sh. V. VI. 

 Needle Whin. E. S. 



3. SAEOTHAM'NUS Wimm. Broom. 



1. 8. vulgdris (Wimm.) Spartium L., E. JB. 1339. Cytisus 

 (Hook.) 5 S. scoparius (Koch) ed. viii. St. 23 feet high, an- 



