72 25. LEGUMINOS.E. 



Tribe I. Lotea. 



1. ULEX Linn. Furze. Whin. Gorse. 



1. U. europaius (L.); young 1. shaggy beneath furrowed, pri- 

 mary spines strong terete-polygonal furrowed minutely scahrous, 

 st. hairy, fl. lateral, bracts ovate lax, cal. shaggy, wings longer 

 than keel. E. B. 742. St. 4 6 feet high, very much branched 

 spreading. Fl. bright yellow, springing from both the primary 

 and secondary spines. Spines branching at their base and up to 

 about their middle, not exceeding the flowers. " Seeds 10." 

 Heaths. Sh. II. VI. 



2. U. strictus (Mack.) ; young 1. shaggy beneath thin, primary 

 spities small slender tetragonal minutely scabrous, st. hairy, fl. 

 terminal, bracts ovate lax, cal. shaggy, wings longer than keel. 

 Plant 1 2 feet high, with upright branches. Fl. rarely produced, 

 springing from the summit of the stem, not from the spines, 

 which branch as in U. europaus but are peculiarly small. The 

 pet. slightly different in form from the last. Distinguished from 

 the other species by its peculiar habit. In Lord Londonderry's 

 park, Down, Ireland. Sh. IV. I. 



3. U. nanus (Forst.) ; young I. glabrous ciliated furrowed, pri- 

 mary spines slender terete striated smooth, st. hairy, fl. lateral and 

 terminal, bracts very minute adpressed, cal. finely downy, wings 

 shorter than keel. E. B. 743. St. procumbent. Primary spines 

 short, spreading, branched at their base only. Fl. half the size 

 of those of U. europceus, springing from the primary spines and 

 exceeded by them, pale ; pet. scarcely separated when full 

 blown. "Seeds 5." 0. U. Gallii (Planch.); primary spines 

 strong, wings rather longer than keel. St. 2 5 feet high. 

 Primary spines deflexed. Wings not straight and thus often 

 seeming shorter than keel. Fl. orange, pet. more or less diva- 

 ricate. A dwarf form is often taken for U. nanus. Probably a 

 distinct species. Heaths. Sh. VIII. XI. 



2. GENISTA Linn. 



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

 lanceolate obtuse, stipules ovate blunt, branches peduncles calyx 

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

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

 yellow, collected towards the extremity of the branches. St. 

 much branched, furrowed, woody, tortuose. Dry sandy and 

 gravelly heaths, rare. Sh. V. E. 



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

 thorns, 1. lanceolate or elliptical hairy at the edges, stipules mi- 



