Cijtisus.'] DIADELPHIA — DECANDRIA. 2i^7 



cine teeth obsolete, bracteas ovate lax, brancblets erect. E, Bot. 

 t. 742. — /3. minor, branches compact. U. strictus, Maekay. 



Heathy places, especially in sandy or gravelly soils; rare in the Scot- 

 tish Highlands. Fl. earl}' in spring, and throughout the summer. Tj . — 

 Shrub 3 — 4 or more feet high, with innumerable green striated branches, 

 clothed with acute branching sphies, and having at their base a few leaves 

 which are lanceolate, a little hairy, very minute. Cal. pubescent. Cor. 

 bright yellow. Var. /3. was discovered in the Marquess of Londonderry's 

 Park,',County of Down, by Mr J. White ; it is readily propagated by cut- 

 tings, and now well known in our gardens and nurseries under the name of 

 Irish Furze. It bears few flowers; but may be at all times distinguished 

 from U. Europccus by its smaller size ; by its dense and compact, rather 

 formal, mode of growth and its very upright branches, which are so soft 

 and succulent, that sheep and cattle are extremely fond of them; so that 

 INIr Murray of the Glasgow Bot. Garden, strongly, and very judiciously, 

 recommends it to be planted for early spring-feed. 



2. U. nanus, Forst. (dwarf Furze) ; teeth of the calyx lanceo- 

 late spreading-, bracteas minute close-pressed, branches reclining. 

 E. Bot. t. 743. 



Dry heaths, in many parts of England and Ireland. Pentland Hills, 

 Scotland. Fl. mostly in autumn. T2 . — Smaller than the last in all its parts. 

 The essential character, according to Sir J. E. Smith, consists in the 

 more distinct and spreading calyx-leaves, and the more minute, rouuded, 

 close- pressed, and often hardly discernible bracteas. 



5. Genista. Litm. Green-weed. 



1. G. tinctoria, L. (Di/ers Green-iveed, Woad-Waxeii); unarm- 

 ed, erect, leaves lanceolate nearly glabrous, branches rounded stri- 

 ated, flowers spicato-racemose, legumes glabrous. E. BoL t. 44. 



Pastures, thickets, and borders of fields, frequent, in England and the 

 Lowlands of Scotland. Between Killiney-hill and Bray, Ireland. FL 

 July, Aug. T2. — 1 — 2 feet high. Leaves rather distant. i^/o«t'e/'s pale 

 yellow, almost sessile, with a small floral leaf or bractea at the base.— 

 Employed to dye yarn of a yellow colour. 



2. G. pilosa, L. (Jiairy GreeU'weed); unarmed, procumbent, 

 leaves lanceolate complicate silky beneath, flowers axillary on 

 short pedicels, legumes downy. E. Bot. t. 208. 



Dry sandy or gravelly heaths. About Bury. On the forest, by the 

 road from Marcsfield to Groombridge, Sussex. Mr Hanhey. Near 

 the Lizard, Cornwall. Foot of Cader Idris, N. Wales. Fl. May, and 

 again in Sept. T2 . — A small, much branched, tortuose, woody-stemmed 

 plant. Flowers small, bright yellow. 



3. G. Anglica, L. {Needle Green-weed or Petty- Whin); spinous, 

 leaves ovato-lanceolate glabrous, spines simple, none on the 

 flowering branches, flowers axillary somewhat racemed, legumes 

 glabrous. E. Bot. t. 132. 



Moist heaths and moory ground, not unfrequent. Fl, June. Tj . — Stems 

 declined, very spinous. Leaves very small. Flowers yellow. 



6. Cytisus. Linn. Cytisus or Broom. 

 1. C. scopdriits, DC. (common Broom); branches angled gla- 



