XXVIIl. 



CYTISUS SCOPARIUS. 

 Common Broom. 



Class XVII. DiADELPHiA. — Order III. Decandria. 

 Nat. Ord. Leguminos^, 



Gen. Char. Calyx two-lipped ; the upper lip nearly 

 entire ; lower one three-toothed. Standard of the 

 corolla ovate, large ; keel very blunt, enclosing the 

 stamens. Legume flattened, many-seeded. 



fepEC. Char. Branches angular, glabrous. Leaves ter- 

 nate, stalked ; upper ones simple ; leaflets oblong. 

 Flowers axillary, with short pedicels. Legume hairy 

 at the margin. 



SYNONYM ES. 



Cytiso ; Genista scoparia, vulgaris, flore luteo. Bauh. Pin. 

 396. 



Genista. Ger. Em. 1311. 



Genista angulosa trifolia. Rail Syn. 474- 



Spartium Scoparium, Liti. Sp. PL 996. 



^Cytisus Scoparius. Link. 



Genet commun ; Genet a balais ; Sparte commun, 



Ginestra. 



Ginesta ; Escoba ; Retama. 

 Portuguete Giesta. 



Germayi... Pfriemenkraut ; Geuiste ; Genster. 

 Dutch .... Bezembren- 

 Belgic .... Brem ; Brem-kappers. 

 Swedish . . . Pings blomma. 



Latin 



French . 

 Italian . 

 Spanish. 



Description. — The root is hard, woody, of a yellowish co- 

 lour, and furnished with several obhque fibres. The stem is 

 shrubby, ascending, angular, from three to eight feet high, and 



