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202. Cytisus L. 1 — Receptacle cupuliform or shortly turbinate, 

 lined by a glandular disk. Calyx gamosepalous, sub-2-labiate ; teeth 

 or lobes short or very short, 2 superior often connate entirely or to a 

 considerable height. Petals free or slightly connate at base with 

 staminal tube ; keel straight or curved, obtuse or subacuminate. 

 Stamens all connate into a closed tube ; 5 oppositipetalous anthers 

 shorter versatile ; 5 alternipetalous longer subbasifixed. Germen 

 sessile or shortly stipitate, co-ovulate ; style curved glabrous ; stigma 

 terminal, capitate or oblique. Legume oblong or linear, piano-com- 

 pressed glabrous or villous, continuous or more rarely subseptate 

 within, 2-valved. Seeds go, arillate. — Shrubs or small trees ; 

 branches rarely spinescent ; leaves digitate 3 -foliolate, more rarely 

 1-foliolate or minute bract-like; stipules minute setaceous or 0; 

 flowers 2 racemose ; racemes sometimes terminal elongated, some- 

 times short few-flowered and terminal or else lateral or sub- 

 axillary by abortion of wing ; bracts small caducous or more rarely 

 foliaceous and longer persistent, inserted either below pedicel or at 

 a variable height on pedicel and sometimes with bractlets just 

 below calyx 3 {Europe, northern Africa, Canary Islands, western Asia A ). 



203. Ulex L. 5 — Calyx 2-partite; upper lip shortly 2-toothed; 



Seem., Herald, t. 53. — Wedd., Chlor. Andin., curved obtuse. Leaves all 3-foliolate. — 5. Tulo- 



ii. 249, t. 79. — Benth., in Mart. Fl. Bras., cytisus (DC). Calyx tubular 2-labiate ; upper 



Papil., 9, t. 1; in (Erst. Legum. Centroam., 1. — lip 2-toothed or 2-fid; lower 3-toothed. Leaves 



A. Gray, in Unit.-States Expl. Exp., Bot., all 3-foliolate. — 6. Teline (Webb, Phyt. Canar., 



392.— Gren. & Godr., Fl. de Fr., i. 365. — ii. 34, t. 43-45. — Telinaria Presl, Bot. Bern., 



Baker, in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr., ii. 44. — Walp., 49, 135). Calyx short or tubular ; 2 superior 



Rep., i. 595; ii. 836; v. 452; — Ann., i. 205; lobes connate or free; lower lip 3-toothed or 3- 



ii. 308; iv. 462. lobed. Leaves 1— 3-foliolate. — 7. Pterosparium 



1 Gen.,n.877. — DC, Prodr., ii. 153 (part.). — (Spach). Flowers as in Teline. Leaves phyl- 



Endl., Gen., n. 6505. — B. H., Gen., 484, n. 66 lodiueous, winged and decurrent along branches, 



(inch : Lembotropis Griseb., Sarothamnus — 8. Chronanthus (DC). Calyx teeth nearly free 



Wimm., Spartocytisus Webb, Spartothamnus or connate into 2 lips. Legume included by 



Webb, Telinaria Presl, Teline Webb). marcescent petals, ovate or oblong, glabrous. 



3 White, yellow, or purple. 4 Species about 35. Jacq., Fl. Aitstr., t. 20, 



3 Bentham divides this genus into 8 sections, 21, 33, 387. — Vent., Jard. Cels., t. 13. — Desf., 



according to the habit of calyx, style, and legume : Fl. Atlant., t. 177, 181. — Sibth., Fl. Grac, t. 



1. Sarothamnus (Wimm., Fl. Schles., ed. 2, 148). 706.— Andr., Bot. Repos., t. 632. — Webb, Otia 



Lips of calvx short divaricated denticulate, style Hispan., t. 3, 39, 40; Phyt. Canar., 45, 49, t. 



curved or circinate. Branches virgate. Leaves 46, 47, 49 ; ii. 34, t. 43-45. — BOISS., Voy., i In, 



1-3-foliolate. — 2. Spartocytisus (Webb, Phyt. 40 A(Sarothamnus). — Jaub. & Spach,///. PI ant, 



Canar., 49, t. 46, 47). Calyx as in Sarothamnus. Orient., t. 153. — Gren. & Godr., FL de Fr., i. 



Style curved. Branches virgate. Leaves or 348.— Bot. Rey.,t.l21, 308, 1191, 1502 Bot. 



small 1-3-foliolate.— 3. Lembotropis (Griseb., Mag.,t. 255,1176, 1438, 1908, 2265. — Walp., 



Spicil. Fl. Rumel., i. 10). Calyx as in Saro- Rep., i. 632; ii. 815; Ann., i. 222; ii. 312; iv. 



thamnus. Keel subrostrate, much curved. Aril 470 (part.). 



small. Leaves all 3-foliolate. — I. Eucytisus s Gen., n. 881.— J., Gen., 352.— G.i:utn., 



(Benth.). Calyx as in Saroihamnus. Keel Fruct., ii. 330, t. 151. — Lamk., Diet., i. 71; 



