I2O 



Leguminosa Spartium. 



fragrant, in terminal racemes, appearing in July or August. A 

 handsome double variety is in cultivation. This plant is 

 found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean and in the 

 Canary Islands. 



9, tTLEX. 



These prickly bushes are distinguished in their floral 



characters from allied genera 

 by having a coloured bipartite 

 calyx with the upper lobe of 

 two teeth and the lower of three 

 minute teeth. The spines of 

 these shrubs are transformed 

 leaves. The etymology of the 

 name has not been satisfac- 

 torily explained. 



1. U. Europceus. Furze, 

 Gorse, or Whin. The double 

 variety of this plant is one 

 of the 'most beautiful yellow- 

 flowered shrubs we have, espe- 

 cially for planting in soil where 

 little else would thrive. The 

 Irish Furze ( U. strictus) is an 

 erect, more slender, less rigid 

 form of this species. 



2. U. nanus. Another in- 

 digenous species, of very dwarf 

 habit, flowering in Summer 

 and Autumn. The bracts at 

 the base of the calyx are very 

 minute in this species com- 

 pared with the preceding. 



3. U. Hispdnicus. A dense 

 dwarf spreading bush in which 

 the branches and pliable spines 

 are very long and slender. The 

 yellow flowers are produced 

 very freely in Spring. 



10. CYTISUS. 



Fig. 68. cytisusscoparius, (i nat. size.) Shrubs, rarely spiny. Leaves 

 usually 3-foliolate, sometimes 1-foliolate, or wanting. Calyx 



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