594. 362. Ulex. 63. LEGUMINOS^. PL ex. caL 



e. Stamens diadelphous; legumen many-celled; cells 1-seeded, 

 not opening spontaneously. 



Legumen cylindrical, bent Ornithopus. 378. 



Legumen compressed, bent, membrana- 

 ceous, one suture deeply toothed .... Hippocrepis. 379. 



Legumen compressed, prickly ; 

 keel very blunt; u'ings very short Onobrychis. 380. 



A. Stamens monadelphous. 



I. 362. ULEX, Pliny. Furze. 



Calyx deeply 2-parted; lobes keeled, scaly at the base; 

 corolla-keel 2 petaled; stamens monadelphous; androphore 

 tubular, cut above; legumen turgid, scarcely longer than 

 the calyx, few-seeded. — Stem undershrubby, very spinous ; 

 leaves simple, lanceolate ; Jioivers axillary, yellow, 



1. Vlex EuropcBus. Eiiropean furze. 

 Twigs upright ; leaves lanceolate, linear, villous ; hracte(Z 



ovate, weali; ; calyx-teeth very small, connivent. 



Genista spinosa vulgaris. Rail Syn. 475, 1 : Ger. em. 1319. 



Genista spinosa major vulgaris, Parle. 1003, 



Ulex Europasus, Lin. S. P. 1045. 



Ulex grandiflorus, Pour. Mem. Thoul. 333, 3. 



Common furze. fVhins, Gorse. Thorn broom. 



Dry heaths, also cultivated; shrub; all the year, chiefly 

 in May. 



Branches very close, tangled; spines very sharp, ever- 

 green; peduncles solitary, 1 -flowered; corolla golden-yel- 

 low, odour like honey ; legumen 4<-seeded. — Young shoots 

 bruised used to feed sheep and cattle ; also cut for fuel, and 

 to light fires of fossil coals. 



2. Ulex nanus. Dwarf furze. 

 Twigs decumbent ; leaves linear, bald ; hractecs very 



small, pressed close to the stem ; calyx-teeth lanceolate, 

 distant. 



Genista spinosa minor, Rail Syn. 475,2; Park. 1003. 



Genista aculeata minor, Ger, em. 1321, 6. 



Ulex Eiiropteiis /3, Lin. S. P. 1045. 



Ulex nanus, Forster in Sym. Syn. 160, 



Ulex minor, Roth Fl. Germ. , 



Scorpion furze. 



High heaths; shrubby; August and September. 

 Plant much smaller than U, Europseus; legumen hairy. 



