10 ENGLISH BOTANY* 



Var. ^, humifusa. 



Branches decumbent, hairy. Margins and midribs of the 

 leaves, peduncles, bracts, calyces, and back of the valves of the pod 

 hairy. 



In meadows, pastures, and heaths, and on the borders of fields. 

 Not uncommon in England, but rare in Scotland, where the neigh- 

 bourhood of Kirkcudbright on the West, and the Pentland Hills 

 on the East, are the most northern localities on record. Var. 3 at 

 Kynance Cove, Lizard, Cornwall. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Shrub. Late Summer, Autumn. 



Eootstock creeping. Stems much branched, especially below, 

 rather stiff, 1 to 2 feet high, with adpressed leaves. Leaves ^ to 1 

 inch long, very shortly stalked, with long hairs on the margins. 

 Elowers -I to f inch long, bright yellow, on pedicels shorter than 

 the calyx. Bracteoles subulate, ajiplied to the calyx. Calyx-teeth 

 longer and more slender than in the preceding species. Pod 1 to 

 l^- inch long, brown when ripe, surrounded at the base by a 

 prominent rim, which is all that remains of the calyx, the upper 

 part being deciduous. Seeds olive, 5 to 10, orbicular-compressed, 

 dim. Plant bright green. 



Var. 3 differs by its smaller size, more procumbent branches, 

 and by having these, as well as the midrib of the leaves, pedicels, 

 calyces, and back of the valves of the pod, hairy. 



Dyers' Green TFeed, Wood Waxen. 



French, Gemt des Teinturiers. German, Fdrber Ginst. 



All parts of this plant yield a yellow dye, and have long been used by dyers for 

 producing this colour, especially for wool that is to be dyed green with woad. In 

 some parts of England the plant is collected in large quantities by the poor and sold to 

 the dyers. The ashes form an alkaline salt, which has been used as a remedy in dropsy 

 and other diseases. 



GUNUS 777.— S AROTHAMNUS. Wimmer. 



Calyx herbaceous, shortly campanulate, 2-lipped, the upper lip 

 emarginate or 2-toothed, the lower a little longer and 3-toothed, 

 both lips at length scarious at the apex. Corolla with the standard 

 spreading, suborbicular, cordate at the base, longer than the wings 

 and keel. Keel obtuse, at last reflexed. Stamens monadelphous, 

 with the tube cleft. Style very long, much curved, or rolled into 

 a ring. Stigma terminal, capitate. Pod oblong, compressed and 



