DIADELPHIA— DECANDRIA. Ulex. 265 



nica; but the thorns of the latter are repeatedly and plentifully 

 compound. 



354. ULEX. Furze. 



Linn. Gen. 379. Juss. 352. Fl.Br.756. Lam. t. 621. Gcertn. 



t. 151. 

 Genista-Spartium. Tourn. t. 412. 



Cal. of 2 ovate-oblong, concave, equal, coloured, permanent 

 leaves, rather shorter than the keel ; the upper with 2 

 small teeth ; lower with 3. Cor. of 5 petals ; standard 

 ovate, cloven, ascending ; wings oblong, obtuse, rather 

 shorter than the standard ; keel of 2 petals, straight, ob- 

 tuse, cohering by their lower edges. Filam. in 2 sets, 

 both united at the base ; one in 9 awl-shaped segments ; 

 the other simple, awl-shaped, separate for more than half 

 its length. Anth. roundish, of 2 lobes. Germ, oblong, 

 nearly cylindrical, hairy. Style awl-shaped, curved up- 

 wards. Stigma small, obtuse. Legume oblong, turgid, 

 straight, scarcely longer than the calyx, of 1 cell, and 2 

 rigid, elastic, concave valves. Seeds from 6 to 8, polished, 

 somewhat angular, slightly compressed, with a tumid 

 cloven crest. 



Stem woody, bushy, with abundance of large, compound, 

 very sharp, alternate thorns. Leaves few, small, simple. 

 Fl. axillary, bright yellow. 



1. U. europaus. Common Furze, Whin or Gorse. 



Teeth of the calyx obsolete, converging. Bracteas ovate, 

 lax. Branches erect. 



Ulex europseus. Linw. Sp. Pi. 1045. Wiim.v.3.969. Fl.Br.756. 



Engl. Bot. V. 11. t. 742. Forst. in Sym. Syn. 160. Hook, 



Scot. 212. Fl. Dan. t. 608. Ehrh. Arb. 86. 

 U. grandiflorus, Pourret in Act. Tolos. v. 3. 333. 

 Genista spinosa vulgaris. Rail Syn. 475. Ger. Em. 1319./. 

 G, spinosa major, longioribus aculeis. Bauh. Pin. 394. 

 G. spinosa. Dod. Pempt. 759 /. 

 Genistellse spinosse affinis, Nepa quibusdam. Bauh. Hist, v. I. p. 2. 



400./. 

 Scorpius primus. Clus. Hist. v. 1. 106./ 

 S. alter, sive Genista spinosa. Dalech. Hist. 164./. 



On sandy or gravelly heaths and commons abundantly. 



Shrub. May; and occasionally at all seasons. 



Stem from 2 to 5 feet high, with innumerable, den.se, upright, 

 green, roughish, furrowed, branches, spinous at the ends, and 

 beset with large, compound, spreading, striated, green, smoother. 



