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166. GENISTA. 



a. Upper L. simiile. Sp. 6-9. 



b. All L. temate. Sp. 10, 11. 



B. AH L. simple. Upper Lip of Cal. bi- 

 partite. 



i. Plant thorny. Sp. 13-20. 



ii. Plant unarmed. 



a. PI. in lateral racemes. Sp. 21, 22. 



b. Jl. in terminal racemes. Sp. 23-31. 



c. PI. solitary, axillary, nearly sessHe. 

 Sp. 32-36. 



C. L. simple. Upper Lip of Cal. merely 

 bidentate. Sp. 37-40. 



A. L. mostly temate. Upper Lip of Calyx 

 Mpartite. 



i. No thorns. 



1. candicaus. L. stalked, all temate. 

 Lts. obovate. Haii-s adpressed. Branches 

 angular. Heads terminal, few-flowered. Leg. 

 hirsute. S. 5. Bry thickets. Montp. Prov. 

 Rome. Sic. 



2. linifolia. L. sessile or nearly so, 

 crowded, almost all temate. Lts. linear, silky 

 beneath. Margin at last revolute. Branches 

 sulcate. Rac. terminal, crowded. Leg. hirsute. 

 S. 4. Isl. of Hyeres. 



3. radiata. L. nearly sessile, opposite, 

 scattered, almost all ternate. Lts. linear, 

 somewhat sUky. Branches angular, crowded. 

 Heads 2-4-flowered. Bracteoles ovate. Stand- 

 ard deeply emarginate, somewhat hairy. Keel 

 densely silky, exceeding wings. S. 6, 7. lower 

 Alps of Prov. 



4. holopetala. L. nearly sessile, opposite, 

 almost all ternate. Lts. linear. Heads aboiit 

 4-flowered, stallced. Bracteoles liueari-subulate. 

 Standard rounded, obtuse, entire, densely siUcy, 

 as welt as Keel. S. 5, 6. Mountains. Zhaun 

 in Cai'niola. Cytisus ? 



5. triquetra. Uppermost L. simple. Lts. 

 ovato-lanceolate, villous. Branches decumbent, 

 3-edged. Kac. terminal, short. S. Cors. 



ii. Thorny. Some L. ternate. 

 a. Upper L. simple. 



6. epbedrioides. L. few, sessUe. Lts. 

 linear. Bracts at last striate. PI. alternate, 

 nearly sessile, solitaiy. S. Cors. Sard. 



7. laobelii. L. few; the lowest sessile, 

 temate ; the rest mostly simple, lineari-oblong, 

 silky. Branches crowded, striate. PL few, 

 solitary, stalked, in a sort of raceme. Cal. 



downy. s.S. 5, 6. Sainte Baume near 

 Toulon. 



8. Saltziuanni. L. sessile. Lts. oblong, 

 obtuse. Brauches at last striate, lax. PI. in 

 pairs in a sort of raceme, silky. Three lower 

 teeth of Cal. naiTower, but nearly as long as 

 upper. S. Sfony. Near Corte, Cors. 



9. aspalathoides. L. few; lowest sessile, 

 ternate, the rest lineari-oblong. Branches at 

 last striate, lax, somewhat recurved. PI. ia 

 pairs, in a sort of raceme, sHky. Three lower 

 teeth of Cal. very miaute. s.S. 2, 3. Dry 

 cole. w. Sic. 



b. All L. ternate and sessile. 



10. Cupani. L. liirsute, nearly all temate. 

 Lts. Hneari-lanceolate. Eac. terminal. Cal. 

 somewhat hu'sute. Cor. smooth. Seedl. s.S. 

 Dry calc. Madonie. 



11. horrida, L. stalked, opposite, all 

 temate. Lts. linear, folded, silky. Branches 

 angular, crowded, opposite. PI. few, terminal. 

 Cal. downy. S. 6, 7. Dry. Gouzon near 

 Lyons. Pyr. 



B. All L. simple. Upper Lip of Calyx 



Mpartite. 



i. Plant thorny. 



12. aristata. L. lineari-lanceolate, villous. 

 Spines axillary, digitate. Plowering Branches 

 not spinescent. Rac. tenminal. PL nearly 

 hairless. Keel twice as long as standard. Seed 1. 

 Leg. rhomboid, hairy. s.S. 5-7. Openings 

 of woods. Sic. 



13. sylvestris. L. Kneari- subulate. Haii's 

 of Stem adpressed. Spines axillary, branched, 

 slender, terete, finely striate. Rac. terminal, 

 standing alone. Teeth of Cal. Uneari-subulate, 

 reaching to two-tliirds of keel, nearly equalling 

 wings and standard. S. 5, 6. Open stony. 

 Sty. Cai-niola. Priuli. 



14. arcuata. Stems tufted, simple, leafy 

 from base. L. linear. Spines branched, spread- 

 ing, bowed, 4-edged. Rac. sohtary, terminal. 

 Cal., Standard, and Keel silky. Teeth of Cal. 

 as long as its tube. s.S. 5, 6. Rough. 

 Near Trieste. — Koch. 



15. dalmatica. Stem tufted, simple, leafy 

 from base. L. lineari-lanceolate. Spines 

 branched, spreading, rigid, 4-edged. Rac. 

 solitary, terminal. Cal. hirsute. Teeth twice 

 as long as tube. Keel and Tip of Standard 

 pubescent. Bracts linear. s.S. 6, 7. Dry 

 rocky. Istrian Islands. — Koch. 



16. hispanica. Main Stem leafless, with 



