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166. GENISTA. 



•34. cinerea. Erect. Branches straight, 

 striate. ,L. small, lanceolate. Pet. nearly 

 equal. Keel silky. Standai-d nearly smooth. 

 Hairs of L. and Leg. adpi-essed. S. 5, 6. 

 Southern slopes. Dau. Prov. 



35. humifusa. Procumhent. Branches 

 t^^dsted, tiibercled, rigid, and somewhat spi- 

 nescent. L. lineari-lanceolate, hairy. Pet. 

 nearly equal. Keel silky. Standard nearly 

 smooth. Pod downy. Seeds 4. S. 5, 6. 

 Sand. Gap. 



36. pilosa. Stem procumhent, branched, 

 striate, tnbercled, leafy. L. lanceolate, silky 

 beneath. Keel and Standard sUky. Leg. downy, 

 many-seeded. s.S. 5. Dry hills. 



C. L. simple. Upper Lip of Calyx hidentate. 



37. humilis. Stems prostrate, diffuse. 

 Branches angular, stiiate, villous. L. ovali- 

 oblong, acute, haiiy on both sides. El. axillary. 

 Stalks hardly longer than calyx. Cdyx sujj- 

 cylindrical, hairy. Teeth setaceous, w. 

 Piano di Ruggia, Lucania. 



38. difFusa. " Stem and oblongo -lanceolate 

 L. smooth, except that the latter are somewhat 

 ciliate. Flower-stalks three times as long as 

 calyx, sm-rounded by a bundle of L. Cal. and 

 Cor. hairless. S. 5, 6. Grassy slopes. 1. 

 Sty. Carniola. Trieste." — Kocn. 



39. Halleri. " Stem and under side and 

 margin of oblongo-lauceolate L. branched. 

 Elower-stalks and Cal. covered with spreading 

 hairs. Flower-stalks three times calyx ; fi'om a 

 bundle of L. Cor. haiiless. S. 5-7. Stony 

 hilh. w. Sw. rare'' — Koch. Lorr. Burg. 



40. procumbens. "L. oblongo-lanceolate, 

 covered underneath and on the margin, as well 

 as the branches and calyces, with adpressed 

 hairs. Flower-stalks three times calyx, from 

 a tuft of L. Cor. hairless. S. 4-6. Open 

 stony. Mor. 1. Aus. Pays de Vaud." — Koch. 

 These three are probably varieties of one 

 species. 



167. SPARTITJM. 



1. junceum. Branches opposite, rod-like, 

 flowering at top. S. 5, 6. s. Eur. 



168. CYTISUS. 



A. Unarmed. Cal. campanulate. Leg. not 

 dilated at the back. 



i. Fl. in racemes. Sp. 1-8. 



ii. FI. axillary. Sp. 9-12. 



B. Very thorny. Upper part of very short 

 Cal. carried off with the opening flower. 

 Sp. 13-15. 



C Cal. tubular, nearly cylindrical. 

 i. Plant thorny. Sp. 16. 

 ii. Plant without thorns. Sp. 17-23. 



D. Cal. obconical ; upper lip deeply divided. 

 Sp. 24. 



A. Unarmed. Calyx campanulate. Legume 

 not dilated on upper suture. 



i. Mowers in racemes. 



1. albns. Branches terete, rod-like. L. 

 sessile, simple and temate, very few. Lts. 

 lineari-oblong, silky. Fl. fasciculate, disposed 

 in long racemes. Leg. 2-seeded, very villous. 

 S, Monte Vergine, K. Nap. 



2. Iiaburnum. Hairs adpressed. Branches 

 terete. L. stalked, alternate. Lts. ovato- 

 lanceolate. Rac. pendent. Leg. linear, many- 

 seeded, rectangularly keeled on upper suture. 

 l.S. Woody hills. Malesherbes. Estampes. 

 Nancy, s. G. It. 



3. alpinus. Hairs spreading. Branches 

 terete. L. stalked, all ternate. Lts. ovato- 

 lanceolate. Rac. pendent. Leg. hairless, few- 

 seeded. Keel of the upper Suture vringed. 

 l.S. 5, 6. Woody hills. Sw. Tyr. Cul. 



4. rataentaceus. Rac. ovate, erect. Upper 

 lip of Cal. divided to base. Standard smooth. 

 Keel downy. Leg. smooth. Flower-stalk with 

 a large but caducous bract in the middle. S. 5. 

 Woods on coast between Duino and Monfal- 

 cone. 



[I put this here iu compliance with Koch, 

 but the deeply-divided upper Up of calyx makes 

 me suspect it is out of its place. Koch's 

 characters of the two genera are — Genista, 

 " Stigma introrsumdeclive;" Cytisus, "Stigma 

 extrorsum declive." I have followed DC] 



5. sessilifolius. Hairless. Branches 

 terete. Floral L. nearly sessile. Lts. ovate. 

 Rac. short, terminal, erect, about 6-flowered. 

 Bracts 3. Upper Lip with two minute teeth., 

 S. 5, 6. Woods and heaths, s. Eur. 



6. ni^icansn Haii's adpressed. Branches 

 terete, rod-like. L. stalked. Lts. elliptic. 

 Rac. long, terminal, erect, many-flowered. 

 Bracts 0. Teeth of Cal. minute. S. 6, 7- 

 Heaths and dry woods, e. G. Pdm. Vail. 



7. trifloras. Hu'sute. Branches terete. 

 All L. stalked. Lts. obovato-eUiptic. Fl. 



