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XXVI. LEGUMiNOSiC : GENiSTE^. {^Savothdmnus. 



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floral leaf or Iractea at the base. Employed to dye yarn of a yellow 

 colour. 



2. G. pilosa L. Qiairy G.) ; unarmed, procumbent, leaves 

 obovato-lanceolate complicate silky beneath, stipules ovate 

 obtuse, flowers axillary on short pedicels, standard keel and 

 legumes downy. E, B, t. 208. 



Dry sandy or gravelly heaths, rare. About Bury, Suffolk ; in the 

 forest, by the road from Maresfieldto Groorabridge, Sussex; between 

 Little Malvern and Malvern Wells, Worcestershire ; near the Lizard 

 and St. Agnes' Head, Cornwall. \i . 5 — 9. — A small, much-branched 

 tortuose, woody-stemmed plant. Flowers small, bright yellow. 



3. G. A^nglica {Needle G., or Petty- WJiiii) ; spinous, spines 

 simple none on the flowering branches, leaves ovato-lanceolate 

 glabrous, stipules obsolete, flowers axillary somewhat racemed, 

 corolla and legumes glabrous. E. J3. t, 132. 



Moist heaths and moory ground, frequent. If. 

 cending, very spinous. Leaves very small. 

 hi the axils of the leaf-like bracteas. 



5, 6. — Stems as- 

 Flowers yellow, solitary 



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V^ 3. Sarothamnus Wimm. Broom. 



\ Cal 2-lipped, without bracteas at its base ; upper lip with 2 

 small teeth, lower one 3-toothed. Standard large^ broadly ovate. 

 Keel very blunt, including the stamens, at length deflexed. 

 Tube of the stamens split on the upper side. Style very long, 

 thickened upwards and spirally curved. Legume many-seeded, 

 much longer than the calyx. — Leaves simple or trifolwlate,— 

 Named from crapow, to sweej), Sfafxvoc^ a slirub. 



1. S. scopdrius Wimm. {common B.) ; branches angled gla- 

 brous, leaves ternate stalked, upper ones simple, leaflets oblong, 

 flowers axillary shortly pedicellate, legumes hairy at the margin, 

 Spartium i. : jE. B. t. 1339. Cytisus DC. 



Dry hills and bushy places, frequent. Vi . 4 — 6. — Stem 3—6 ft. 

 or more high. Branches long, straight, green. Flowers large, bright 

 yellow. — The young green tops are said to be powerfully purjjative 

 and diuretic, and they are very bitter. What is called Irish Broom 

 is S, patens, a native of Spain and Portugal. 



4. Ononis Linn. Rest-harrow. 



Standard 



CaL campanulate, 5 -cleft, its segments linear. 



striate. Keel rostrate. Legume turgid, sessile, few- 



- Named from ovog, an 



large, 



seeded. 



Leaves simple or trifoliolate. 



ass ; because the plant is eaten by that animal. 



1. O. arvensis L. (common R.); shrubby, branches hairy often 

 spinous, lower leaves ternate, the rest simple oblong or ova 

 serrate except at the base, flowers solitary shortly stalke ' 

 calyx much shorter than the corolla, legume erect obliq^^/ 



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