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Tribe 10. Shrubs or herbs. Lvs. simple or digitately comp. ; Ifts. 

 entire. SU. 10, usually monadelphous. Fls. sol., fascicled, or racemed. 

 1. Cytisus, Broom. Many fine species, shrubs, trees. Old World. C. 

 (Sarothimnus) Scopdrius, Common Broom. 6° high ; fls. yellow. 

 Eur. ; especially in Eng. and Scot. ; run wild in Va. jig. 166. C. 

 dlbus, White B. 8° high ; fls. white. Portugal. 2. Ulex, Goksb, 

 Furze. Verv elegant evergreen shrubs, armed with prickles, which 

 are transformed lvs., and with showy yellow (rarely white) fls. Few 

 spec. ; Eur. U. euro^jaea, Common FtJRZB. 3°-l 8° high, according to 

 climate. Mid. and S. Eur., Gt. Brit. 3. Genista, Whin. Small, 

 branching shrubs. More than 70 spec, smooth, or spiny ; fls. yellow. 

 Chiefly in Medit. States, W. Asia, and Canaries ; 3 in 6t. Britain. 

 G. iinctbria, Dyer's Broom. Stems low, green, from creeping rts. 

 Gt. Brit. ; nat. in Mass. 4. Laburnum vulgdre (Cjrtisus Laburnum), 

 LABiJRNirM, Golden-Chain. Handsome tree ; 2iJ° high ; fls. yellow, 

 in pendulous racemes. Bur. L. alpinum, Alpine L. Similar, 25°- 

 30° high. Alps, Apennines Nat in Scotland. 6. Lupinus, LtfPiNE. 



0, QJ. herbs or shrubs; fls. richly colored, spicate or racemose. 80 

 spec, both worlds. More than half in America, chiefly in Pacific 

 States ; Old World spec, chiefly annual. L. dlbus, fls. white, Q, 3°- 

 4° high, lvs. 5-7-foliolate. Levant. Cultivated from time of ancient 

 Egyptians. L. polyphpllus, %, 3°-4° high;, lvs. 13-15-foliolate, fls. 

 blue, purple, variegated, racemed. Oregon, Cal. L. villbsus, QJ., 

 downy, spreading ; lvs. simple, oblong ; fls. blue, purple, pink, 

 racemed. Coast, N. C, S. 6. Crotalaria. Herbs, shrubs; fls. 

 usually yellow, in full racemes. Pod inflated. About 120 spec, 

 both worlds, chiefly trop. C. junaea, Sunn-Hemp; shrub 8°-12° 

 high ; lvs. simple, lanceolate, with silvery hairs ; fls. yellow, racemed, 

 showv. Bark mad*e into hemp. India. C. sagittdlis, ©; N. H., S. 

 and W. ; and C. ovdlis, Q|.. N . C. to Fla. and La , are low herbs with 

 simple lvs. and few-flowered racemes of yellow fls. 7. Goodia, 2 spec. 

 (G. laiifolia, G. pubescens). Handsome shrubs, with 3-foliolate lvs. 

 and yellow, laburnum-like fls. ; 8. Bossiaea, 34 spec, herbs or 

 shrubs; highly ornamental; lvs, simple, or 0; fls. sol., yellow; 9. 

 Hovea, 11 spec, handsome evergreen shrubs; fls. blue or purple, lvs. 

 simple; all Australian. 10. Priestleya, 15 spec, evergreen shrubs. 

 Lvs. simple, fls. yellow, usually in hds. or racemes. S. Af. 



Tribe 11. Shrubs, rarely herbs. Lvs. simple or digitately comp. 

 Sta. 10, free. Chiefly Australian evergreen shrubs, very handsome : 



1. Daviesia, fls. yellow, purple ; lvs. reduced to spines, or linear, or 0. 

 More than 55 spec, about 2° high. 2. Mirbelia, fls. colored as in last; 

 lvs. simple, often lobed at top, often prickly. 16 spec, 2° high. 3. 

 Chorozema (sometimes written Choriz^ma), lvs. simple, sometimes 

 spiny ; fls. red, scarlet, yellow. More than 15 spec l°-2° high. 4. 

 Brachysema, usually climbing ; lvs. simple, or 0, and branches leaf- 

 like ; fls. blood-red, scarlet, green, yellow. 14 spec ; all these Aus- 

 tralian. 5. Podalyria, silky evergreen shrubs; lvs. entire; fls. pur- 

 ple, blue, red, white. 17 spec. ; 2°-6° high. Cape of Good Hope. 

 6. Baptisia, False Indigo. Q|. herbs ; lvs. 3-foliolate or simple ; fls. 

 yellow, blue, white. Showy plants ; about 15 spec, TJ. S., Atlantic to 

 Kocky Mts. B. iinctbria, used as indigo; racemes few-flowered, fls. 

 yellow. 3° high. Can., U. S. B. austrdlis, 2°-5° high; fls. large, 

 blue, showy ; racemes l°-2° long. Ky. to Ga. and La. B. leucdntha, 



