so 25. LJJGUMISOSiE. 



16. Arthrolobivm. Cal. long, tubular, witli 5 nearly equal 

 teeth, 2 upper ones combined up to tbeir middle and straight. 

 Keel blunt. Pod long, terete, of many 1-seeded indehiscent 

 Joints scarcely narrowed at the joinings. — No leaf at the apex 



of the peduncles. 



17. HippocEEPis. Cal. short, beUshaped, with 5 nearly equal 

 teeth, 2 upper ones combined up to their middle. Keel 

 narrowed into a beak. Pod long, compressed, of many 1- 

 seeded crescent-shaped Joints, so that each pod has many 

 notches on one side. 



18. Onoebychis. Cal. with 5 nearly equal subulate teeth. 

 Keel obliquely truncate, longer than the wings. Pod 1- 

 oeiled, conr^X6sS,ei,\-adiiik\&ceiit,l-seeded, upper suttere straight, 

 lower curved toothed winged or crested. 



Tribe I. Lotece. 

 I, JJ'zBX Linn. Furze. Whin. Gorse. 



1. V.eiiropc^us (L.) ; young 1. shaggy beneath furrowed, pri- 

 marj' spines strong terete-polygonal furrowed roUghj st. hairy, 

 fl. lateral, hracts ovate lax, cal. shaggy, wings longer than keel. 

 — St. shrubby, 4 — 6 feet high, very much Ijrauched, spreading. 

 Yl. bright yellow, springing from both the primary and secon- 

 dary spines. Spines branching at their base and up to about 

 their middle, not exceeding the flowers. — U. strictus (Mack.) ; 

 primary spines small slender tetragonal, plant 1 — 2 ft. high, 

 with upright branches. It is now shown to be an inconstant form. 

 Its seeds produce either Tf. europceus or U. strictus. E. B. S. 

 3988.— Heaths. Sh. II.— VI. E.S.I. 



2. U. nanus (Forst.) ; young /. glabrom ciliate furrowed, pri- 

 mary spines slender terete striate smooth, st. hairy, fl. lateral amd 

 terminal,,, &racfs ven/ minute adpressed, cal./iiiely downy, vfinga 

 shorter than keel. — St. shrubby, procumbent. Primary spines 

 short, spreading, branched at their base only. Fl. half the size 

 of those of U. europams, springing from the primary spines and 

 exceeded by them, pale; pet. scarcely separated when full- 

 blown. Pod persistent for nearly a year. — ^Heaths. Sh. VIII. 

 IX. " E. S. 



3. JJ. Oallii (Planch.) ; young 1. glabrous ciliate furrowed, 

 primaty spines ^ strong deflexed subterete striate smooth, st. 

 hairy, fl. lateral and terminal, bracts veiy minute adpressed, cai. 



Jinely doiony, wings longer than keel. — £. B. S. 2987. — -St. 2 — 



