iiS 



legumin6s/e 



with ascending branches with strong curved spines ; brads very 

 minute, adpressed ; JJoiven small, orange ; cahw downy, with 

 diverging teeth ; wing-pefals rather longer "than the keel. — Heaths ; 

 common. — Fl. August — November. I'erennial 



3. U. minor (Lesser Dwarf Furze). — A smaller, more jirostrate 



shrub, with short, straight, 

 weak spines ; bracts very 

 minute, adpressed; 

 flowers small, pale yellow ; 

 calyx downy, with diverg- 

 ing teeth ; :i>i>ig-pefals 

 shorter than the keel. — 

 Heaths, chiefly in the 

 south ; less common than 

 U. Gdlbii.—V\. July- 

 September. Perennial. 



3. S.\ROTHAMNUS 



(jBroom). — Shrubs, rarely 

 spinous ; leaves simple or 

 ternate, with minute s/l- 

 fuks : calys 2-lipped, the 

 uppei' lip minutely 2- 

 toothed, the lower 3- 

 toothed ; slainlard pefal 

 broadly ovate ', stamens 

 monade Iph ous ; style 

 curved or coiled ; pod 

 flat, many-seeded. (Name 

 from the Crreek saroo, I 

 sweep, tlidiiiiioSy a shrub.) 

 1 . .S'. scopdrliis (Com- 

 fy jiion Broom). — The only 

 -''' British species, well dis- 

 ti'nguished by its numer- 

 ous, slender, erect, green, 

 angulir brauclies, small, 

 large yellow flo:oers, with 



^.ARnTH.^^INt"; SCOP.^RIU^ {Co. 



scattered, simple or ternate 



leaves, 

 s|")irally-coiled styles, and black pods, which are hairv at the 

 margin. — Sandy places; common. — Fl. .May, June. Perennial. 

 * The laburnum is a member of an a'llicd genus. 



4. Oni'iNIs (Rcsl-harr(iw). Small shrubs, rarely herbaceous, 

 liairy and generally viscid ; leaves jiinnate ; leajlets 3, toothed ; 

 .v//////t',v adnate to the petiole \ llo:oers pink.; caly.x 5-cleft ; standard 



