120 Leguminose —Spartium. 
fragrant, in terminal racemes, appearing in July or August. A 
handsome double variety is in cultivation. This plant is 
found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean and in the 
Canary Islands. 
9. ULEX. 
These prickly bushes are distinguished in their floral 
characters from allied genera 
s by having a coloured bipartite 
calyx with the upper lobe of 
| two teeth and the lower of three 
if minute teeth. The spines of 
owe these shrubs are transformed 
at leaves. The etymology of the 
od name has not been satisfac- 
torily explained. 
1. U. Europeéus. Furze, 
Gorse, or Whin.—The double 
i oF variety of this plant is one 
“ye of the most beautiful yellow- 
fs flowered shrubs we have, espe- 
cially for planting in soil where 
little else would thrive. The 
Trish Furze (U. strictus) is an 
erect, more slender, less rigid 
form of this species. 
2. U. nanus.—Another in- 
digenous species, of very dwarf 
habit, flowering in Summer 
and Autumn. The bracts at 
the base of the calyx are very 
minute in this species com- 
pared with the preceding. 
3. U. Hispanicus.—A dense 
dwarf spreading bush in which 
the branches and pliable spines 
are very long and slender. The 
yellow flowers are produced 
| very freely in Spring. 
| 10. CYTISUS. 
Fig. 68. Cytisus scoparius, ( nat. size.) 
Shrubs, rarely spiny. Leaves 
usually 3-foliolate, sometimes 1-foliolate, or wanting. Calyx 
