202 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. ; 
Down, in 1815, or before. It is very upright in its growth, and attains the 
height, in good soils, of from 6 ft. to 10 ft. in as many years. Its branches 
are so soft and succulent that sheep and cattle eat them without injuring their 
mouths, and are very fond of them. It forms excellent garden hedges, and, 
in rather moist climates, is a most excellent forage plant, as has been already 
stated under U. europ#‘a. It only rarely flowers, and has very seldom pro- 
duced seeds ; but it is easily propagated by cuttings. 
Other Species of Ulex. — U. genistéides Brot., U. mitis Hort, Stauracan- 
thus aphyllus Link, is a leafless shrub, with the habit of Wlex; a native of 
Portugal in sandy pine woods ; and differing from Ulex nana chiefly in the 
spines branching into two small ones at the sides. It was introduced in 1823 ; 
and grows to the height of 1 ft. to 2ft. It is rather tender in the climate of 
London, but sometimes stands the winter among rockwork. 
Genus V. 
A 
Dp, 
SPA’RTIUM Dec. Tut Spartium, or SPANIsH Broom. Lin. Syst. 
Monadélphia Decandria. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 995.; Dec. Prod,, 2. p. 145. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 148. 
Synonymes. Spartianthus Link Enum. 2. p. 223.; Genista sp. Lam. and Maench; Sparzio, Ital. 
Derivation. From Paro cordage ; in allusion to the use of the plant in early ages generally, and 
in Spain, even to the present day, for making ropes. 
Gen. Char., §c. Calyx membranous, spathaceous, cleft above, 5-toothed at 
the apex, somewhat labiate. Corol/a with a roundish complicated vexillum, 
and an acuminated keel. Petals a little agglutinated, but partable. Sta- 
mens monadelphous. Legume compressed, many-seeded, glandless. (Don’s 
Mill.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, caducous ; lanceolate. Flowers in 
terminal racemes, large, distant, and yellow. — A shrub, a native of Spain 
and Portugal. 
% 1. S.gu’nceum ZL. The Rush-like Spartium, or Spanish Broom. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 995.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 145.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 148. 
Synonymes. Genista jiincea Lam. and Du Ham.; G. odorata Meench; Spartidnthus janceus 
Meench ; Genet d’Espagne, Fr.; Binsenartige Pfriemen, Gev.; Ginestra di Spagna, Itai. 
Engravings. N. Du Ham., 2. t. 22.; Bot. Mag., t. 85. ; and our jig. 305. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches upright, round, of a deep green colour, smooth, 
and with but few leaves, which are lanceolate, and soon drop off. An up- 
right shrub, evergreen from the colour of its namerous shoots. Spain, 
Portugal, and the South of France, in gravelly soils. Height 5ft. to 8 ft.; 
in British gardens 8ft. to 12 ft. In- : 
troduced in 1548. Flowers dark yel- 
low, large; July to September. Pods 
brown; ripe in October. Naked 
young wood smooth and dark green. 
Varieties. 
% S. j. 2 odoratissimum (S. odora- 
tissimum D. Don Brit. Fl. , 
Gard. 2. st. 390.; S. acutifo- 
lium Lindl. Bot. Reg.; and our 
Jig. 304.) has the flowers sweet- 
scented, and the leaves more 
acute than those of the species. 
Raised from Turkish seeds. 
% S. j. 3 flore pléno has double flowers. 
