204 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Height 6 ft. to 7 ft. Introduced in 1817. Flowers yellow ; 
May to August. Legume?. H. S. 
% a 2, G.ca’nvIcans L. The whitish Genista. 
Identification. Lin. Ameen. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 145.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 149. 
Webb Iter Hispan., 50. 
Synony Cf§tisus candi Lin. Sp.; C. pubéscens Mcench. 
Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 80.; and our jig. 307. z 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaf trifoliolate, petiolate ; leaflets obovate, 
pubescent, with appressed down. Branches angled. 
Flowers in terminal heads, few in a head. Legume hairy. 
(Dec. Prod.) A hoary sub-evergreen shrub, of short du- 
ration. Mogador, Italy, and the Levant. Height 4 ft. to 
6ft. Introduced in 1735. Flowers large, yellow, scent- 
less; April to July. Legume ?. 
The great advantage of this species is, that it grows f 
rapidly, and flowers freely. BOTs. te sataleacel 
% 3. G.pa‘rENS Dec. The spreading Genista. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 145.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 149.; Webb 
Iter Hispan., p. 50. : 
Synonyme. Spartium patens Cav. Icon. 2. p. 58., exclusive of the 
synonyme. 
Engravings. Cav. Icon., 2. p. 58. t. 176.; and our fig. 308. 
Spec. Char., &c. Branches striated, twiggy, glabrous. © 
Leaves stalked, trifoliolate. Leaflets obovate, pu- 
bescent beneath. Flowers in fours, pedicellate, 
nearly terminal. Legume glabrous, 3—6-seeded. 
(Don’s Mill.) A spreading shrub. Spain. On 
mountains near Albayda, and found by P. B. 
Webb on Monte Santo in Catalonia, Introduced 
in 71830. Height 4-ft.to 8ft. Flowers yellow; 
April to July. 
Jt differs from CYtisus patens, in the upper lip of 5 
the calyx being acutely bipartite ; lower lip of three i Y\ 
bristles, not with the lips nearly equal and entire. $08: Genivia pater 
x 4. G. TRI’QUETRA Ait. The triangular-stemmed Genista. 
oe a Makan e 3. p. 14.3 Dec. Prod., 2. p. 146. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 149. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t.314.; Dend. Brit., t. 79. ; and our jig. 309. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches 3-sided, decumbent, the younger ones villose. 
Leaves trifoliolate, simple about the extremities of the branches; leaflets 
ovate-lanceolate, villose. Flowers in short terminal ra- 
cemes, (Dec. Prod.) A trailing shrub, evergreen from the 
colour of its shoots. Spain, Italy, and France. Height 
Gin. Introduced in 1748. Flowers yellow; April to 
July. Legume ?. 
No shrub is more ornamental on rockwork ; and, when 
trained to a stake and allowed to forma head, or grafted 
standard high on a laburnum, it forms a singular object, 
and, when in flower, a most magnificent one. It is also an 
admirable plant for training against a wall, particularly in 509. ¢. wiqueta 
dry situations, where it is exposed to the sun. rae 
a 5. G. umBevia‘ta Pow, The umbellate-fowered Genista. 
Tdemification: Poir. Suppl., 2. p. 715.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 146.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 149.; Webb Iter 
lispan., p. 51. 
Synonymes. Spartium umbellatum Desf. Atl. 2. p. 133., L’Hérit. Stirp. 183. ; Bolina, in Andalusia. 
Engraving. Our fig. .inp. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaf trifoliolate, its petiole short, its leaflets linear-lanceolate, 
