206 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
evergreen from the colour of its young slender shoots. Sardinia. Height 
2 ft.; in British gardens 4ft. Introduced in 1832. Flowers small, yellow ; 
June to September. Legume?. 
The whole plant is glabrous, and resembles in appear- 
ance E’phedra distachya. Cuttings strike readily. 
#9, G. rRtaca’nTHOS Brot. The three-spined Genista. 
Identification. Brot. Phyt., 130. t.54.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 147. ; Don’s Mill., 2. 
Sarees G. rostrata Potr. Suppl. 2. p.719. 
Engravings. Brot. Phyt., t. 54.5; and our fig. 313. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves sessile, trifoliolate and simple, gla- 
brous. Leaflets linear-lanceolate. Branchlets spiny, branch- 
ed. Flowers in terminal racemes, few in araceme. Calyx, 
corolla, and legume glabrous; legume I-seeded. The 
spines are simple, trifid, or branched. (Dec. Prod.) A 
deciduous undershrub. Portugal, on mountains and in 
woods. Height 2 ft. to 3ft. Introduced in 1821. Flowers 
yellow; May to July. Legume?. 
Variety. : 
» G. t 2 interrépta Dec., Spartium interriptum Cav. 
Annal., 1801, vol. iv. p. 58., has linear leaflets, and 
branches usually simple, and shorter than those of the species. It 
is found wild about Tangier. 
313. G. triacinthos. 
« 10. G. no’rripDA Dec. The horrid Genista. 
Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr., 4. p. 500. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 146. ; Don’s 
Mill., 2. p. 149.3; Webb. Iter Hispan., 51. 
Synonymes. Spartium hérridum Vahl Symb.1. p.51., exclusive ot 
the synonyme ; G. erinacea Gilib. Bot. Prat. 2. p. 239. 
Engravings. Gilib. Bot. Prat., 2. p. 239. icon. ; and our fig. 314. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches grouped, angled, spiny, 
opposite. Leaves trifoliolate, opposite; the leaflets 
linear, folded, somewhat silky. Flowers few, 
almost terminal. Calyx pubescent. (Dec. Prod.) 
A native of the Pyrenees. Height 4 ft. Intro- 
duced in 1821. Flowers yellow; May and June. 
Legume ?. 
314 Genista hérrida. 
§ 3. Spinose. Leaves all simple. 
«11. G, sytve’srris Scop. The wood Genista. 
Identification. Scop. Carn., No. 875.3; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 148. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 151. 
Synonyme. G.hispanica Jacq. Icon. Raz.t. 557. 
Engravings. Jacq. Icon. Rar., t. 557. ; and our fig. 315. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves simple, linear-awl- 
shaped, glabrous above, villose in a closely 
pressed manner beneath. Spines axillary, 
branched, slender. Flowers glabrous, 
disposed in a terminal spiked raceme. 
Teeth of the calyx almost spiny. The 
keel longer than the standard and wings. 
(Dec. Prod.) A deciduous undershrub. 
Carniola and Croatia, on hills. Height 
1 ft. to 2ft. Introduced in 1818. Flowers 
yellow; June and July. Legume?. 
315. Genista sylvéstris. 
+ 12, G, Sco’rprus Dec. The Scorpion Genista. 
dg lh Dec. Fl. Fr., 4. p.498.; Dec. Prod., 2. p.148.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 151. ; Webb Iter 
Synongmes. Spartium Scérpius Lin. Sp.995.; G. spinifldra Lam. Dict. 2. p. 621. ; Scorpion Furze 
Engravings. Dend Brit.,t.78.; and our fig. 316. 
