XXV. LEGUMINA'CEE: GENI'STA. 207 
Spec. Char., §c. Spiny; spines branched, spreading, 
striated, glabrous. Leaves simple, very few, oblong, 
somewhat silky. Flowers glabrous, upon short pe- 
dicels, in groups disposed somewhat racemosely ; the . 
keel as long as the standard. Legume containing © 
2—4 seeds. (Dec. Prod.) An upright, deciduous, 
spiny shrub. South of Europe and Barbary, in 
arid places. Height 2 ft.to3 ft. Introduced in 1570. 7% 
Flowers yellow ; April and May. Legume ?. np 
A spiny shrub, almost leafless when the shoots are full 316. G. Scorpius 
grown. This species is commonly thought to be the Scorpius of Theophrastus. 
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* 13. G.uispa’nica LZ. The Spanish Genista. 
Identification, Lin. Sp., 999.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 148.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 151.; Webb Iter Hispan., 68. 
Synonyme. Spanish Furze, Hort. 
Engravings. Cav. Icon., 3.t. 211.3; Lam. IIL, t. 619. f. 3. ; and our jig. 317. 
Spec. Char. §c. Spiny, except in the flower-bearing & 
branches ; spines branched, rigid. Leaves simple, lanceo- 
late, villose. Flowers in a terminal subcapitate raceme. 
Keel villose, the length of the glabrous standard. Le- 
gume oval, including 2—4 seeds ; when ripe, rather gla- 
brous. (Dec. Prod.) A diminutive undershrub, evergreen 
from the colour of its shoots. Spain and the South of 
France. Height 3 ft. to 1 ft. Introduced in 1759. Flowers 217. G. hispinica. 
yellow ; June and July. Legume ?. 
= 14. G. a’‘netica L. The English Genista, or Petty Whin. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 999.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 149.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 151. 
Synonyme. G. minor Lam. Fl. Fr. 2. P: 615. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 132. ; Lobel Icon., 2. p. 93.f. 2.; and our jig. 318. 
Spec. Char., Sc. Spiny, except in the flower- 
bearing branches ; spines simple; the whole 
plant glabrous. Leaves simple, ovate-lanceo- 
late, Flowers in terminal racemes, few in a 
raceme; the keel longer than the standard and 
wings. Legume ovately cylindrical, including 
many seeds. (Dec. Prod.) A prostrate de- 
ciduous shrub, with woody stems. Native of 
the Middle and North of Europe; and fre- 
quent in Britain, on moist, boggy, heathy com- 
mons. Height 1 ft. Flowers yellow ; May and 
June. Legume brown; ripe in August. 
Cultivated in collections, where it forms a 518, Genista Sngllcs. 
spiny bush about 2 ft. in height. 
= 15. G, cerma’nica L. The German Genista. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 995. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 149. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 151. : 
Si . Scorpius spind Mench Meth. 134.; Voglera spinosa Fl. Wett. 2. p. 500.; Bulima- 
cola di Bosco, Ital. : 
Engravings. Fuchs Hist., 220. icon.; Hayne Abbild., t. 122. ; and 
our fig. 319. 
Spec. Char., §c. Spiny, except in the flower-bearing 
branches; spines simple or branched. Leaves 
simple, lanceolate, slightly hairy, Flowers somewhat 
villose, in terminal racemes. Keel longer than the 
standard and wings. Legume ovate, slightly hairy, 
including 2—4 seeds. (Dec. Prod.) A spiny shrub. 
Europe, in woods and on heaths. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. 
.ntroduced in 1773. Flowers yellow; June to Ss 
August. Legume brown ; ripe in September. 519. Genia xerminlos. 
