208 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Vanety. 
 G. g. 2. inérmis Dec. is almost without spines. 
§ 4, Unarmed. Leaves all simple. 
% 16. G. pu’reans L. The purging Genista. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 999.; Bull. Herb., 115.; Dec. Prod, 2. p. 149.; 
Don’s Mill., 2. p. 151. 
Synonyme. Spartium purgans Lin. Syst. 474. 
Engravings. Bot. Cab., 1117.; and our fig. 320. 
Spec. Char., §c. Upright, much branched. Branches round, 
striate. Leaves simple, very few, lanceolate, almost sessile, 
somewhat silky. Flowers axillary, solitary, scarcely pe- 
diceled. Petals equal, glabrous. The young legume 
adpressedly pubescent. (Dec. Prod.) An upright shrub, 
evergreen from the colour of its shoots. France, on hills. 
Introd. 1768. Height 3 ft.to 6 ft. Flowers yellow; June 
and July. Legume brown ; ripe in September. 320. Genfsta pargans. 
X17. G, sericea Wulf. The silky Genista. 
Identification. Wulf. in Jacq. Coll., 2, p. 167.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 149. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 151. 
Engravings. Jacq. Icon. Rar., 3. t. 556. ; and our jig. 321. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Decumbent, with upright 
round branches. Leaves simple, linear- 
lanceolate, silky beneath. Flowers ter- 
minal, 8 or 4 together, in a sort of ra- 
ceme. Petals silky, nearly equal. Lobes 
of the calyx oblong-acuminate ; the floral 
leaves equalling the calyx in length. 
(Dee. Prod.) A decumbent shrub. Height 
6in. Austria and Croatia, in subalpine 
places near the shore. Introduced in 
1812, Flowers yellow; May and June. Legume brown; ripe August. 
321, Genista sericea. 
« 18. G. apHy’LLA Dec. The leafless Genista. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 149.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 152. 
Synonymes. Spartium aphYllum Lin. Fil. Suppl. 320.; G. virgata 
Lam. Dict. 2. p. 616. 
Engravings. Pall. Itin. ed. Gall. Append., No. 357. t. 99. f. 2.3 and | 
our jig. 322. « 
Spec. Char.,§c. Branched, upright. Leaves simple, 
very few, linear, very short. Flowers disposed dis- 
tantly, in lengthened terminal racemes. Legumes 
compressed, including 2 seeds ; when young, tomen- 
tose; when adult, glabrous. (Dee. Prod.) Height 
3ft.to 4 ft.in British gardens. Found in Siberia, in de- 
serts, about the Volga. In- 
trod. 1800. Flowers violace- i 
ous; June and July. Legume 322. Genista aphyila. 
brown ; ripe in September. 
« 19. G. mMonosPE’RMA Lam. The one-seeded Genista. 
Identification. Lam. Dict., ae 616.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 150.; Don's 
Mill., 2. p. 152. ; Webb Iter Hispan., 51. 
Synonymes. Spartium monospérmum Lin. Sp. 995., Curt. Bot, Mag. 
t. 683.; G. Re ‘tam Forsk. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 683. ; and our jig. 323. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Branched, upright. Leaves simple, very 
few, linear-oblong, adpressedly pubescent. Flowers in 
lateral racemes, few in a raceme. Petals silky, almost 
i) ore equal. Legumes ovate, inflated, membranaceous, 
ep glabrous, including 1—2 seeds. (Dec. Prod.) An 
erect shrub, with numerous slender, twiggy, flexile 
323. Genfsta monospérma. 
