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branches. On the Mediterranean shores, where, in many places, it serves 
to retain and consolidate the drifting sand. Height 2 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced 
in 1670. Flowers white ; Jyne and July. Legume brown ; ripe in September, 
The leaves and young branches are, in these countries, eaten by sheep and 
goats ; and the twigs are used for tying vines to stakes, or tying up faggots ; 
and they are also twisted into ropes. 
= 20. G.spHzRoca’RpPA Lam. The round-fruited Genista. 
Identification. Lam. Dict., 2. P 616.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 150.; 
Don's Mill., 2. p. 152.; Webb Iter Hispan., 50. 
Synonyme. Spartium spherocarpon Lin. Mant. 571. 
Engravings. Clus. Hist., 1. p. 102. f. 2.; and our jig. 324. 
Spec. Char., §c. Twiggy, branched. Leaves simple, 
few, linear, almost glabrous. Flowers in lateral 
racemes, manyin araceme. Petals glabrous, equal. 7 
Legumes ovate, in some measure fleshy, contain- _, a 
ing 1—2 seeds. Flowers small, and pale yellow. ] 
(Dec. Prod.) A twiggy shrub. Native of the 
South of Europe and North of Africa. Height 
3ft. to4ft. Introd. 1731. Flowers yellow ; June 
and July. Legume brown ; ripe in September. 
324. Gen{sta spherocirva. 
# 21. G. eTHNE’NsIS Dec. The Mount Etna Genista. 
Identification. “Dec. Prod., 2. p. 150. ; Don’s Mill. 2. p. 152. 
Synonymes. Spartiam ethnénse Biv. St. Sic. Mant. 2., Rafin. Specch.1.p. 17., Sims Bot. Mag. 
2674. ; Sp4rtium trispérmum Smith in Rees’s Cycl. vol. 32. No. 5. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2674.; and our jig. 325. 
Spec. Char., §c. Upright, very much branched. Leaves 
simple, few, linear, silky. Flowers in terminal racemes. 
Petais almost glabrous, nearly equal in length. Legumes 
obliquely ovate, compressed, containing 2—3 seeds ; when 
young, pubescent. (Dec. Prod.) An erect twiggy shrub. 
Native -of the wooded region of Mount Etna, 3000 ft. 
—6000 ft. elevation ; growing with A‘cer monspessulanum. 
(Presl, in Comp. Bot. Mag., vol. i. p. 91.) Height 2 ft. 
to 4 ft. Introduced in 1816. Flowers yellow ; June and 
July. Legume brown ; ripe in September. 
Resembles the preceding species, except that the flowers are twice the size. 
x 22. G. anxa’ntica Ten. The Anxantic Genista. 
Identification. Ten. Fl. Nap. Prod., p. 41.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 150,; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 152. 
Synonyme. G.amsantica Tenore. 
Engravings. Fl. Nap., 2. p. 127. t. 66.; Swt. Fl.-Gar., 2d ser. t. 266. ; and our figs. 326. and 237 
326. Genista anxdntica. 327. Genista anxAntica- 
Spec. Char., §c. The whole plant is perfectly gla- 
brous. Stems spreading, Branches angled. 
Leaves simple, ovate-elliptical, rather coriaceous, 
veiny. Flos in racemes. Corolla thrice as Seah Geakemicsuoia® 
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