XXV. LEGUMINA‘CEE: Cy’TISUS. 215 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1041.,; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 153.; Don’s Mill,, 2. p. 154. 
Synonymes, C. alpinus Lam. Fl. Fr. 2. p. 621.; Bean-trefoile Tree, and Peascod Tree, Gerard; 
Pea Tree, Scotch ; Golden Chain ; 1’ Aubours, faux E’bénier, Arbois, or Arc-Bois, Fr.; gemeine 
Bohnenbaum, Ger. ; Aborniello, Zial. 
Derivation. The name of L’Aubours, which is given to this tree in Dauphiné and Switzerland, is 
supposed by Du Hamel to be a corruption of the Latin word Jaburnum. The word Arbois is 
a corruption of arc-bozs, the wood of this tree having been used by the ancient Gauls to make 
their bows ; and being still so employed by the country people, in some parts of the Maconnois, 
where these bows are found to preserve their strength and elasticity during half a century. The 
name of Faux E’bénier is applied to the wood, from the blackness of its heart-wood. The German 
name signifies Bean Tree ; and both it and the English and Scotch names of Bean-trefoile and Peas- 
cod Tree have reference to the shape of the leaves and the legumes. The name of Golden Chain 
alludes to the length of the drooping racemes of flowers, which, as Cowper elegantly describes 
them, are “rich in streaming gold.” 
Engravings. Jacq. Aust., t. 306. ; Bot. Mag., t. 176.; N. Du Ham., 5. t. 44.; the plate of this tree 
in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. v. ; and our jig. 340. 
Spec. Char., §:c. Branches terete, whitish. Leaves petiolate ; leaflets ovate-lan- 
ceolate, pubescent beneath. Racemes pendulous, simple. Pedicels and ca- 
lyxes clothed with closely pressed pubescence. Legume linear, many-seeded, 
clothed ‘with closely pressed pubescence. A low deciduous tree. Native of 
Europe, on the lower mountains of the South of Germany, and of Switzerland. 
Height 20 ft. or upwards. Introduced in 1596. Flowers yellow; May and 
June. Legume dark brown; ripe in.October. Decaying leaves yellow. Naked 
young wood green. 
Parieties. 
 C. L. 2 péndulum Hort. has slender pendulous branches. 
# C. L. 3 quercifélium Hort., C. L. 2 incisum, has sinuated leaflets, not 
unlike the leaves of the common oak. (See the plate of this variety 
in Arb, Brit., 1st edit., vol. v.; and our ig. 341.) 
341, Cytisus Labfirnum quercifolium. 
+ C. L. 4 foliis variegatis has variegated leaves ; but it is a plant of no 
beauty, and rarely seen in collections. , 
% C. L. 5 frdgrans Hort. — Flowers fragrant. Wherever a number o 
iaburnums are found in flower together, whether of this or the other 
species, the scent of the blossoms will be found to differ very con- 
siderably, and occasionally one may be found which may be termed 
fragrant ; hence the origin of this variety. 
¥ 3. C. (L.) auernus Mill. The Alpine, or Scotch, Laburnum. 
Identification. Mill. Dict., No, 2.; Dec. Prod., a 153.; Don’s Mill., 2. 
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Synonymes. C. Labarnum 8 Ait., Lam., Dec., Fy.; Cytisus angistifolius Mench Meth, 145. 5 
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