XXV. LEGUMINA‘CEH: CY’TISUS. 22) 
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» il. C. rripractzota‘tus Webb. The three-bracted Cytisus. 
Identification. Iter Hispan., p. 51. ; Otia Hispan., p. 3. 
Engravings. Otia Hispan., t. 3. and our Jig. 351. 
Spec. Char., §c. Decumbent. Branches tetragonal, 
divaricate, rigid, obtuse. Leaves trifoliolate, 
verticillately sub-opposite ; leaflets ovate-elliptic, 
slightly obtuse at the apex, retuse, with ash- Q 4 
coloured silky down, petiolulate. Common petiole @/jxs 
none, or cohering with the branch. Flowers axil- 
lary, clustered, pedunculate. Calyx bilabiate, 
hairy; upper lip cut to the middle in narrow 
acute segments; lower lip longer, narrow, 3- 
toothed ; middle tooth longest, supported at the 
base by three ovate closely pressed bracts. eae Meese 
(Webb, Otia Hisp.) A decumbent shrub, ever- 1 “sus tibractes'itus. 
green from the colour of its bark. Spain near Medina Sidonia, on the sum- 
mits of mountains. Height 1 ft. to 3ft. Introduced in 1838. Flowers 
yellow; May. Legume ?. 
& 12. C. vani’Gerus Dec. The wool-bearing se la 
sy a Dec. Prod., 2. p. 154.; Don’s Mill., 2. p.155.; Webb Iter 
ispan. 
Sjaonimnes. Spartium beeen Desf. Fl. Ati. 2. p.135.: Calycétome 
villdsa Link PE Enum. ; Sp&ttium villdsum Brot. Fl. Lus. 2. p. 86., and 
Poir. Voy. 2. p. 207. 
Engraving. Our fig, 352. from a specimen in the British Museum. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches furrowed, spiny. Leaves tri- 
foliolate ; leaflets obovate-elliptical, Legumes very hairy 
in a woolly manner. (Dec. Prod.) A spiny shrub. 
Found wild on hills and in rough places in Corsica, 
Crete, the Archipelago, Mauritania, Gibraltar, and Por- 
tugal. Height 2 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1821. 
Flowers yellow; June and July. Legume dark brown, 
or black ; ripe in October. 
Variety. 
% C1, 2 rigidus Dec. — Spines very strong. 
Not common in collections, and in all probability it is 
nothing more than a variety of the preceding species. 552. C. lanigerus. 
§iv. Tubociytisus Dec. 
Derivation. From tubus, a tube, and cytisus ; in reference to the tubular shape of the calyx. 
Sect. Char. Calyx tubular, with the apex toothed-lipped. Thornless shrubs. 
(Dec. Prod., ii. p. 155.) 
A. Flowers white or whitish. 
# 13. C. LEuca’NTHUS Waldst. et Kit. The white-flowered 
Cytisus. 
ae ae Waldst. et Kit., 2. p. 141. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 155.; Don’s Mill. 
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Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1438.; and our jig. 353. 
Spec. Char., $c. Stem erect. Branches round, and, as well 
as the leaves, clothed with closely pressed pubescence. Leaf- 
lets elliptic and acute. Flowers at the points of the branches; 
heads of flowers bracteated by two leaves. (Dec. Prod.) A 
downy shrub. Croatia, in woods. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft, 
Introduced in 1806. Flowers yellowish white; June and 7* 
July. Legume black ; ripe in October. #95: G Neuchntus, 
