XXV. LEGUMINA‘CEZ: CY’TISUS. 223 
Vexillum emarginate, undulated. (Don’s Mill.) A downy shrub. Native of 
Europe. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1800. Flowers yellow; May 
and June. Legume black; ripe in September. 
It appears to us to be only a variety of the preceding species. 
357. Cytisus multiflérus. 358. Cy¥tisus falcAtus. 359. Cytisus austriacus. 
= 17. C. Fatca‘tus Waldst. et Kit. The sickle-like-podded Cytisus. 
Identification. Waldst. et Kit. Hung., 3. p. 264.; Dec. Prod., 2 p. i55.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 156.; Lod. 
Engravings. Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 520.; Waldst. et Kit. Hung.,3. t. 238.; and our fig. 358. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stems declinate Branches round and twiggy; the young 
ones, as well as the leaves, clothed with closely pressed hairy down. Petioles 
hairy. Flowers usually in threes, lateral, and on short peduncles. Calyxes 
clothed with closely pressed hairs. (Dec. Prod.) A downy shrub. Native 
of Croatia, the South of Russia, and Gallicia. Height 2 ft. to 4 ft. Introd. 
1816. Flowers yellow; June to August. Legume black; ripe in October. 
Varieties. C. trifldrus Lod., C. ruthénicus Lod., C. decimbens Lod., are 
apparently all varieties of this species. 
a 18. C. austri‘acus L. The Austrian Cytisus. 
Identification, Lin. Sp., 1042. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 156. ; Don’s Mill., 2. R 156. 
Engravings. Mill. Icon., 117. f. 2.; Pall. Itin., ed. Gal., t. 100. f. 3.; Jacq. Austr., t. 21.; and our 
. 359. above. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stems upright. Branches round and twiggy, and, as well as 
the leaves, clothed with closely pressed strigose pubescence. Leaflets lan- 
ceolate, attenuated at both ends. Flowers terminal, somewhat umbellate. 
Calyxes and legumes rather hairy. (Dec. Prod.) An upright downy shrub. 
Found in woods and rough places in Austria, Upper Italy, the Ukraine, 
and Siberia. Height 2 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1741. Flowers yellow ; 
July to September. Legume black; ripe in November. 
Variety. 
x C. a.2 nova Lod. has the leaves much smaller than 
the species, and seems to be an erect, and very dis- 
tinct variety. 
+ 19. C. supi'nus Jacq. The supine Cytisus. 
Identification. Jacq. Fl. Austr., 1.t.20.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 156. ; Don’s Mill., 2 . 
p. 156. 
Synonyme. C. lotoides Pour. Act. Toul. 3. t. 318. 
Engravings. Clus. Hist., p. 96., No. 7., icon.; Jacq. Fl. Austr., 1. t. 20.; and gay } 
our jig. 360. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stems branched and decumbent. Branches D 
round, and, when young, rather hairy ; adult ones smooth. Lie 5, 
Leaflets obovate, hairy beneath. Flowers 2—4, usually 360, cgtisus suyinue, 
terminal and pedunculate. Calyxes and pods slightly hairy. 
