XXV. LEGUMINA‘CEEH: CY’TISUS. 225 
§v. Lotétdes Dec. 
Derivation. From lotos, the lotus, and eidos, appearance ; from the general resemblance of the 
species to the genus Lotus. 
Spec, Char., §c. Tube of the calyx short, obconical ; the upper lip 2-parted, 
the lower 3-toothed. Corolla hardly longer than the calyx. Many-stemmed 
decumbent shrubs, deciduous, with few flowers, generally capitate and ter- 
minal, and all yellow. (Dec. Prod.) 
-* 24. C. ance’ntEus L. The silvery Cytisus. 
Iientification. Lin. Sp., 1043. ; Dec. Prod, 2. p. 156. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 157. 
Ly Lodtus argé Brot. Fl. Lus. 2. p. 119. 
Engravings. Lob. Icon., 2. p.41. f. 2.; and our fig. 362. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stems decumbent. Leaves, calyxes, corollas, 
and pods clothed with a closely pressed silky down, Leaves 
petiolate, trifoliolate ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate. Flowers 
3—4, produced at the points of the shoots. (Dec. Prod.) 
A decumbent shrub. Native of Carniola, the South of 
France, and Mauritania. Height 1 ft. Introduced in 1739. 
Flowers yellow; August. Legume black; ripe in October. 
362. C. argénteus. 
A silky silvery-looking shrub, from the prevalence of closely : ai 
pressed silky down over all its parts; noticed in the specific character, and 
whence it derives its specific name. 
-& 25. C. catycr‘nus Bieb. The large-calyxed Cytisus. 
Adenispeation. Bieb. Fl. Taur., 2. p. 166. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 157.; Don’s 
Mill, 2. p. 157. 
Synonyme. C. paucifldrus Willd. Sp. 3. p. 1126. 
Engravings. Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 673.; and our fig. 363. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Stems ascending. Leaves, calyxes, and 
pods somewhat hairy from spreading down. Leaves 
trifoliolate and petiolate. Leaflets roundish, obovate. 
Flowers terminal, from 2 to 8 together. (Dec. Prod.) 
A prostrate shrub, with trailing branches, the ends of 
which grow upright. Found in stony places on Mount 
Caucasus. Height 1 ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers 
yellow ; August. Legume black; ripe in October. 363. ¢, calycinus. 
-* 26. C.na'nus Willd. The dwarf Cytisus. 
Identification, Willd. Enum., 769. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p, 157. 
Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 81.; and our fig. 364. 
Spec. Char., &c. Stems cylindrical. Leaves trifo- 
liolate, obovate, clothed with strigose pubescence 
beneath, and smooth above. Raceme terminal, 
secund, usually 4-flowered. Calyx deeply 3- 
parted; hairs on the stems and peduncles ad- 
pressed. (Don’s Mill.) A procumbent shrub. 
Native of the Levant. Height 1 ft. Introd. in 
1816. Flowers yellow; June and July. Le- 
gume black ; ripe in October. 
This is a beautiful little shrub for rockwork ; 
and if planted in dry sandy soil, covered with { 
broad flat stones to retain the moisture during 
the hot weather of July, it will continue flowering 
during the whole of that month, and produce en 
abundance of seeds; which may be sent to any A ; 
distance in the pods. SG Gptigus mamas 
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