584 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



J. G« /. 4 pruienm Poll. — Leaves oblong-lanceolate, rather hairy. 

 Branches ascending. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 151.) Inhabits the mountain- 

 ous parts of Upper Italy. 



a 27. G. (t.) sibi'rica L. The Siberian Genista. 



Identification. Lin. Mant., 571. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 151. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 152. 

 Si/nont/mcs. Genisto\des elata Ma-nck Meth., 132. ; Genista tinctoria var. N. Du Ham. 

 Engraving. Jac. Hurt. Vind., t. l!HJ. 



Spec, Char., S-c. Stems erect ; and the whole plant more slender and taller 

 than G. tinctoria, of which it is evidently only a variety. It is found wild 

 in Siberia, where it grows to the height of 6 ft., and produces its yellow 

 flowers from June till August. Introduced in 1785. A plant of this kind 

 of Genista, standing close to one of G. tinctoria, in the arboretum of the 

 Messrs. Loddiges, resembles the latter so exactly, as to leave no doubt in 

 our mind of their identity. 

 La 28. G. (t.) tetrago v na Besser. The quadrangular-ircnc^ed Genista. 



Identification. Besser. Enum. Cont., 2. p. 73., No. 887. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 150. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 152. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stem 4-sided, furrowed, decumbent. Branches ascending. Leaves simple, almost 

 opposite, lanceolate, the younger ones somewhat silky. Flowers disposed rather racemosely. Ca- 

 lyx somewhat silky; corolla glabrous. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 150.) Related to G. tinctoria. (Dec.) 

 A decumbent shrub, native of the south of Podolia. Introduced in 1822, producing its yellow 

 flowers in June and July, and probably only a variety of G. tinctbria. 



* 29. G. (t.) polygaljEfo v lia Dec. The Milkwort- leaved Genista. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 151. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 153. 



Synonymes. G. polygalrcphylla Brut. Fl. Lus., 2. p. 86. ; G. exaltata Link ; G. tinctoria lusitanica 



maxima Tourn. Inst., 643. 

 Spec. Char., fyc. Stem erect. Branches terete, striated, erect. Leaves lanceolate, rather silky be- 



neath, as well as the calyxes. Racemes somewhat turned to one side, disposed in panicles. Corolla 



smooth. (Don's Mill., 2. p. 153.) A shrub, growing to the height of 4 ft., in the north of Portugal. 



Introduced in 1820, and producing its yellow flowers from June to August. In all probability, 



only a variety of G. tinctbria. 



» 30. G. (t.) flo'rida L. The florid Genista. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 998. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 151. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 153. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stem erect. Branches round and striated. Leaves lanceolate, and, as well as the 

 legumes, clothed with close-pressed silky down. Branches turned to one side. Corolla shining. 

 (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 151.) A shrub, growing to the height of 4 ft, a native of Spain and Naples. In- 

 troduced in 1752, and flowering from June to August. Apparently, also, a variety of G. tinctbria. 



-* 31. G. (t.) ma'ntica Poll. The Mantuan Genista. 



Identification. Poll. Fl. Ver., 2. p. 458. ; Spreng. Pug., 2. p. 73. ; Horn. Hort. Hafn. Suppl. p. 151. j 

 Dec. Prod., 2. p. 151. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 153. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stems numerous, prostrate, and striated angularly. Leaves linear-lanceolate, and, 

 like the stems, puuescently hairy. Peduncles axillary, shorter than the leaves. Corolla smooth 

 Legume clothed with silky hairs. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 151.) A prostrate shrub, found in Italy, in woods, 

 and apparently only a variety of G. tinctoria. It was introduced in 1816, and flowers from June to 

 August. 



3fe 32. G. ova v ta Waldst. The ox&te-leaved Genista. 



Identification. Waldst. et Kit. PI. Hung., 1. t. 84. ; Balb.; Bert. ; Tav. ; Ten. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 151.: 



Don's Mill., 2. p. 153. 

 Synoiiyme. G. nervata Kit. in Lite. 

 Engraving. Waldst et Kit. Hung., 1. t. 84. 



Spec. Char. fyc. Stems numerous, hairy, erectish, somewhat herbaceous, stri- 

 ated, terete. Leaves ovate, or ovate-oblong, and are, as well as the legumes, 

 hairy. Racemes short. Corolla smooth. (JDon's Mill., ii. p 153.) A shrub, 

 growing from 2 ft. to 4 ft. high, in Sclavonia and Hungary ; and on the hills 

 of Italy, from Piedmont to Naples. It was introduced in 1819, and pro- 

 duces its yellow flowers from June to August. 



■ :y.i. G. pa'tula Bieb. The spreading Genista. 



Jdentkt* at/on. Bieb. PI Taur., 2. p. 148. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 151. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 153. 



S/r ' Char., fyc. The branches are numerous, round, striated, panicled, spreading, and quite smooth. 

 or-l&nceolate, and acuminated. Flowers and legumes smooth. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 151.) 

 A shrub, growing to the height of 4ft, on the hills of Tauria, " nearly allied to G. tinctbria ; but 

 the flower-, are one half smaller." Introduced in 1818, and flowering from June to August. 



m 34. G. tki am. ( il \nis Willd. The triangular -stemmed Genista. 



emtio* Willd. Sp ., a p. 039 ; Deo. Prod., 2. p. 151. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 153. 

 Vuttonymet Q IriquetrifValdst < t Kit Hung, 2. p. 165. t. 153., but not of Aiton. 

 / ngrax <»;• Waldst et Kit. Hung., 2. 1 \ ■ 



