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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



'ART 



-* 39. G. piloNsa Iah. 



The hairy Genista. 



Hayne Abbild. der dcut. Holz., p. 161. 



Smith's Eng. Fl. 3. p. 263. 

 Mill., 2. p. 153. 



Genistoides tuberculata Mivneh Meth. 



Clus. Hist., 1. p. 103. f. 2. ; Hayue Abbild., t. 120. ; and our 



Identification. I.in. Sn., 999. 

 Dec. Prod., 2. p. 152. ; Hon 

 Si/tii ni,//ns. G. repens Lam. Fl. Fr 

 Engravings. Jacip FL Austr., t. 20S. 

 fig. »7a 



Spec. Char., Sj-c. Stems procumbent, stri- 

 ated, branched, tuberculated. Leaves 

 obovatc-lanceolate, obtuse, folded, and 

 having beneath a close-pressed silky 

 down. Flowers axillary, on short pe- 

 dicels. Calyx and pedicels silky. Le- 

 gumes pubescent, and 3 — 4-seeded.(Z)<?c. 

 Prod., ii. p. 152.) A procumbent shrub, 

 a native of the south of France, Switzer- 

 land, Germany, &c, and of Britain, on 

 dry elevated downs or heaths, in Suffolk, 

 Cornwall, and in North Wales ; flowering in May and June. The specific 

 name, pilosa, is certainly not very appropriate ; for there are other species, 

 such as G. candicans, which are much more hairy. 



■** 40. G. piloca'rpa Link. The hairy-fruited Genista. 



Identification. Link. Enum., 2. p. 223. ; Dec. Prod. 2. p. 152. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 154.2 



Spec. Char. 8,-c. An erect shrub, with angular downy branches, and lanceolate 

 leaves, clothed beneath with silky pubescence. Flowers racemose, on short 

 pedicels. Legume hairy. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 152.) A shrub, growing to the 

 height of 2 ft. or 3 ft. Introduced in 1823, but from what country is un- 

 certain. It flowers in June and July. 



A pp. i. Hardy Species of Genista not yet introduced. 



The following abridged descriptions are almost all taken from De Candolle's 

 Prodromns and Don's Miller. We have given them here, in order to direct 

 the attention of patriotic travellers to the subject; because the seeds of many 

 of the sorts might, doubtless, be obtained from the directors of botanic gardens, 

 in the places where they are indigenous ; and seeds of all the species will retain 

 their vital powers for two years or more. 



G. mollis Dec. ; Spartium molle Cav. Ann., 1801. p. 57. Leaves on short petioles, trifoliolate, and 

 as well as the calyxes, branches, and legumes, clothed with soft villi. Flowers axillary, crowded 

 Native of Mogador. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 145.) 



G. patens Dec. ; Spirtium patens Cav. Icon., 2. p. 58. t. 176., exclusive of the synonyme. Branches 

 6triated, twiggy, glabrous. Leaves stalked, trifoliolate ; leaflets obovate, pubescent beneath. Flowers in 

 fours, pedicellate, nearly terminal. Legume glabrous, 3 — 6-seeded. Native of Spain, on mountains 

 near Albayda. It differs from Cytisus patens, in the upper lip of the calyx being acutely bipartite 

 lower lip of 3 bristles, not with the lips nearly equal and entire. Flowers from April to July Shrub' 

 4 ft. to 8 ft. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 145., and .Dew's Mill., ii. p. 149.) 



ft $euilifi>lia Dec, Leg. Hem., 6. Leaflets 3, rising from the same point on the branches, linear- 

 subulate, silky, sometimes solitary. Spike terminal, elongated, loose-flowered. Corolla silky. Legume 

 ovate, acuminated, pubescent, 1 — 2-seeded. A shrub, from 1 ft. to 2 ft. in height, a native of Galicia 

 on hill*. The flowers closely resemble those of G. pilbsa ; but the standard is shorter than the keel' 

 (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 146.) 



G. eatparrlna Gum. ex Schlect. Linnsea., 4. p. 38., under Spartium. A beautiful shrub, with slender 

 branches, the lower leaves ternate, and the upper ones simple. Like G. radiata. (Don's Mill 2 

 p. 149.) 



(«. in nvlhncl ' :d,i Dec. Leg. Mem. 6., D'Urv. Enum. Leaves nearly sessile, and trifoliolate; leaflets 

 linear, complicated, and rather silky. Branches round, stiff, terete, and spiny, becoming at length 

 striated, rowers almost opposite, disposed along the branches in a kind of interrupted spike. Calyx 

 pubescent It is found wild in exposed places in the Levant, in the Island of Melos, where it forms 

 a shrub from 2 ft. to 3 ft high. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 147) 



ft LobZfii Dec Fl. Fr., 4. p. 499., Lob. Adv., p. 409., Chah. Sciag., p. 86. f. 1. ; Spartium erinaceo- 



'<"",!' Ml Leaves few, and the lower ones sessile, and trifoliolate ; the rest sessile, 



scattered, linear-oblong, and rather silky. Branches crowded, spiny, striated, and rather tuber- 



Culated Flowers few, solitary, pedicellate, disposed along the branches in a kind of raceme. Calyx 



■ ent A shrub, from 1 ft. to 2 ft. high, found in arid places in Corsica and Provence. (Dec. Prod 

 ii. Pi 147.) 



ft paivifolia ft Don ; G. rnicre>phylla Moris. Elench., p. 13. Hairy. Leaves alternate, trifoliolate, 

 upper ones simple; ballets oblong-linear, acute, complicated, smooth above; lowe>r ones obovate. 

 Branches crowded, spiny, alternate.-; younger ones furrowed. Flowers racemose. Native of Sardinia. 

 Legume I— 5-seeded, linear, villous. Shrub, I ft. to 2ft. high. (Don's Mill., 2. p. 150.) 



akMmmi Dec* Lig. Minn ., 6. ; O. umbclluta Sulxm. Leaves sessile, trifoliolate, or simple, ob- 



