CHAP. XLI. 



EGUMINA CE/E. CV TISUS. 



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shrub, growing to the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft. in the south of France, 

 Italy, Sicily, and Mauritania. Introduced in 1640, and flowering in June 

 and July. It is frequent in gardens ; and plants, in the London nurseries, 

 are charged as in the preceding species. It is sometimes grafted standard 

 high ; but neither as a standard nor as a dwarf is it of great duration. 



ffi 7. C. mollis Willd. The soft Cytisus. 



Identification. Willd. Enum. Suppl., 51. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 154. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 155. 



Spec. Char., ffc. Leaflets oblong, clothed with soft down, at both ends acute. Peduncles axillary, 



usually in threes. Calyxes subglobose, trifid, scarious. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 154.) A shrub, from 2 ft. 



to 4 ft. high; introduced in 1818, from what country is uncertain, and, perhaps, only a variety of 



C. triflorus. 



m 8. C. pa'tens L. 



The spreading Cytisus. 



184. ; Dec. Prod 



p. 154. ; Don's 

 2. p. 719. ; Spartium 



Identification. Lin. Syst. Veg., 555., according to L'Herit. Stirp. 



Mill., 2. p. 155. 

 Synonymes. C. pendullnus Lin. Fit. Supp., 328. ; Genfsta tomeutbsa Pair. Supp, 



patens Lin. Syst., 535., Brot. Fl. Lus., 2. p. 83., but not of Cav. 



Spec. Char. y §c. Branches striated and pubescent. Leaves trifoliolate, petio- 

 late ; the upper ones simple, and obovate, as are the leaflets ; covered with 

 closely pressed down. Flowers axillary, usually in pairs, pedicellate, nod- 

 ding. Pods very hairy. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 154.) A native of Portugal"; 

 growing to the height of from 4 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced in 1752, and flow- 

 ering in June and July. A very handsome shrub, not so common in col- 

 lections as it ought to be. Plants are in the arboretum of the Messrs. 

 Loddiges. 



Si 9. C. grandiflo v rus Dec. The great-flowered Cytisus. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 154. , Don's Mill., 2. p. 155. 



Synonyme. Spartium grandinbrum Brot. Fl. Lus., 2. p. 80. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches angled, usually glabrous. Leaves petioled, grouped, trifoliolate, or, in many 

 instances, simple. Leaflets and simple leaf ovate-lanceolate ; primary leaflets roundish. Flowers 

 lateral, upon pedicels, solitary or in pairs. Legume woolly all over. {Dec. Prod, ii. p. 154.) In- 

 habits hedges, hills, river sides, and copses, in Portugal, and grows there to the height of 3 ft. or 

 4ft. ; flowering in June and July. Introduced in 1816. 



m 10. C. scopa'rius Link. The common Broom. 



Identification. Link Enum., 2. p. 241. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 154. ; Don's Mill ,2. p. 155. 



(Ed. Fl. Dan., t. 313., Smith Eng. Bot., 1339. ; 



Synonymes. 



Genista scoparia Lam. Diet., 2. p. 623., but^not of Vill 

 Balais, ou Genet commun, Fr 



Spartium scopjrium Lin. Sp., 998. 



G. hirsuta Mcench Meth., Ite. 

 gemeine Pfriemen, Ger. 

 CEd. Fl. Dan., t. 313. ; Smith Engl. Bot., t. 1339. ; and our fig. 2S7. 



Engravings, 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches angled, glabrous. Leaves 



petioled, trifoliolate; the uppermost simple, these 



and the leaflets oblong. Flowers axillary, pedicelled, 



solitary. Legumes pilose at the margins. (Dec. 



Prod.yil. p. 154.) A shrub, growing to the height of i$ 



from 3 ft. to 6 ft., or even 12 ft., according to the soil 



and situation; a native of dry sandy or gravelly 



soils, throughout Europe; and producing its fine large 



yellow flowers in May and June. The roots are 



straight, and penetrate perpendicularly to a great 



depth. The leaves are trifoliolate or simple; the 



branches numerous, long, straight, angular, dark 



green, smooth, and tough. The flowers are of a deep 



golden yellow, sometimes tinged with orange, and oc- 

 casionally of a uniform pale lemon colour : they are 



succeeded by pods above an inch long, black when 



ripe, and each containing 15 or 16 seeds. The flowers 



are larger than those of any other species of the 



genus ; and, were the species not so common, it 



would, doubtless, be considered the most ornamental. 

 Varieties. 



* C. s. 2 dlbus Hort. has the flowers white, or of a very pale yellow, 

 a C. s. SJlore plena Hort. has flowers slightly double 



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