CHAP. XLI. 



LEGUMJNA'CEiE. CYTISUS. 



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p. 155.) A native of Hungary, in woods, where it grows to the height of 

 3 ft. or 4 ft., flowering in May and June. It was introduced in 1804. Price, 

 in London, 1*. 6d. each. 



3fe 16. C. multiflo v rus Lindl. The many-flowered Cytisus. 



Identification. Lindl. Bot. Reg., 1. 1191. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 156. 



Synonijmes. C. elongatus Hortul., but not of Kit.; C. elongatus (3 multifldrus Dec. Prod., 2. p. 155. 



Engraving. Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1191. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stems erect. Branches elongated, terete, younger ones 

 villous. Leaflets oblong, tapering to the base, villous beneath, and of the 

 same colour on both surfaces. Flowers usually ternary. Pedicels about 

 equal in length to the petioles. Vexillum emarginate, undulated. (Don's 

 Mill., ii. p. 156.) A native of Europe, growing to the height of 2ft. or 

 3 ft. and flowering in May and June. It was in cultivation in 1800, and 

 appears to us only a variety of the preceding species. 



& 17. C. falca v tus Waldst. et Kit. The sickle-like^podded Cytisus. 



Identification. Waldst. et Kit. Hung., 3. p. 264. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 155. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 156. 

 Engravings. Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 520. ; Waldst. et Kit. Hung., 3. t. 238. 



Spec. Char., eye. Stems declinate. Branches round and twiggy ; the young 

 ones, as well as the leaves, clothed with closely pressed hairy down. Pe- 

 tioles hairy. Flowers usually in threes, lateral, and on short peduncles. 

 Calyxes clothed with closely pressed hairs. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 155). A 

 shrub, from 2 ft. to 4 ft. high, a native of Croatia, the south of Russia, and 

 Galicia. Introduced in 1816, and flowering from June to August. There 

 are plants in Loddiges's arboretum. Plants, in London, are 1*. 6d. each. 



3fe 18. C. austri x acus L. The Austr 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1042. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 156. ; Don's Mill. 



2. p. 156. 

 Engravings. Mill. Icon., 117. f. 2. ; Pall. Itin., ed. Gal., t. 100. 



f. 3. ; Jacq. Austr., t. 21. ; and our fig. 291. 



Spec. Char., eye. Stems upright. Branches round 

 and twiggy, and, as well as the leaves, clothed 

 with closely pressed strigose pubescence. Leaf- 

 lets lanceolate, attenuated at both ends. Flow- 

 ers terminal, somewhat umbellate. Calyxes 

 and legumes rather hairy. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 156). 

 Found in woods and rough places in Austria, 

 Upper Italy, the Ukraine, and Siberia, and 

 growing from the height of 2 ft. to 4 ft. In- 

 troduced in 1741, and flowering from July to 

 September. Plants, in the London nurseries, 

 are 2s. 6d. each. 



-* 19. C. supi v nus Jacq. The supine Cytisus. 



Identification. Jacq. Fl. Austr., 1. t. 20. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 156. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 156. 



St/nonymes. C. Zotoides Pour. Act. Tout., 3. t. 318. 



Engravings. Clus. Hist., p. 96., No. 7., icon. ; Jacq. Fl. Austr., 1. 1.20. ; and out fig. 292. 



Spec. Char., eye. Stems branched and decumbent. Branches 

 round, and, when young, rather hairy; adult ones smooth. 

 Leaflets obovate, hairy beneath. Flowers 2 — 4, usually 

 terminal and pedunculate. Calyxes and pods slightly 

 hairy. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 156). A decumbent shrub, a 

 native of Belgium, Austria, Pannonia, Siberia, Turkey, *W 

 and Dauphine, found both on exposed hills, and in shel- ** 

 tered bushy places. Its flowers are of a pale yellow, with 

 the standard reddish ; and are produced from May to 

 August. It was introduced in 1755. Plants, in the Lon- 

 don nurseries, are 1*. 6d. each. 



3£ 20. C. hirsu'tus L. The hairy Cytisus. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1042. ; Jacq. Obs., 4. t. 96. ; Dec. Prod , 2. p. 156.; Don's Mill. 2. p. 156, 

 St/nonymes. C. sup\nus Bertol. PI. Gen., but not of Lin. ; C. triflorus Lam. Diet., 2. p. 250., but 

 not of L'Herit. ; C. TournefortJ«n«5 Loisel. in N. Du Ham, 5. p. 1.57. 



