CHAP. XI, I. LEGUMINA V CF.iE. ADENOCA'hPUS. (iOS 



Genus IX. 



ADENOCA'RPUS Dec. 



The Adenocarpus. 

 Decandria. 



Lin. Sj/st. Monadelphia 



Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr. Supp., 549 ; Lfeg. Mem., 6. ; Prod , 2. p. 158. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 157. 

 Derivation. From aden, a gland, and karpos, fruit ; in reference to the legumes being beset with 

 pedicellate glands. 



Description, $c. Shrubs, having very divergent branches ; trifoliolate leaves, 

 that have petiolar stipules, folded leaflets, and are usually grouped ; and yellow 

 flowers upon bracteolate pedicels, and disposed in terminal racemes. {Dec. 

 Prod., ii. p. 158.) Natives, chiefly, of Europe, which require the same cul- 

 ture as Cytisus ; from which genus most of the species have been separated. 



St 1. A. hispa'nicus Dec. The Spanish Adenocarpus. 



Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr. Suppl., 549. ; Leg. Mem., 6. ; Prod., 2. p. 158. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 158. 

 Synontpnes. Cytisus hispanicus Lam. Diet., 2. p. 248. ; C. anagyrius UHerit. Stir p., 184. 3 N. Du 

 Ham., 5. p. 149. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Calyx glandulose and villose ; lower lip with three equal 

 segments, that are barely longer than the upper lip. Branchlets hairy. 

 Flowers grouped. Standard rather glabrous. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 158.) A 

 shrub, between 2 ft. and 4 ft. high, a native of shady and moist places in 

 Spain and Portugal. (Dec.) Introduced in 1816, and producing its yellow 

 flowers in June and July. 



it 2. A. interme v dius Dec. The intermediate Adenocarpus. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 158. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 158. 

 Synonyme. Cytisus complicatus Brot. Fl. Lus., 2. p. 92. 

 Engravings. Clus. Hist., 1. p. 94. f. 1. ; and our fig. 295. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Calyx pubescent ; pubescence glandu- 

 lated ; the middle of the three segments of the lower 

 lip of the calyx longer than the side ones, and than the 

 upper lip. Branchlets rather villose. Flowers rather 

 distant. Standard rather glabrous. (Dec. Prod., ii. 

 p. 158.) A native of sunny gravelly places in Portugal 

 and Old Castile, and Mount Scuder, in Sicily, and of 

 Mongiana, in the kingdom of Naples. A shrub, 4 ft. 

 high, in cultivation in British gardens ; but the year of 

 its introduction is unknown. It produces yellow flow- <^4 

 ers from May to July. This is a very handsome spe- 

 cies, and one that is much admired for its fine terminal 

 spikes of flowers, which, in favourable seasons, and in 

 a dry soil, ripen abundance of seeds. 



& 3. A. parvifo n lius Dec. The small-leaved Adenocarpus. 



Identification. Dec. Leg. Mem., 6., and Prod, 2. p. 158. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 158. 



Synonymes. Cytisus parvif&lius N. Du Ham , 5. p. 147., Lam. Diet., 2. p. 248., 

 exclusive of the synonymes; Cytisus divaricatus L'Herit. Stirp., 184; Cytisus 

 complicatus Dec. Fl. Fr., No. 3821. ; Spartium complicatum Lois. Fl. Gall., 441 



Engravings. N. Du Ham., 5. t. 47. f. 1. ; and our^. 296. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Calyx somewhat pubescent, with glandulous 

 pubescence ; the central segment of the lower lip longer 

 than the side segments, and much exceeding the upper lip 

 in length. Branches glabrous. Flowers distant. Standard 

 pubescent. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 158.) A native of sunny 

 heaths in the west of France. A shrub, between 2 ft. and 

 10 ft. high. Branches whitish. (Dec.) 





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