PLATE DCXXXII. 



CYTISUS ELONGATUS. 



Elongated Cytisus. 



CLASS XVIL ORDER IV. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Two Brotherhoods. Ten Stamens. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx sub-bilabiatus. Stigma simplex. Legu- 

 men oblongum, compressum, polysper- 

 mum. 



Cup sub-bilabiate. Stigma simple. Pod oblong, 

 compressed, many-seeded. 



Hytisus floribuspedunculatis, lateralibus, sub- 

 quaternis ; caule erecto : ramis elongatis ; 

 calycibus tubulosis ; foliolis obovatis. — 

 Wdldst. et Kit. Hung. v. 2. p. 200. t. 183. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Cytisus with lateral flowers, commonly by fours, 

 on footstalks j the stem erect ; branches 

 elongated j cups tubular, and leaflets in- 

 versely egg-shaped. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. Empalement. 



2. The vexillum. 



3. One of the alae. 



4. The carina. 



5. The chives. 



6. The same spread open. 



7. Seed-bud and pointal. 



This ornamental species of Cytisus was discovered by Francis Count Waldstein and Dr. Kitaibel, in the 

 county of Bereghi and the Banatian forests in the eastern parts of Hungary, during their botanical ex- 

 cursions in that before nearly uninvestigated region, and published in their Figures and Descriptions of 

 the rare Plants of Hungary, above quoted, at Vienna in 1802. The plant was introduced to this 

 country by Mr. Donn of Cambridge in 1808, and from fine flowering specimens which he communi- 

 cated last May the present drawing was taken. The common height of the plant is said to be from 

 three to five feet, and the thickness of the stem about an inch. It is perfectly hardy, and has not as 

 yet been enumerated in any catalogue of plants cultivated in this country. 



